I’m still in the throngs of, or maybe it’s the throws of, finishing a really amazing song with a co-writer. We’ve finally added all the little bits we plan on putting in the song. So the tracking of it is finished. The life of the song has been one where the song itself has been warmly received by everyone that has heard it in the stages of completion.
What’s been the issue is the actual recording of the song itself. I don’t claim to be the be all end all of production, but I do know that I’m very capable of recording something that is every bit as good as the biggest records out there, except maybe for the ones where over a million dollars were spent. Beyond that it is all opinion.
The problem is, it’s getting to the point where too many opinions are making the finalization of the tune a pain in the ass. Though I think we’ve gotten past that point earlier today.
The issue right now is getting the various versions of the mixes output so that they can go to mastering and be ready to present to the powers that be for the intended result. The frustrating thing standing in the way is the computer. It’s being very tempermental. I’ve spent many hours today attempting to understand why it is that the output is having little crackling noises in it that aren’t there when the song is playing back. It’s absolutely maddening.
Of the other maddening issue is when I’m getting feedback about the production being average or just ok. It hasn’t been from many, but it did come from one person who has some weight to their mouth. The only thing keeping my sanity on that is the high praise I’ve gotten from another person who an equal amount of weight to their mouth that says the exact opposite.
Either way, as I’m writing this, I think I’ve finally solved the issue with the bounces. As I’m double checking some things it seems it has been solved. Woo Hoo. Now to get them all bounced should only take about another hour and I can get them over to the mastering man.
Which will also allow me to get on with today’s pick…
I digging out some Seth Horan. A great bassist I’ve had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. This particular song I enjoy for the sheer irony of it. As I’m thinking back on some stuff that happened between now and a year ago, I can recall several things that make me smile in the idea of the watching people do the very things they claim to hate. Oh the irony. Especially when it involved one person in particular who told me some intimate details about their life and then have all of that contradicted by people around that person is so amusing now (it wasn’t while I was involved).
Even more recently a friend whom I’ve stopped initiating contact with as well, became the ultimate thing she hated. Flat out told me to my ear hole how she was going to do something. That something was 180 degrees the opposite of what she stood for in her life.
I can’t say that I’m 100% living the way I speak against, but it sure isn’t the about face I see so many people do. Mine is more the veering from one side to another. We all do it to varying degrees.
Seth’s song has a great hook and an awesome sensibility about it. I’m not so happy that he and I don’t speak much anymore and I never did find out exactly what it was that I did that pissed him off. Oh well.
Enjoying the musical stylings of Seth? Then go get him. You won’t be disappointed.