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.
today I realized that i needed to bring down the vocals a little bit, so that’s what i did, in addition to patching in on a couple vocal parts that needed it. i have to learn to be more compassionate and forgiving with myself…it’s just impossible to hear and do everything all at once. i’ve worked diligently over the past few years in order to have a couple albums worth of material (the follow up to the ‘retro debut’ album is already completed pretty much) so I know that it takes many small steps to go great distances. but today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and was irritated like hell that i had to re-adjust some things…i mean aren’t i supposed to be some sort of fucking super hero or some shit like that?
i ‘ve done it a few times in the past, but after listening to other songs in itunes then back to the vecctones, it became apparent that i needed more compression and saturation. so in addition to re-singin the vocals today, i also mastered it some more. that is what’s posted now as of july 2
Don’t be surprised if new vocals are posted a few more times within the next couple weeks. I’m tryng to finalize this retro debut album during the month of July. What’s posted also contains new mixes with some more compression and a slight touch of reverb to smooth things out. These drum tracks consist of some nice DW’s and a mixture of Paiste, Bosphorous and Zildjian cymbals The BD is birds eye maple, the SD is also maple with a partial brass shell.
Continuing off from yesterdays blog entry, I resang all the tunes (many times) today. I started off with an empty stomach and a large coffee for the first round, that didn’t go so hot because it was early and I wasn’t awake enough, and w/ the empty stomach and caffeine, well…anyways. After eating something, and then getting back to it, I worked my shit out. What you hear posted now is getting closer to the final takes (I think).
just posted ‘should of tried‘, now the playlist is at 7, still got a couple more to do. I just re-did the mixes (again), these ones are a lil more saturated, which I like. I did the vocals for ‘get my thing’ and ‘save yourself’ (again) tonight.
I just posted ‘save yourself’, one of my original retro debut tunes. I just did the vocals and mixes today for the other songs posted as well. check em out
So it turns out that I got a Silver Auddy award for the song “time to get my thing together”. From Uplaya:
“Auddy Award™ winning songs will be reviewed by an expert panel of judges. Judges will choose three winners including one Grand Prize Winner. All winners will receive special-edition Supernova promotional widgets and featured profiles on AmericanSongspace.com. The Grand Prize Winner will be interviewed by American Songwriter.com and receive special recognition through American Songwriter Online and American Songspace.com.”
Not bad. Check out this Numb3rs clip that explains the technology, it’s kind of cool.
