Crispycat Recordings: Close to completion...

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Close to completion...

I should have been carrying on the work on Ian Sclater's album today.

Ian was due to come round to do some vocalising over the backing tracks which are now on the computer - last session we spent sorting out all the glitches and timing issues re the recordings made thus far...

Unfortunately, Anne wasn't up for anyone singing in the house after last night (vino rosso etc) and so I had to postpone Ian...

To keep things quiet in the house, I spent all day working on the new CBQ album on headphones - cutting and pasting already recorded vocal lines and backing tracks and trying out new special effects. It all seems to be coming together at last. Not long to go now....

I've worked out all the recording dates for the album and, although it's nearly two years since I started working on it (actually the first programming of any of the songs on it took place as long ago as February 2003), on the days I've worked on it (around 18 different days out of over 700!!), I've worked quite quickly and effectively...

It's really just my procrastinatioin which has stalled the process...the most recent song on the album was written in October last year...

I am really enjoying working on the songs on the computer - I can't believe I waited so long to get round to using this method...

During a break in recording we went to Anne's mum's for tea - everyone was astonished I was no longer a vegetarian. I must admit to feeling pangs of guilt as I ate the chicken and there's talk of a goose for Christmas Dinner...

Highlight of the day was Kitty, Anne's niece, saying my name for the first time - ok she called me "Day Day" but that's good enough for me...

Got a call today from Jorg and Yvonne Sonnenschein, our old friends from Germany. Jorg has been working flat out for about three years now (at least) rebuilding their house and Yvonne wants to send him over to us for a few days well-earned rest....

He's likely to arrive next weekend so I won't be able to continue with Ian's album until after that...but I may well have the recording process for the CBQ album finally finished by then....

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