Releases on the Way

This post is a bit late in its arrival since things have been continuously hectic around here.  I swear, between working full time and trying to do music in the evenings and weekends, amongst other things, it feels like I rarely get an opportunity to just sit down and breathe.

In any event, I did send off the "As Evening Brings Tears" video edit version a little over a week ago.  The first version I got back was quite low in volume, even lower than the original version, so I rejected it and had to wait for the redo.  I just got that back on Monday and didn't have an opportunity to go over it until last night.  The overall volume is much better and I'm actually pretty pleased with the mix overall.  I do think, however, that I overdid it a bit on the kick volume, which is really apparent when the track starts, and I kind of wish I had fixed that before hitting submit.  Since this is primarily going on YouTube, though, I'm not going to spend the time or the money redoing it for I think it's pretty good overall, especially since it'll be played primarily through crappy computer speakers.  Mixing is a learning process, as I keep saying over and over, and therefore I just learned yet another tidbit.

I also have "The Effects of Connection" EP basically ready to go.  I'm still doing a couple manual de-esses here and there, and also some very minor little tweaks, but the mixes of both tracks are basically ready to go.  I'm hoping to send these tracks off for mastering no later than next Monday.  This means that I'll be cranking on the artwork for it this weekend of which I fortunately have a few ideas already cooking.

The "Mirror Land" EP shouldn't be far behind and might be submitted for mastering about a week later.  That artwork is more or less already put together and has been sitting around dormant for about 4+ years.  I simply need to make a couple tweaks and then it should be good to go.

I think I might be running a bit behind on the "...Fish" mixes but I don't think it'll really interfere with my starting on the Defrost Nixon album around March 1st.  Again, I'm trying my best to stay on target this year so that I can get as much done as possible.  Defrost Nixon is really the big variable and I don't know if allotting only 3 months is going to be adequate but I guess I'll find out.

That's the news from over here.  I'm hoping to get the "As Evening Brings Tears" video posted on YouTube within the next 2 weeks.