22 songs; about 77 minutes
Oct. 21st, 2009 12:08 pmI have 22 songs on my recording list right now. That's 13 on Dick Tracy Must Die, a mostly-vocals album of original songs that includes two instrumentals, and nine on Distractions, an all-instrumental EP of seven originals and two traditional pieces, all flute-led right now. I might move one of the instrumental pieces from the first to the second; I don't know yet.
I've got bed tracks1 down for eight of the 13 on Tracy, having spent for-fucking-ever learning to get decent recordings. This is good, it's slow but real progress. I've also experimented to the point where I feel reasonably confident about recording flute for Distractions. But otherwise I'm ignoring Distractions for the time being and just trying to get bed tracks down for all the songs on Tracy.
I've never worked on a single artistic project of this timescale before - including the obligatory crappy high school novel that I actually finished - and it's scaring the hell out of me. So I'm trying to ignore most of it and work on one thing at a time,2 like y'do.
I'd treat it like a thesis, but that's not a good comparison to make, at least, not from a sanity standpoint. But - just like a thesis! - it does already feel like it's gone on for. fucking. ever. because that includes all the effort taken to get a recording studio and DAW working and and and.
At least the review committee can't make me do it over after I've finished it. ^_^
Anyway, that's what I've been doing. What're you up to?
1: Bed tracks are the first track you lay down so you can play the other instruments against it as a timing reference. The bed track optimally will be part of the final recording, tho' you may end up re-recording it if you decide you don't like it. My goal is to make bed tracks that will be part of the final. That's working okay so far for everything but "January," a nearly five minute long instrumental currently on Tracy.
2: FOCUS ON THE CANDY.
I've got bed tracks1 down for eight of the 13 on Tracy, having spent for-fucking-ever learning to get decent recordings. This is good, it's slow but real progress. I've also experimented to the point where I feel reasonably confident about recording flute for Distractions. But otherwise I'm ignoring Distractions for the time being and just trying to get bed tracks down for all the songs on Tracy.
I've never worked on a single artistic project of this timescale before - including the obligatory crappy high school novel that I actually finished - and it's scaring the hell out of me. So I'm trying to ignore most of it and work on one thing at a time,2 like y'do.
I'd treat it like a thesis, but that's not a good comparison to make, at least, not from a sanity standpoint. But - just like a thesis! - it does already feel like it's gone on for. fucking. ever. because that includes all the effort taken to get a recording studio and DAW working and and and.
At least the review committee can't make me do it over after I've finished it. ^_^
Anyway, that's what I've been doing. What're you up to?
1: Bed tracks are the first track you lay down so you can play the other instruments against it as a timing reference. The bed track optimally will be part of the final recording, tho' you may end up re-recording it if you decide you don't like it. My goal is to make bed tracks that will be part of the final. That's working okay so far for everything but "January," a nearly five minute long instrumental currently on Tracy.
2: FOCUS ON THE CANDY.