Studio Diary 8

Current mood:  calm

got back about about 45 minutes ago..and i must say, we are approaching the home stretch. today was a very productive day. Allen and I went over bass parts and he laid down his part for “Dream Girl”. In addition, we added a few more guitar tracks for that song, that really helped to bring the verse and bridge to life. Unfortunately, my Vox AC-30 freaked out in the process and won’t make any sound. It seems as though a fuse blew, which isn’t that big of a deal; it doesn’t look like there’s serious damage, but we’ll know more by tomorrow. Hopefully everything is ok, i’d still like to lay down some guitars with my amp. Anyway, I spent most of today making comps for the lead vocals, and everything is turning out great. I am going a little paranoid about my intonation in a few parts, so I’m tempted to either redo some vocals or…dare i say it…auto-tune? I really want to stay away from it, but it’s just so easy to just fix a couple notes here and there. Overall, however, my vocals are definitely some of the best that i’ve ever done, and I’m proud of them. I feel like they can stand on their own without any pitch correction, but it’s just so tempting to smooth out a few things, y’know? I dunno we’ll see. Tomorrow, if all goes as planned, will be the official last day of production, as we will move into post-production, aka “the mixing phase”. So that means, tomorrow we need to finish background vocals, additional guitars, percussion, hand claps, and any leftover vocal tracks etc..basically all the “sweetening”. So tomorrow will be jam packed, but it’s cool. I can’t wait to finish up. In other news, I spoke to Pete, my bass player, yesterday and he will not be able to be in attendance this week. He’s unfortunately tied up with some other things, and won’t be able to make it out. It’s alright though, and there are no hard feelings. We’re going to get back on track with the band this summer, so things will be cool. Well that’s all for now. Time to rest up for tomorrow..