It’s been a while… but there’s a reason!
And that reason is Twitter. It used to be I’d collect my thoughts up, like guitar riffs, then put them altogether in a blog entry (or a song, in the case of guitar riffs, ’cause they don’t make such good blog entries).
But nowadays it’s just, ‘Ooh, I’ll put that on Twitter.’ It’s probably just as well, ’cause usually I’d forget my thoughts (and guitar riffs) when it came time to write a blog entry.
So I suppose a proper update is in store - but you’re not gonna get it just now, haha. But I will say the album is pretty much done - been working on the opening, and therefore most important track, ‘The Purpose of Man’ these past couple of days. I think it’s done - might cut part of the intro out, as it’s about 45 seconds in before the first verse otherwise, and the last minute-and-a-half has no drums at all, which might give a false impression of what’s to come.
Another one of the tracks might need a little vocal editing, and a few need them pushed a little higher perhaps (Jebus, I never expected to see myself writing those words - thank YOU, autotune), and one needs Rob’s killer guitar solo, then yeah. I’ve got the mastering settings pretty much locked in. Shit, might even be done for my birthday on the 7th.
I’ve completely dropped the double-album idea now, so the album’s just gonna be called Battletech. I’m still deciding whether next to work on all-new songs, use songs I already have but haven’t used, re-record what I did in these sessions (but better), or re-record an old luna spark album I know in my heart is good, but ears (and friends) tell me isn’t. No matter what I do, the result is going to be more electronic/synth oriented than Battletech, ie. no ballads.
I should make that a rule for ALL future albums, otherwise I’m gonna be stuck with autotune forever…
Tags: battletech, recording
