Me & The Fly - 130715

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...FLY was submitted for Tom Robinson's FRESH ON THE NET Listening Post last week. It didn't achieve Fresh Faves status, but it was up against stiff competition, and I made a few contacts, so that was alright then...

I'll submit another track from the album for consideration in due course.

Regards,


djp

Me & The Fly (Shwarz remix) - 070715

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Thanks for Shwarz from dnbhub.com for this remix. Never been remixed before. Have I "arrived"...?;-).

Enjoy!



Regards,


djp

Tracklisting/Me & The Fly - 060715

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Not much happening around these parts these days - apart from my iTunes library crapping out for the umpteenth time. But it's not like I'm not used to that...

I've given the tracklisting a good few listens and I'm 99% (if not 100%) happy with it. At this stage, the only change I'm likely to make is in relation to crossfades between tracks - #firstworldproblem...

In other news, I have submitted ME & THE FLY for consideration on Tom Robinson's FRESH ON THE NET site. If I hear any more news on this, I'll pass it on...

Regards,


djp

Tracklisting/The New Number Two - 040715

Spent the morning on AA3 re-jigging the tracklisting in the light of the decision to drop ...NUMBER TWO.

The transitions sound pretty good to me, and the total running time is down to 70.34, which can't be bad.

My ears are fairly shattered now, so I'll give 'em a rest for a day or two. I'll just check the transitions then, one last time, just to be sure.

Enjoy your weekend!

Regards,


djp

Tracklisting/A Plague On Both My Houses/Watching The News With The Sound Off/The New Number Two - 030715

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Another frustrating, and ultimately disappointing, day today...

Remixed/remastered ...PLAGUE and WATCHING... in CE5/AA3. Both sound fine and are keepers.

However, I spent practically the whole day trying to sort out ...NUMBER TWO, and having got to the 37th different mix, I decided that I can't do anything with it in its present state. I won't even begin to list all the hoops I tried to jump through to bring this track home, but ultimately I couldn't get it to work. It's a shame, because I really love the track. I gave it every chance to come through, but...

The problem lies in my choice of VST soft synths, I plumped for a couple of "distressed" sounds which seemed to occupy the same space EQ-wise. No amount of adjustment would make the various parts sit well together, so I have decided to drop the track from the album. I'll revisit it again in the future - I just don't have the time for it right now.

Of course, that now means I have to adjust the tracklisting. What larks! A job for next week, perhaps. Well, at least the album will be even shorter now...;-).

Enjoy the fine weather!

Regards,


djp

Tracklisting/Complications From A Fall/The New Number Two/A Plague On Both Your Houses/Watching The News With The Sound Off - 020715

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Another frustrating today, but maybe not as bad as yesterday.

Having reviewed the work I did yesterday, COMPLICATIONS... passed muster, the others didn't.

I spent much of the day remixing in CE5/AA3 - ...PLAGUE... is now fine. ...NUMBER proved very frustrating - I'm now up to Mix 29 and I'm still not sure if it's OK. The 29th mix is OK to sleep on overnight - if I'm not there, I'm nearly there. I didn't get around to WATCHING... at all.

Busy day tomorrow, I reckon...;-).

Regards,


djp

Tracklisting/Watching The News With The Sound Off/Complications From A Fall/The New Number Two/A Plague On Both My Houses - 010715

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Frustrating sort of day. I decided to go for a spin in the car to review the tracklisting over the stereo speakers. To do that, I enlisted the aid of my old iPod Shuffle, which I thought had packed it in a few years ago, but apparently was only resting between engagements...

Went off for a spin for an hour or more, out by Lough Derg and Terryglass and back by Borrisokane (as you do...). I reckon the "musical" tracks are fine, but some of the ambient tracks need to be tweaked,

I adjusted the EQs for WATCHING..., COMPLICATIONS... and ...PLAGUE, and they seem to be OK, but ...NUMBER TWO is giving me trouble. I couldn't tweak the EQ, so I had to do a quick remix of the track in CE5 and master in AA3. Not sure if that works so well. If I can't fix the track, I'll just have to drop it.

I'll check these four tracks again tomorrow and see where that leaves me.

Bummer...

Regards,

djp