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just an fyi…I deleted about 1,200 friends from the vecctones Myspace community based on the fact that they haven’t logged into their accounts for a long, long time. My guess is that they’re bands that have since broken up as result of all the bullshit and people who have abandoned their Myspace profiles in order to indulge in Facebook. check this blog entry out…
also, I’m not so sure that ‘save yourself’ will be makin the cut unless I can figure out my place on it vocally, sometimes struggling with something for too long is a sign, I’ve deleted it from the new playlist for now
i just re-sang and uploaded “crybaby”, “save yourself”, and “the blues”
ok, I tweaked the EQ on the guitar tracks for the (follow up) tunes so that they have more mids, matching the (retro) tunes which utilizes a 6 string guitar (the ‘follow up’ has a 7 string that pumped out a lot of low end). I also re-sang ‘crybaby’, ‘worry about’, ‘impressions’. Then I re-arranged the order of the tunes, putting ‘worry about’ and ‘impressions’ at the end. Now the order of the songs sort of tell a story and kind of follow one another logically somehow in my mind with 2 funkier tunes at the end. This will be effective for a live show too.
Uplaya’s submission cutoff is July 31st for their competition
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(retro) get my thing
(retro) nothin to lose
(retro) cause it feels good
(retro) like this
(retro) the blues
(retro) save yourself
(retro) worry about
(follow up) impressions
I re-sang (and re-posted) all the tunes except for ‘get my thing’ and ‘save yourself’ today. ‘the blues’ has been altered slightly as i’ve been trying to get it right since the original version. the others just needed to be sang w/ just that right bit of attitude and personality. i’m still working towards the jul31 cutoff date for the uplaya competition which at the very least may gain the vecctones more exposure plus their Auddy Award system intrigues me
check out all the retro debut tunes here
you can’t have a retro debut album without a retro mixdown….by that i’m referring to making the drum tracks mono and some other slight adjustments to give it more of an indie sound and feel. from what i’ve read, mono drum tracks were the thing back in the day. i like how they hit the compression/limiting and also because they seem to have more punch but with a warmer centered tone.
i actually made the decision based on the vecctones follow up album which is pretty much done. you see, i almost bailed on these ‘retro’ debut tunes by moving onto another set of songs without releasing the first set. after completing the follow up album, i decided to go back and rework the first set. all along growing and developing as a vocalist and producer.
so now i’m ready to hit the scene with 2 albums, each about 30 minutes, actually i think the retro is under 30 (though i have one or 2 other songs that could make the cut) and the follow up is over 30 minutes.
i also have guitar riffs worked out for the 3rd album which i did months ago when i got a new guitar and was all excited to play it (around the time i was finishing up the follow up album), but then put those ideas off to the side to rework the retro tunes…..
summary:
retro debut tunes (posted) = a bit more funky and abstract ….09 release date
follow up album = more guitar driven (still some funky elements) ….09 simultaneous release date possible
3rd album guitar ideas = guitar driven ….maybe end of 2010 probably 2011
thank you to Protools for offering up SansAmp PSA-1 as a free download! holy fuckin shit…this things is unbelievable in what it can do to fix up existing guitar tracks already recorded w/ distortion. I feel I am getting the guitar tone that I originally wanted but couldn’t seem to get. It also made the bass tracks nasty & gritty…nice! yummy!!!! I’ve become excited about these retro debut tunes all over again, even more so as things are getting closer to becoming finalized. now it’s just vocals, vocals, vocals…not that what is now posted is bad but I have a july 31st cutoff for the uplaya competition which might at the very least gain the vecctones more exposure.
