More vocal tracks tonight… Finished vocals for “That One Song” & “Smoke & Mirrors”. Matt Bell & I are extremely happy with the way things are going! Tonight only took about an hour & a half to lay down the 2 tracks… Late next week, we plan on doing vocals for “Been There” & “Friendly Fire” (one of my favorites).
We’re still planning to start mixing sometime in August. There’s really not much left to do, in terms of recording the tracks. There are 4 vocals tracks, 3 or 4 guitar solos & 1 bass line left to do. I would guess that we have about 50 studio hours logged so far… but we’ve only been doing a couple hours at a time. Next album, it might be better to do everything in a solid week or two & be done with it. We never intended for it to be stretched out over this length of time… it just sort of happened this way, due to all of our schedules & finances. The important thing is that we’re still making progress & working hard to meet our release date.
I really can’t wait to start mixing the album. Although the rough tracks sound pretty good, there are still some volume levels & EQ settings that will need tweaked. Attention to detail will make all the difference in the world.
Until next time…
-Matt