On the brink
Hello my friends -- it was pointed out to me that I have been doing a pretty lousy job of keeping up with chronicling my album project. :)
The studio that I am recording at, Pyramid Sound, has recently undergone a fairly significant upgrade in some of the critical equipment, so the producer there (Alex) thought it would be worth it to wait for that upgrade to be finished before we started the album.
I met with Alex twice now to listen through songs, and I am really excited about the thoughts and ideas he had. It will be the first time that I have ever worked with a producer -- I have always relied on myself, so I think it will be really great for me, and for the record.
The most exciting news is probably that I finished my album cover artwork and I am really happy with the result. What I had posted before was the mockup -- the final one doesn't look too different, except it is all hand-drawn, whereas the mockup is just a photoshop creation (a frankenstein really of about 600 different images all mushed together until the idea was totally realized).
Here is the final artwork - I'd love your comments on it.
I am also in the process right now of redesigning my website to coincide with the CD release, which probably won't be for a while, but it never hurts to be a little bit ahead of the game. This is a *complete* redesign, and so far, I am liking it a lot. Maybe I will post some screenshots here at some point.
So, it looks like I will be spending some time in mid-august in the studio, and the drums are getting recorded in late August as my friend Devon who is playing drums is really busy touring / gigging with his band Revision. My friend Frank who is playing bass on the record is still down south, so even though I am doing everything else in the studio, he is most likely going to record remotely still. You can hear him on the updated "Childhood Places" I released. That track also features my best friend Chris Zemliauskas on the little piano bits (he also played with me on recent "Let Down" and "A Lack of Color" covers.
