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No flute, Theo. 

So if I havent finished writing the lyrics for these two songs, it's either finish or let go or some combo. or wait. AAAAAHHH!!!

I mean it's not as if I haven't got pages worth. It's just they weren't the right bowl of porridge.

I'm tryna get it done before the bears eat me. But of course, there are only imaginary bears.



Meanwhile, there are still elements of tracking still to come. Replacement vox (pitchy), replacemement guitar (untuned string nuisance), repalcement vox (improved lyrics...improved LOL).

2 Sax parts. Maybe 3? Paul doesnt want 3.

Now Theo wants flute. NO FLUTE.

I am waiting on the ghost ships from Briar Patch. the fixes from mick and I have just about mixed this thing as much as I can.

We have not spent as much time doing weird stuff to an album as this one, and that includes Signposts.

Patience grasshopper, paaaatience.

So kick back cos this thing is taking its time again LOL.

Good session this week. Percussion done thought we'd do some vox and then...I remembered I hadn't sent the files to re-record and replace the guide vox i did in The Cooler.

Which is fine. Because I still havent finished writing these other two songs. Will they make it? Who's in charge of this bus?

On the plus side? The Mixes! I love this stuff. I mean I'd be glad to hand the reins over again but this whole process has taken us to even weirder destinations.

Probably put another single out first. Maybe? Dunno. I just need to do another mix :P I hope to share it soon cos I am digging some of these new songs.

Well at least one of us is on schedule. Final tracking for percussion this week.

The slowdown gave me a chance to....be exactly where I was at last week, except for more mixing.

I am really not sure which of these songs that are still in question will make it. After using the new mastering software, I found that a flaw in one guitar part was making me cray cray so now that song is off to the repair bay.

I've pretty much gone from 'great we're just about done here' to 'omg when are we going to be done here' to 'do we really need to be done here?' - just one more mix...maybe 2...or 3...

Ok it's not quite that bad. Ok close but not really. Ok, well really but not...

Victory is where ever we define it, it stops as soon as it feels right. Not long now. Maybe.

Are we there yet?

Much as I suspected, someone's been messing with the schedule. Oh. It's me. oopz.

So for this project we've been doing what is called 'top down mixing' and I opted to log in this week and get ready to start making final tweaks.

Theo's booked in for some percussion, I am still failing away at these two songs, it's all sort of coming together.

Let's login and turn the machine on. Oh? You need to update before you will let me hear the mix with the existing filters? Ok, not happy but...

OH. Updating the filters blew away the presets?

Not happy Jan.



Oh? I can export the presets? Great!

Oh. I have to do it before updating.

Which I would have known.

If I had read the documentation.

BAHAHAHA who are we kidding. Documentation?

Basilisk has been all about embracing the tech, bring it on. Updates? New filters? heck yeah let's do this thing.

Upshot is...I reset the mastering filters...and...

Now I am re-eq-ing everything, which is frankly what I deserved for such temerity. The new filters are even more basilisky than the last lot, this seems totally appropriate and I have kinda lost control over the end process a little. It's gone firehose. This is great. ALL HAIL THE BASILISK.

I can't finish until Theo has done his bits, so we're now +2 weeks from scheduled completion of tracking. Of course, when you consider that the schedule is more a 'guideline' due to...(gestures broadly)...it'll be done when it's done. What useful pushing I can do I have done, now it has to do its own thing. Oh yeah except for me 'improving' it with more tears of the basilisk.

ALL HAIL!

Pyrmont Bridge Hotel this Saturday, 5-8