Phew. What a week. Well, we've finished mixing and mastering the demo. Thank goodness. I always find the mixing process a bit laborious (listening to yourself repeatedly for a whole day is enough to do anyone's head in), but Josh was a paragon of patience and craftsmanship, and I think we've done a good job. We had our work cut out in one sense because, having recorded everything live, there was a lot of spill from the instruments, and that limited what we could do to any individual tracks. But all in all, we got a good "live" sound and captured the energy of the songs I think. I'm really pleased! So far, I've got them up on MySpace, and once my head has cleared from computer fuzz, I'll get them up on the website, too.
Another achievement this week is that I got my piano moved up from my folks', replacing the keyboard I've been using for the last 7 or 8 years here in London. I'd been umming and ahhing over it for ages, trying out practice rooms (and encountering some bloody awful pianos), wondering if it would fit...wondering if the stairs could take it too, actually! But although the keyboard I've been using is great, it's just not the same, and I finally took the plunge to have it moved yesterday.
Unfortunately, nobody told the guys moving it that they were going to have to climb four flights of stairs, so when they got here, they were a trifle miffed, shall we say. I really felt for them, and it was a nail-biting experience, hearing them heaving it up to the top floor (I say hearing, because I was too nervous to watch!). But all's well that end's well, and here it is, in the study, ready to be played (and tuned). It's been so nice playing it again, and I can tell already I'm going to enjoy practising and writing with it from now on.
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