Well, I'm overjoyed to report that "I Miss You Most at Nighttime" is done, mixed, and mastered, and overall I'm quite pleased with how it came out. It's by far my favorite album to listen to that I've done and I think it'll have a good longevity in my playlist, and that's even after having listened to it probably 40+ times just trying to get the mix down. The mastering process ended up being fairly painless and there was really no real reason for paranoia or anxiety. This is normal for me, and I just have to go through the process at least once to understand that there really is nothing to fear.
I still need to nail down the artwork and such and then it's ready to be sent off for printing. For this one, I believe I'm only going to be offering CD's in digipack form and digital downloads. I have yet to know where exactly the downloads will be but that's certainly on my agenda to figure out over the next 30 days. I'd expect the album to available in all forms within 30-60 days.
I also spent the weekend setting up the new studio gear, getting everything connected, installed, and so on, and then taking down the old rig. I'm now on studio gear version 4.0. The Mac Mini so far is blowing my mind a bit with how fast it is and how much it can do. Even ProTools itself loads in about 1/3 the time than it did on my old system.
For now, I'm doing a decent amount of patting myself on the back, internal celebrations, etc. It's been a long time coming and I'm very proud of this album. Believe it or not, I think I'm going to begin recording the next Jazz Machine album over the holidays, with a potential late 2022 release date. I'm busy, I tell ya...busy.
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