All that Fazz

My eye appointment this morning at the crack of dawn (well, to me, at least) went almost exactly as I had predicted:  there's currently no retinal tear, keep an eye on it (pardon the pun), and let them know if anything changes.  I swear that I could write the scripts for doctor related dramas.  As much as there isn't a tear right now, it could happen at any moment...but maybe not, if you're lucky.  Yes, it's very comforting.

On the plus side, my eye dilation didn't last all day so I was able to get back in the studio.  In fact, I think the tech actually missed getting the whole drop in my eyes, and given the situation I wasn't about to complain.  I have no idea why they have to give you so much of the fluid if they only need to look in your eye for no more than 30 minutes.  It seems absurd to be blind for hours when you only need 30 minutes worth.

I continued working on blueprinting "This Town's Not Big Enough (for You and I)" and spent a good 2-3 hours on it.  In the end, I think I got it all down and I'm liking the overall feel of the track.  I did an interesting bridge part that has a certain James Bond theme sound to it, and then over the top of that I wanted to play something very iconic Morricone styled, rather "Hang'em High" like but not exactly that riff.  The part I came up with sounds pretty good but it was interesting since it required that I stretch my fingers, from index to pinky, over 6 frets.  Given the fact that I have trigger finger going on in my pinky, it was an interesting thing to do but somehow I managed.  Of course, this is just the demo version but who knows...I might just use this part going forward.

It's pretty cool returning to the world of the Jazz Machine material and so far I'm really liking it.  Ironically, though, I'm still fighting internally with the actual name "the Jazz Machine".  I feel like I'm not doing myself any favors with that name, and basically anyone not into instrumental or jazz is immediately turned off by the name, and then true jazz people are equally annoyed since I'm not playing actual jazz (I tend to call this stuff "fazz" or fake jazz).  Maybe it should be the Fazz Machine?  No, that sounds kind of idiotic.  I don't know...I'm still pondering.  If I can come up with a better name, I may still rebrand it.

I also finally revisited the song "Across the Desert" from the "Lost Weekend" remix.  This is the track that I've had the most difficulty with remixing so far and I wanted to see if any of the newer techniques that I've more recently learned will help me out with the overall sound.  I think they helped a bit but I won't know for sure until I listen to it later.

It's hard to believe it's already Wednesday (sigh).  With only a few days off left, I have to really start thinking about what else I'd like to get out of this week.  Summer isn't looking too terribly promising for getting music done considering my Moh's procedures, eye issues, and everything else, so I really need to give this some thought.