May 26, 2020
Whale Helmet
- Recorded 8th episode: “Vibbis T’Quahlahhop”
- Phone signal kept dropping in basement.
- There are now wasps living in, or somehow finding their way into, the basement. Distracting during a recording session to say the least.
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May 25, 2020
Mailbox
- Began work on remixing The Yellow Bus.
- Tape speed on this tune was more significantly off. I was able to adjust vocal pitch fine since it’s monophonic. I had to re-record the guitar, though. That went very quickly and easily.
- My final vocal verse sounds way off, though. Might need to get creative in fixing that bit.
May 23, 2020
This is a round-up of the past week.
Mailbox
- Chameleon remixing continues with invaluable help from Chris Combs.
- Just about done side 1. Not only is everything sounding “better” but there is an energy to it now that the original never quite captured.
Took a week off from Whale Helmet due to some technical issues and because Greg and I are celebrating our respective anniversaries this week.
Read moreMay 17, 2020
Sketch
- Recorded an electric piano track for Jenna’s upcoming parody video.
Mailbox
- Remixed “Everybody Out” – fixed snare timing and guitar EQ.
May 16, 2020
This is actually for May 14-16. Again, days blurring together.
Whale Helmet
- Recorded and edited episode #7
- Includes a “live in the studio” performance of a new piece by Greg and me. I added guitar to his poem of “The Lighthouse” (or whatever we’re calling it).
Mailbox
- Continued remix project for Chameleon In A Kaleidoscope album.
- Sharing mixes with Chris C for feedback and second set of ears.
- “San Antonio” is done. It is killer. It’s like the original only better.
May 12, 2020
Days kinda blurring together. Not sure if this entry is exclusively about today or not.
Mailbox
- Remixed “The Piano That Jack Filled (pt. 18)” due to some really bad vocals at the end.
- Listened to rest of Jack and it cant be improved upon. The mix and master from original CD (save for pt. 18) will remain for the reissue
- Started piecing together audio and midi files for “San Antonio…” It will take a lot of work but I can already tell the result will be revelatory.
Whale Helmet
- Called off Whale Helmet recording for tonight just cuz.
- I did find a demo of this week’s song (“Endless pt. 2”) from 2000.
May 9, 2020
Mailbox
- Remixed “Stampede of Mules” for upcoming Whale Helmet episode.
- I edited the episode a day or so ago but forgot to post it here.