Hard to Believe...

 I had a fairly busy and productive weekend and I'm happy to say (and it's hard to believe, I know) that the first complete mix of "I Miss You Most at Nighttime" has been completed.  With everything that's gone on for me in the past year, whether it's something eye related or dizziness or pet related or otherwise, it's kind of shocking that I still made my own personal deadline.  Yes, folks, it CAN be done...an entire album both written and recorded all within one year's worth of time, even for ME.  Wow.

I checked off the last few things that were on my list this weekend which included some drum changes/polishing, piano and keyboard parts, and a few other added tidbits for spice and a few minor corrections.  I did listen to the whole album last night but through my studio monitors.  The real test is to listen to it as a "listener" through my home stereo, my usual source of all music listening.  I did briefly fly through the tracks last night, though, just to get a feel for how close the mixes were and also to hear some of the fixes that I put into place, and overall it sounded pretty good to me with only a few minor mental notes about EQ on guitars, lowering of bass and drums, etc.  Needless to say, I'll know more by the end of the week after giving it multiple listens but I can tell you this...the last time I did a full mix on an album, it didn't sound anywhere near this good so progress IS being made.

What now?  Well, I need to get all the other tasks done and get through the red tape.  I've got permissions to get for 2 tracks, copyright info to submit, album artwork to complete, decisions to be made on format, and so on.  And, I've got to quickly switch over next weekend to the "Mirror Land" EP to try and iron out the couple of outstanding tasks I have on that one.  So, yeah, I've got my work cut out for me.  For now, though, there's reason to celebrate in my household!