Done?!

I didn't get around to writing an update last weekend.  I was hoping to have "The Effects of Connection" EP wrapped up, and due to more minor issues with levels going in the red, I had to reset the entire song again which ends up throwing everything off.  I have definitely learned that I need to really set levels WAY earlier in the process.  You can't necessarily prevent some adjustment when you're finishing up a mix but you shouldn't have to move it anywhere near to the level I had to.  Because of the multiple moves in levels and just how far it moved, it ended up throwing off the mix multiple times, so it was like getting the mix finished, then purposely ruining it, and then doing it all over again...x3.  It was both a bit annoying and frustrating for me.

Regardless, the EP was not sent off last Monday as originally planned, and I spent all week, literally every night, making minor tweaks, etc.  The good news it that what I have now is actually noticeably improved since I manually went in and fixed any snare hits that were bothersome to me, amongst other items.  This helped the mix tremendously, along with a bunch of other small fine tuning details.

I've spent this weekend doing the finalization and I'm fairly certain it'll be sent off for mastering either tomorrow night or Tuesday.  I have just a couple minor tidbit questions that I need to answer first and then it's good to go.  I just did my headphone listen and was fairly pleased.  Finishing a mix is not something I'm super familiar with, as you know, since finishing anything has not been my specialty over the years.  I'm doing my best to keep notes, etc., with the hopes of speeding up the process in the future.  I'll hopefully get a lot of practice this year in general.

The downside is that I have yet to actually start on the artwork since I've been still so focused on the mix.  I'm probably going to start dabbling with the photos tonight and will probably do it little by little during the week, provided I'm up to it.  I would have done more already but there have been way too many tasks at home to attend to, and quite frankly work has been quite hellish lately.  This all catches up to me in a bad fashion and I've been honestly in a fairly bad mood lately due to it all.  How I manage to hold it together at all sometimes kind of amazes me.

It's now February 25th and I'm supposed to start on Defrost Nixon next weekend.  Sigh.  Well, I knew things wouldn't exactly go as planned so I'm not terribly shocked.  "Mirror Land" is not ready to be sent for mastering yet so there's quite a bit to do there, and "...Fish!" certainly isn't wrapped up either.  I guess I'll just do the best I can while also beginning on Defrost Nixon.  It's going to be a very busy three months, let me tell ya.  Hopefully, I survive.