Last preview track before the full release next week…
Enjoy!
Regards,
djp
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Whatever you do, don’t panic!!!
Having converted all the album track wavs to MP3 over the last few days, and having spent a little time “living” with the MP3s, I encountered two major problems.
Where PEOPLE… was concerned, I could hear unintended and unwanted distortion on one of the guitar parts, which was particularly noticeable since that part was solo-ed in the fadeout. I checked the master wav and everything sounded fine, so I reckoned that the problem had emerged as part of the MP3 conversion process. I’d converted all the files at 192, so I thought that converting to a higher bitrate might solve the problem. I ended up converting all the tracks at 256 in AA3 and I thought that had solved the problem with PEOPLE…, but on further scrutiny, the problem was still there.
I thought then that maybe there was a problem with the master and that I might have to remix/remaster the track. But there was no problem apparent in the CE5 project, so there was really nothing I could do to fix the problem at the mixing/mastering stage. I then thought that converting to MP3 at 320 might solve the problem. If not, I’d either have to live with the distortion and pretend that it was intentional and desirable, or else drop the track altogether (when you hear the track, I think you’ll realise why I’d really not want to drop the track…). Thankfully, conversion at 320 worked a treat, so then I had to convert all the tracks at the same bitrate. Handier than remixing/remastering fer sho’…
Meanwhile, the problem with …EVONY was distortion on the Ebow-ed guitar parts. The distortion was apparent on the master wav (hadn’t noticed at the time of mastering), but it wasn’t to be found on the premaster wav. So I decided to use the premaster on the album – track sounds a lot sweeter now.
So now you see the advantages of having one’s own studio set-up and of not creating a physical product. If I’d noticed the distortion issues after having sent a disc off to be manufactured, it would’ve been too late to fix ‘em. Or too expensive.
That’s it now. I’m not going to listen to the damn tracks anymore!
Regards,
djp
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A further taster for the album – click here.
Enjoy…
Regards,
djp
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First song out of the traps for pre-release review is Vichy Circles – the song that only took me 4 years to record.
Hope you think it was worth all the effort…
Regards,
djp
22
Aug
11
It’s a date – 220811
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So I’ve finally come to a decision – the album is to be released on 5 September 2011. Business commitments in the real world dictated that date, which is fair enough
For those of you who like to look at album artwork, here’s the cover…
I don't know much about art, but...
It’ll be available to stream/download from Reverbnation and Bandcamp from that date (and possibly a little before that date, if you’re vigilant) and from other online emporia thereafter.
There may even be a sneaky-peaky online preview of some of the tracks over the next few days. Stay tooned for further details…
If you want to participate in the Facebook launch “event”, click here.
I have a bit of work to do before I embark on what I laughingly refer to as “promo”, but that’ll all take place over the next few days.
Wish me luck, eh?
Regards,
djp
16
Aug
11
Mailout – 160811
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I’ve finally completed compiling a list of e-mail address for a mailout. Instead of stretching the mailout process over days/weeks (well, it certinaly felt like weeks at the time…) as was the case with HAPPY DAYS IN THE GULAG, I’m just going to let the e-mails all go off at once. This will allow me to get on with my life before I tackle another bleedin’ project.
I’ll have to travel for work late this month/early September, so I’ll be looking at a release date of 5 September for the album. I’ll have a little think about this over the next day or two before I make a final call on this.
Nearly there, boys. Isn’t it exciting…?;-).
Regards,
djp
07
Aug
11
Artwork/Mailout – 070811
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I think I’ve pretty much signed off on the artwork. I’ll let things “settle” for a day or two before I decide I’m happy with it.
In the meantime, I’ve started putting together the e-mail addresses for my promo mailout. This is based on my media/blog trawl last year. Which yielded only one review. A nasty, sarcastic one at that. Still, Optimism 1 – Experience 0, eh…?;-).
Regards,
djp
05
Aug
11
King Fidget EP – 050811
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The EP is now available from Breakingtunes – http://breakingtunes.com/danielprendiville.
Regards,
djp
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Got an unexpected “window” this afternoon and had a go at remixing/remastering …HEAVEN in CE5, Cubase VST/24 and AA3.
I had to radically rethink my approach to the mix and as a result, the emphasis between the various instruments has changed quite significantly. But it’s most satisfactory now compared to previous versions of the track.
Ripped a complete new version of the album onto CD-R and went for a spin up the M7 in the Prius with the (surprisingly good) hi-fi up full blast. I think the essence of a good mix, IMO, is that nothing inappropriate catches your ear, and I think I can safely say that at this stage, I have ironed-out all the audio kinks out of the album.
That being the case, I think I can now sign-off on the album and concentrate on doing a spot of artwork. And about time too…;-).
Regards,
djp
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