Feeling very attractive
Today I am a snotty, red nosed coughing ugger.
Bleugh.
The crap thing is I just got rid of a cold. Seemed to get it again straight away.
Now my throat is red raw from coughing, my nose is red raw from blowing, my eyes are red raw from being open...
Yes I am being a sook. I want someone to stroke my hair and feed me chicken soup and honey & lemon tea.
The cool thing is I discovered a cough mixture that tastes like licorice. Not aniseed, but the real deal Darrell Lea licorice. Yum!! Nyal Chesty Cough Medicine for anyone interested.
So. Some shit going down in band camp this week.
For the past year or so we have been plugging away in the studio (or rather Tom has) under the seemingly watchful eye of our producer (let's call him Mr R), but without much guidance. It had appeared he was happy with where things were going and after we added the most recent couple of songs he was going to mix the lot and we would have an album.
Think again.
Finally Mr R has spent some time mixing and he has found he is not happy with a lot of what has been done. I think it's mainly at a sound recording level but possibly also at an artistic level. He has asked for two new songs having rejected several others, but is away this week so we are again left to our own devices. He has heard demo versions & approved so we basically have this weekend to record them properly and hope they are good enough. But, the drummer's away. So, we have to record without drums and add them in later. That's ok, we can probably cope with that.
Why the rush? Well, Mr R has taken on another project which he will be getting paid well for, which commences at the start of April. So we have to have our album completed by the end of March, or we will basically be on the shelf until June. Which we are not prepared to accept. So, once Mr R gets back from the country he will have two weeks to mix the whole thing including 2 new tracks and several other partially mixed ones. That may be achieveable, but then where is our chance to listen to the finished thing and make any changes? What happens if we don't like one or more of the tracks? The fact that the rest of us band members have not been included in the mixing process means this is a definite possibility. Not that he's not a good producer but we all have very different opinions about what has been done so far - I know I really didn't like what happened to the vocals in the last track I was shown.
So, we're all a bit panic stations and divided on whether we should even do these two new tracks. The fact is if we don't, we really don't have a suitable track to open the album with. If we can pull them off it will certainly fill a few holes in the track listing. But these songs are new to us and have not gone through the several months of rehearsal that our songs usually go through. Maybe that will be a good thing, but I'm not sure...
And poor Tom, it is his hours and hours of hard work which just keeps getting either rejected or disregarded - there is one whole song which Mr R won't even touch. "Nope, can't do anything with that one." Not really even an explanation given. Which would have been fine while the track was still at demo stage, but he didn't say anything then, and Tom has since spent days and days working on this track. Aaarrrrghghhh!!!
Ok enough of a rant, I will keep you posted!!
Bleugh.
The crap thing is I just got rid of a cold. Seemed to get it again straight away.
Now my throat is red raw from coughing, my nose is red raw from blowing, my eyes are red raw from being open...
Yes I am being a sook. I want someone to stroke my hair and feed me chicken soup and honey & lemon tea.
The cool thing is I discovered a cough mixture that tastes like licorice. Not aniseed, but the real deal Darrell Lea licorice. Yum!! Nyal Chesty Cough Medicine for anyone interested.
So. Some shit going down in band camp this week.
For the past year or so we have been plugging away in the studio (or rather Tom has) under the seemingly watchful eye of our producer (let's call him Mr R), but without much guidance. It had appeared he was happy with where things were going and after we added the most recent couple of songs he was going to mix the lot and we would have an album.
Think again.
Finally Mr R has spent some time mixing and he has found he is not happy with a lot of what has been done. I think it's mainly at a sound recording level but possibly also at an artistic level. He has asked for two new songs having rejected several others, but is away this week so we are again left to our own devices. He has heard demo versions & approved so we basically have this weekend to record them properly and hope they are good enough. But, the drummer's away. So, we have to record without drums and add them in later. That's ok, we can probably cope with that.
Why the rush? Well, Mr R has taken on another project which he will be getting paid well for, which commences at the start of April. So we have to have our album completed by the end of March, or we will basically be on the shelf until June. Which we are not prepared to accept. So, once Mr R gets back from the country he will have two weeks to mix the whole thing including 2 new tracks and several other partially mixed ones. That may be achieveable, but then where is our chance to listen to the finished thing and make any changes? What happens if we don't like one or more of the tracks? The fact that the rest of us band members have not been included in the mixing process means this is a definite possibility. Not that he's not a good producer but we all have very different opinions about what has been done so far - I know I really didn't like what happened to the vocals in the last track I was shown.
So, we're all a bit panic stations and divided on whether we should even do these two new tracks. The fact is if we don't, we really don't have a suitable track to open the album with. If we can pull them off it will certainly fill a few holes in the track listing. But these songs are new to us and have not gone through the several months of rehearsal that our songs usually go through. Maybe that will be a good thing, but I'm not sure...
And poor Tom, it is his hours and hours of hard work which just keeps getting either rejected or disregarded - there is one whole song which Mr R won't even touch. "Nope, can't do anything with that one." Not really even an explanation given. Which would have been fine while the track was still at demo stage, but he didn't say anything then, and Tom has since spent days and days working on this track. Aaarrrrghghhh!!!
Ok enough of a rant, I will keep you posted!!
posted by Aussie Rock Chick at 11:46 AM
6 Comments:
hope you feeling well soon
thanks for stopping by.
Wow, and I thought being a rockstar was all sunshine and pudding...
I don't think I could be a musician, the idea of someone else telling me whether or not my songs are good enough doesn't work for me, I know it's for the best and he would (hopefully) know what he's talking about but I just hate being told what to do in those type of situations.
I hope all the rest works out well for you guys.
Being a rockstar sounds like a lot of hard work for not much (short term) pay off. I'd get annoyed at Mr R too, especially saying that he can't do anything with a song, but not saying why!
Get better soon!
Ewwwwww! An ugger?!?!?
Love,
Adam - rethinking 19th 03 07.
Heh.
Sunshine, pudding and rock & roll.
tkkerouac - thanks, i'm feeling much better today!
d'jen - not much sunshine for rockstars i'm afraid!! pubs & recording studios aren't really renowned for their tanning ability! in fact, has anyone ever made the link between rockstars and vampires? there's a blockbuster in that for sure...
Yes it is tough having so many people have input into the creative process, and not all of it being positive. But when you work with other people that's just the way it has to be and hopefully we come up with something that is greater than its parts.
Amanda - unfortunately you're right. But then again, how many other people get to drink and have fun on the job?? As long as you're willing to work for nothing it's not so bad really!
Adam - You'll keep!
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