what's next?

      SATURDAY 5/9/2020 12:10 PM--BABY'S IN BLACK is finished...I'm not planning on putting it on youTube--I can't think of a reason to share it with anybody...to me, it's borderline "keepable"...after I load it into iTunes--which should be any minute now...then maybe I'll start thinking about SOLITUDE...
       It took a couple of "any minutes" but BiB (the 1st attempt) is in my iTunes Library..I think when I mix, I should add a teeny bit more to any tracks that sound good to me...for instance *I* thought the Bass was loud enough in the mix...now I think I was wrong...any kind of "how to" regarding "production" would help a bunch, I'm sure...Maybe after my attempted nap, I'll start on SOLITUDE...
9:00PM--got a bit of a nap...went to work in the 1180 Lab...All the song needs is a sax part and a lead guitar and the recording is done...I have belatedly discovered the advantages of "doubling" a part--it kinda thickens a part (if you keep the pan straight up) or spreads it to make it sound like it's been recorded on two tracks, if you pan it to the 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock position...I THINK I've doubled the Bass, Drums, Kb, and the flutes...didn't double the electric rhythm guitar--yet...I plan on adding a sax part to compliment the flutes...dunno if I'm gonna double that...and then there is the issue of the (electric?) LEAD guitar...another option--somehow work an acoustic guitar into the mix...
 9:49 PM--just made a quick visit to the Lab...I guess for whatever reason, I'm really excited to be working on SOLITUDE...the parts with the flutes I call the "verses" the parts w/o 'em I call the choruses...I just had a brain storm--I can put guitar solos there...acoustic, electric, clean, dirty, whatever...I'm almost happy...
SUNDAY 5/10/2020 1:26AM-I just quit all the bands I’ve been playing with/for...after about thirty consecutive years of playing, and roughly fifteen more before that... I think I’m done with playing in public...
  SUNDAY 5/10/2020 6:09 AM--the only reason to keep doing it would be for the money and there never was much of that...were I still a member of the FHB, I could have grit my teeth or knuckled down, ignore the things I was unhappy about...but with the other bands, their apparent incompetence drove me crazy...either the other members of the bands didn't hear the mistakes or they did and didn't care...
5:19 PM--so I've told all the bands goodbye...I won't tell certain people that the main reason it hasn't been fun for a long time is because the bands suck--except for the FHB...they were far from perfect--and *I* was OK with that...
8:01PM-trying to decide what to record next...my first thought was “How about LAVENDER DAWN?” but the song feels unfinished...hopefully I can work on it tomorrow, although there’s a fair amount of stuff going on around here...maybe I can do THE MAIL at some point...
MONDAY 5/11/2020 5:30PM-I think the Fender Electric XII, the vintage series or whatever that thing is called, is a limited edition guitar, so I think I’m going to go to Litz and put one on layaway…my first choice is Sunburst, not sure if I would except any other alternatives…