Thursday, May 14, 2020

might not happen




             THURSDAY 5/14/2020 11AM--talked to Litz...they don't have any Electric XII's in stock...so I ordered one...my first choice is sunburst, my second choice is white...I hope the neck is kinda thin--easy on my left hand...the bad news? I won't get more than 10% off of list...I was told Fender MIGHT say "In order to get ONE, ya have to buy nine more..." AND if Litz DOES get one, I HAVE to buy it...
          5:20 PM--well, I THINK the recording and mixing of LAVENDER DAWN is done, all I gotta do is master it...that's probably the quickest step in the whole process...it only takes about as long as the song...
8:05PM--boy did *I* jump the gun on that one...it took a LONG time to finally master the dammed thing....The lead guitar is too loud...and that's nobody's fault but mine...maybe one of the other nineteen Mastering Tool Kit patches will sound at least a bit better...the "long" version of the song is four minutes long, the short version was three minutes and fifteen seconds long...
FRIDAY 5/15/2020 8:40 AM--if/when I get to the Lab today, I gonna start on whatever that way old song is gonna be called...maybe I should start thinking about next Tuesday's virtual open mic...
11:30 AM--I went to Best Buy and got the microphone; probably won't even start rehearsing for the open mic until Monday...
2:25 PM--before I start on my next recording Project, I might remaster LAVENDER DAWN one more time, using the  MTK known as "Brighten", just to see if I can hear any difference...I probably won't, my ears have been ringing LOTS...
5:49 PM--whatever that old song is called, it's halfway finished...I think it will be the toughest mixing job I've had so far...ultimately I may have to record the synth part over, the levels are all over the place...and the guitar part might just become a synth part...
6:27 PM--I put two different mixes of LAVENDER DAWN on the Quarantine Sessions Playlist, one right after the other...I believe I can hear a difference...the various parts in the "Brighten" Mix sound "closer" together somehow...kinda like a snowball that is packed especially tight...
When I DO re-record the synth part of the old song, I'll hopefully remember to change the "touch sensitivity" settings, which I think will fix the  level inconsistencies...maybe sometime tomorrow...
SATURDAY 5/16/2020 8:35 AM--can't go to the Lab this early...or can I?
10:07 AM--so I did...the guitar part which became a synth part went back to being a guitar part...there's gonna be a lot of stuff to keep track of when it comes time to mix, which might be the next step...

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