dusk in nyc
its been a great week in nyc. its great how a forced break from lesson plans and composing puts things in perspective. things that seemed like big problems now seem much smaller now.
its probably because i spent most of the break working on the new cd. many of our sessions went well, a few stumbled and the push to get a first mix done was only partially successful. the mixing process was hampered because we realized when the tenor/bass parts are mixed well together they class with the vocal parts and when they are adjusted to the vocals they clash with each other giving the piece no real low end. when i get back we can fix it and it really now looks like a molehill on my vacation. the fact that we are almost done recording and pretty close to being done editing is really great, but more on that later...
vacation is good, visiting my former guitarist sean and other assorted friends in town. blogofriend drew mcmanus and blogocomposofriend alex shapiro will be in town later in the week for the chamber music america conference. if our schedules line up i might be able to see both of them. my wife is coming into town on friday to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary on friday the 13th. are we doomed? probably not.
its probably because i spent most of the break working on the new cd. many of our sessions went well, a few stumbled and the push to get a first mix done was only partially successful. the mixing process was hampered because we realized when the tenor/bass parts are mixed well together they class with the vocal parts and when they are adjusted to the vocals they clash with each other giving the piece no real low end. when i get back we can fix it and it really now looks like a molehill on my vacation. the fact that we are almost done recording and pretty close to being done editing is really great, but more on that later...
vacation is good, visiting my former guitarist sean and other assorted friends in town. blogofriend drew mcmanus and blogocomposofriend alex shapiro will be in town later in the week for the chamber music america conference. if our schedules line up i might be able to see both of them. my wife is coming into town on friday to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary on friday the 13th. are we doomed? probably not.
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posted by paul bailey at
11:29 PM
1 Comments:
If you can get into the CMA conference, you should really try. It is an organization that you should belong to (if you don't already).
Happy anniversary (in advance). Laura and I just had our 15th on the 5th. Man, does time fly!
Also, when it comes to mixing, remember to always mix as a whole whenever possible (isolating parts can be dangerous, which is what this sounds like), and most importantly: cut, don't boost!
Can't wait to hear it!!!
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