New albums in the works

[Brewdude]

Just got a notification that the engineer has successfully transferred the entire project . So I'll pick it up and get it to my present engineer. Might take  a while to get this one in the que, since the focus is on the present project and he's a busy boy.

Still, I'm very pleased that we're making progress finally.

:cheers:



Cheers,

RR

 

[Brewdude]

Very pleased that the transferred tracks from the older scusi drive made it successfully to the glyph drive. Got with my present engineer and he started the process of importing them into a Pro Tools session. So this one will have new life in due course.


Cheers,

RR

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Sweet!

:cheers:

 

[Brewdude]

The older project to be re-mixed will have to take a back seat to the present one. and that one will be taking some time yet as my studio engineer is booked to the max, and not with with my material!

So, I'll have to be patient until he can carve out some time to start the serious editing/mixing phase of the big acoustic project. I asked for this to be completed by Sept 1st, and he believes that is do-able. We're talking 28 tunes here, so it's a very big project. While some are relatively simple and straightforward others are more complex.

This is always a lengthy process and goes through several reviews between he and I until it's deemed ready to send on to the mastering studio. And even there, it can also mean some changes that take tweaking, time, and $$.

And then there's also a few of the tunes on this acoustic project that need some finishing touches as far as tracking is concerned. That's mostly in the hands of the string section arranger, so hopefully he can come through for me before Sept 1st. I recently learned he had some serious health issues which resulted in surgery. So hope he can recover and deliver the goods in time.

That's where I stand on all this.

In the meantime, one of the vocalists I've had contribute to several of my tunes has sounded me out on considering the possibility of joining his new band he's in the process of putting together. He's a way great singer and has a vocal quality not unlike Dr. John - raw and in yer face. Quite the character as well, and his stage presence can only match his persona. I'd love to do this as I haven't gigged in too many years, and working with this guy would be primo.

Alas, it just doesn't fit in with my day job - early to bed and early to rise and all that. Cannot deal with the late performance times any more, at least right now. Sadly I'll have to pass on this. Pity, that!

So that's all the news that's fit to print!


Cheers,

RR

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Sounds like your passion is flaring! Two albums, folks wanting your skills, all sounds like a great path you're on!

 

[Brewdude]

Very pleased to say that my studio engineer is hard at work on my material again after being engaged on another project.

This past week I had the pleasure of previewing 5 of the 28 tunes on this project. Have to say he's got everything well in hand.

So the plan from here forward is for him to knock out as many of the mixes he can in the next month or so. He thinks he can get this done by the end of Sept, but there's three selections that are going to require a lot of extra TLC.

Suffice to say that those selections might indeed delay the completion, but will be worth it. One thing I've learned over and over in this process is that the project takes on a life of it's own after a point. And we've reached that point.

I'll try and post a link to one of the tunes so you can hear what I've been up to.


Cheers,

RR

 

[Brewdude]

OK, ready for an adventure? Me too!

Right now I'll try and share an mp3 through a link to my google drive. Zeno Marx coached me on the procedure but who knows if I've done it properly. If this works for you then let me know here please.

This is one of the tunes that I've signed off on for the final mix on my new all-acoustic project, and think it came out pretty nice if I do say so!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Sm9luRfzOiWVRwamlkdGJIdDJwOGhES1JyYTJCaE8xQ0Y4/view?usp=sharing


Cheers,

RR

 

[Zeno Marx]

What I got was "Night On The Town Final Mix 1 081817".  It was only 100 bytes, which I think isn't even a single kb.  I believe a completely empty .txt file is even 1kb.  In other words, I don't think you uploaded anything but a title.  My players couldn't recognize that data within it, if there is any.  It shows up as an MP3, but it won't play.

So, I would assume you uploaded to Google Drive correctly, but the file wasn't the file you wanted?  Not sure. If you're uploading an entire album, or even a 3-minute song, it should take a minute or 10 to upload. If it is instantaneously showing you that little box in the lower right corner, something isn't right.

 

[Brewdude]

Damn. I could not play it from the posted link either just now. And yet it plays just fine on the file in my email. So not sure what to do next. I'll pm you rather than trying to analyse it here.


Cheers,

RR

 

[Stick]

Hey Rande,

Good to see you're still banging them drums

If I recall correctly, during one of our recent correspondences you asked what I thought of your Surf album.  Well, being that I enjoy a bit of the Beach Boys I figured that the album should accompany us on our hols this year.  Each day we drove to the beach we had your disk belting out tunes to set the mood... and set the mood it did!  Here's me parked up at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire.  Not much in the way of swells to get excited about, but enough to get the longboard off the rack when the tide was on the push.  

