Wish this Wurlitzer was mine. At least it’s on my record! (Taken with instagram)
‘Rule Of Love’ Update
Things are different this time around. When I started the first EP I didn’t really know what I was doing. Really and truly, I was just praying that the tracks I was recording would sound decent once I started mixing them. I tracked most of the record with scratch drum tracks. Andy did a great job playing to what was already there. That’s not an easy thing to do.
So what’s different for these five songs? Well I still don’t really know what I’m doing, but my confidence has been boosted with the release of ‘Stomach On The Growl’. I’m really happy with it. My friends like it. A few other people have told me they like it. I don’t have to spend time worrying if an acoustic guitar needs re-tracking or not, or if I’m going to be able to make the vocal sound big enough. I know the context I want things in and know what I need to fit them within that context.
I’ve got more gear now. I don’t have to borrow amps, guitars, mics. I am borrowing those things, but just to bolster what I already have. I’m able to do a lot more stuff whenever I want because I have the tools at my disposal.
I can mix as I go along now. I know, for the most part, where things need to sit in the mix now. I don’t anticipate taking two months to mix these five songs like I did with the first five. Everything should move much faster.
I think the first record is going to make a lot more sense when the second one comes out. It wasn’t ever really supposed to be two separate things. The one review I’ve had of the record said the songs didn’t flow, they were too different. I think they’ll feel a lot more grounded, more stable with the back half functioning as a response to the first.
I think if I had it all to do over again I probably would have waited to release the record all at once. I know my reasons for doing it this way and I think they’re valid. But I worry people might have a wrong impression of what I’m going for. I can console myself with the thought that there just aren’t that many people who even know about it. But I’ll be glad when the whole thing is done and out and people can enjoy or hate it for exactly what it is.
In which Henry becomes a superhero through the mystical powers of a heating pad. (Taken with instagram)
More tracking last night. Been using these pres until mine get built. API clones. (Taken with instagram)
