Album #1 News

January has been fairly productive so far, having finally finalised album #1′s tracklisting combined with a minor breakthrough in the recording process which is enabling me to get vocals done faster and in a more focussed fashion. I’m currently working on two tracks which pretty much just need the vocals finishing. “All Bombs To Earth“, a song I initially wrote/demoed almost a year ago, has grown into a mini epic and has seen it’s tempo increase from 120 to 125bpm (which makes more of a difference than some may think). Having now added some subtle guitar to the track and other trimmings it’s finally getting close to how I imagined it should be all those months ago. This will be track #3 on the album.

The other track I’m specifically working on (and will be more so next week) is the album opener “Final Beginning“, which is currently one of my favourites (if I had to pick one) and ties in with the *ahem* mini-concept of the album (the lyrics should reveal why, though as a whole there is no heavy concept to the album so it’s a more free affair than what I initially planned which is probably for the best).

I honestly don’t know when this album will be finished, it WILL be 2011 but I can’t say when as I’m taking each track very seriously and recording, mixing, remixing and doing listening tests on a song is like decorating a room in a house, you have to get everything out, and get messy before you can try and get perfection. This takes a lot of focussed energy and time. I’d estimate each track for editing, mixing and testing is currently taking 2-3 weeks, times that by 9 and allow another couple of weeks for outstanding recording and final album mastering, it all adds up. Also have to do a couple of videos before I can release the album so It’ll be a while yet.

To anyone who is reading this and still waiting, and still cares about hearing any of my music, I thank you for your support. I know it’s not easy to give a shit in this day and age when we are literally overwhelmed with information and entertainment to be ‘consumed’ and have more than enough already to get through.

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Thanks for reading

Paul