 

[Brewdude]

Hey Rande,

Good to see you're still banging them drums

If I recall correctly, during one of our recent correspondences you asked what I thought of your Surf album.  Well, being that I enjoy a bit of the Beach Boys I figured that the album should accompany us on our hols this year.  Each day we drove to the beach we had your disk belting out tunes to set the mood... and set the mood it did!  Here's me parked up at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire.  Not much in the way of swells to get excited about, but enough to get the longboard off the rack when the tide was on the push.  

Eh up mate, jolly good to know you enjoyed that journey. Looks quite like your journey was rewarding as well, no? More pics please!

I'm still trying to figure out this mp3 posting thing. I'll freely admit I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to IT stuff. But with a little help from my friends (pun intended) we'll get 'er done!

:bom:



Cheers,

RR

 

[Brewdude]

Let's see if this works. I give you "Night on the Town".................

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Sm9luRfzOidmctd0JrVk9sSWc/view?usp=sharing


Cheers,

RR

 

[Zeno Marx]

3:40 track

You got it working. Nice Dynamic Range of 13. bitrate of 128, which is poor, aka low on the lossy scale. Not a criticism, but if you were sharing it, I'd recommend higher, or even the full wav or aiff file, which is called lossless. I feel you can really tell in music like this with acoustic instruments and clean voice. Maybe that's for another day. Whoever is helping you record it should know what I'm talking about with bitrates and audio quality/types of files. Oh, and for the sake of others, you should tag it. You know, put your name/artist, track title, date, even lyrics, etc in the metadata (the stuff that shows up on media players as information).

 

[Stick]

Nice bit of Mando there Rande old chum! Skips along wonderfully and it seems you're getting to grips with the tech too!

 

[Brewdude]

3:40 track

You got it working.  Nice Dynamic Range of 13.  bitrate of 128, which is poor, aka low on the lossy scale.  Not a criticism, but if you were sharing it, I'd recommend higher, or even the full wav or aiff file, which is called lossless.  I feel you can really tell in music like this with acoustic instruments and clean voice.  Maybe that's for another day.  Whoever is helping you record it should know what I'm talking about with bitrates and audio quality/types of files.  Oh, and for the sake of others, you should tag it.  You know, put your name/artist, track title, date, even lyrics, etc in the metadata (the stuff that shows up on media players as information).

Zeno

It's prolly due to the compressed nature of the mp3 file. The original was recorded at 44.1 (I seem to remember) and should be fine. But that's what he gave me for this purpose. As far as tagging it, none of that was apparent in the steps I followed. For here as an example of one of the tunes it's OK, but I'll see about your suggestions in the future if I can figure that out.

In any case, I'm very grateful to you for your help with this. Those step-by-step instructions you gave me worked great, and none of it would have been intuitive on my own.

I did struggle a bit today with one aspect - there were 2 windows that appeared during one of the steps. Each seemed to be the file but had slightly different symbols.

One had a speaker, and that's the one I tried first. That seemed to work, but when I previewed the post with the link it said there was a problem and would not download. So I went back tried the other one that had a different symbol (I forget what it looked like) and that one worked.

Nice bit of Mando there Rande old chum! Skips along wonderfully and it seems you're getting to grips with the tech too!

Ta very much mate. Aye, the mando lark did work well didn't it. And thanks to good chaps like our Zeno here I was able to share it!


Cheers,

RR

 

[Zeno Marx]

I'd be happy to help. I'm somewhat of an audio nerd (with limitations).

 

[huffelpuff]

Rande, once again you've done a bang up job. Its a nice catchy little number!
Jim

 

[Brewdude]

Rande, once again you've done a bang up job. Its a nice catchy little number!
Jim

Jim, I neglected to thank you for this. So I'll do it now!

Rather enjoy it myself. It took on a life of it's own after I composed it. Actually I didn't hold out much enthusiasm for this initially, and regarded it as a "throw-away" selection. Just goes to show what a difference a little thought and production can make... but many songs are that way I've found.

Not as far along this current journey as I'd hoped in a previous post. Still making progress though. And that's how this normally goes!


Cheers,

RR

 

[huffelpuff]

Rande, always delighted to give a listen to your tunes. They have yet to disappoint. Really appreciate your sharing the creative process with guys like me who are always curious but haven't a lick of talent. It really does make the whole process less mysterious and it certainly gives me a greater appreciation for what the artist envisioned in my day to day listening.

Jim

 

[Oxman]

Hey Rande, great to catch up on your newer works, the last album I downloaded from you and still listen to was Reflections and Fantasies..... I am currently downloading Surfs Up and really looking forward to listening