Neglect

Hell, I've really been neglecting these blogs (geesh!).  It hasn't really been intentional, and it's most certainly not that I don't have anything to say.  Someone once said that I'm a true "stream of consciousness" styled writer and I guess I'd agree because if I had the time I could easily write every single day, and, er, blather on and on about pretty much anything.  You place the topic in front of me...and I'll blather gladly.

Part of the neglect here is that time is now passing at an incredibly fast rate.  For example, I feel like it's been awhile since I wrote in this blog but it only feels like maybe 2 months to me.  Well, it's not...it's more like almost 6 months.  I've determined that time is now passing at more or less a "2 to 2" ratio, meaning what used to feel like 2 weeks passed is in reality 2 months.  This leads me down the path of pondering whether time is truly an absolute...but this gets really into a rabbit hole involving all kinds of theory, quantum physics, you name it, so I'll spare you...but still it's kind of a fascinating thought, no less.

As much as I came out of the gate in 2026 and promptly fell flat on my face with giving my final EP mixes to the mastering engineer and having him return them to me sounding awful, saying something along the lines of "these are some of the hardest mixes I've ever had to work with due to...", it's actually been a super positive year so far.  How so?  Well, this latest flop finally caused me to deep dive even further and I believe at long last fix my issues.  In fact, mixing has not only gotten better but way faster, as previously reported.  I did, however, finally decide to do about 2-3 more major overhauls on "Mirror Land" and have now basically completely remixed it for probably the 125th time, hence why it's still not out.  It's nearly done (again) but I honestly just burned out on it and needed to shift my focus elsewhere before going completely insane.

So, instead, I've focused on other songs/albums/mixes, and it gave me the opportunity to put what I've learned truly to the test and I'm happy to say my confidence level is now super high.  The newer things I've been working on are coming together super fast and sound, well, quite amazing to me at least, so I just need to reinvest the time again in those nagging projects that I've been fiddling with for far too long.

My recording techniques have actually kicked up quite a few notches as well, including my "production" ear, meaning in how to put the songs together, etc.  There are so many skills to acquire when doing music in the manner in which I do it that it's kind of no wonder why it's taken me so long to get here (sigh).

In any event, I'm currently enjoying 2 weeks off of work and recording/mixing/lyric writing/whatever every single day.  I also decided to make a few new purchases alongside selling loads of gear that I have yet to find the time to actually list on Reverb.com.  Ah, but we'll get there.

That's pretty much where I'm at.  I'll probably write more in the next few days because I have a lot on my mind right now, mainly with working on a recording project from my younger days which has opened up many memories, both good and bad.  More later.