Fait Accompli

Just a quick update.

I went to my friend Steve's house today to listen to my mixes on his monitors. Mine aren't the greatest in the world and I needed to listen to what I have thus far in a more objective environment.

Listening to those mixes tells me that I'm fairly on target so far. I made only a few adjustments. But I would like to attempt to replace the drum tracks on two of the songs from last fall. Back then, I was still learning to use Logic and still getting my drum chops back together. Now I have a much better drum sound and the mics have not moved since I last recorded drums. I think I would be remiss if I didn't at least try. That will be my job this weekend.

I'm back on my "composition a day" schedule again, dreaming up and slapping down sketches of different types of tunes. I'll probably do that for two weeks and see what i've got. Hopefully, I'll find a few more songs to begin building basic tracks.

I don't want to psych myself out or anything, but I do have a tentative schedule. I'd like to be done with basic tracks by the end of May and complete all recording by July 4th. that's a pretty arbitrary date, but it feels right. I try not to think about it too much. My heart skipped beat the other day when i considered that once I complete the basic tracks, then I have to write and perform all the vocals. This is a lot of work! But I'm in too deep now. It's a fait accompli.

I'm game.