the vecctones

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.

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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

(follow up) crybaby
(follow up) flyin
(follow up) high on yourself
(follow up) i’m fine
(follow up) lost my mind
(follow up) same damn thing
(follow up) when it rains

(retro) worry about
(follow up) impressions

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

As part of my vocal character building, I re-arranged the song order some today.  For those of you who give enough of a shit to be reading this and asking yourself, what’s the correlation….well, there just is believe me.  I’m finding that my vocal styling is very bluesy and down to earth, you know sort of blue collar, even though I spent the past 6 plus years working at a bank before the economy was driven into the ground by an ignorant incompetence that will probably take the country years to rebound from.  So my vocals sort of have this ‘don’t really give a shit about your dueschbag personality or stupid ignorant bullshit’ attitude about them, which I like.  I’m sick and tired of a lot of things in this world and I’m now finding that this is the importance of producing my own music and not wasting my time with other peoples shit when I don’t even feel that strongly about their music.  ‘Take it or leave it’…if you don’t hear that in my music, then try pulling your head out of your ass, you might hear it better then! lol

retro debut tunes are being added to my playlist throughout June..it’s just a matter of re-tracking some vocals and ironing some things out.  check out the 3 so far that have been posted

ok, big BIG news…i’m resurrecting my original debut album…you can hear “nothin’ to lose” & “cause it feels good” two of the original 10 songs now at http://thevecctones.com …i may hold off the latest 9 songs for a follow up release. the original 10 song debut seems to be a bit more funky and i freaked out listening to it so…..

it’s a nice day out ‘n all, but I knew I’d feel better if I got some things done, so I did…

I resang “flyin”, and then I re-did the drum beats for “when it rains”.  I also switched up the song order a little…still trying to get it right.

I finally got the right order for the songs to be in (i think).  Now I just need to clean up the beats a little (mostly in “rains”).  Then I need to redo some vocals here or there.

today i re-arranged the songs and realized i have to resing a couple few tracks.  I will be doing that soon, thru the month of May I will be tying up whatever loose ends need to be taken care of.

these tracks contain new mixes and vocal work.  The song order may change as time goes on, I’m also going to let them congeal and ferment for a little while to make sure things are the way they should be….it’s been a long process folks.  happy easter!

I’ve been diligently re-working some vocals and am pleased so far with the results.  I’ve dropped out one song, but brought back 2 others from the vault.  These were the most challenging to re-work vocally because I haven’t visited these songs in a long while.  The others are going through minor changes but I’ve noticed I’m touching upon some things I was doing vocally when I first started a few years back.  It’s all coming full circle, and it’s cool.  Can’t wait for the debut 10 songs to be released!