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In the style of the original “web logs,” this blog is a simple record of the various creative projects I’m working on. It’s mainly for my own reference but you are, of course, welcome to read along. Subscribe
June 26, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Started practicing & writing drum parts for “Too Many Voices,” “Vanishing Twin,” and “The Tempest of Tarragon.”
- So sore.
Hatchford Hotel
- Rewrite that eliminate the need for the bedroom as a location
- Rewrite that simplifies the end of Act II, Scene 3
- Added more moments for Possum to shine.
June 23, 2022
Hatchford Hotel
- Submitted the play to Vermont Stage, Oldcastle Theatre Company
Matt
- More mixing
June 19, 2022
Matt
- Small mix tweak on “Dream City”
- I think we got it
Hatchford Hotel
- I didn’t think there was any other sizeable rewrites. I was wrong.
- I took Nate V’s advice on economy of locations to heart and jotted down notes on how we could remove all of the bedroom scenes by moving them to the lobby.
- Then other dominoes fell as a result and I ended up with two full pages of notes about possible tweaks.
- Possibly remove some car scenes as well.
June 18, 2022
Matt
- Did two mixes for “Dream City”
Elephants of Scotland
- Tracked and inserted extended instrumental section for “Tempest of Tarragon”
- Need to step away for a day to see if it needs more repeats here and there.
June 14, 2022
Matt
- Recorded brushes for “The Town”
- Mixed and mastered with Izotope Ozone 9 Advanced that I just purchased.
Hatchford Hotel
- Brief chat with Greg about notes from recent chat with Nate.
- We agreed there are two tiny changes worth doing.
- But we were too pooped to get into it today.
June 11, 2022
Matt
- First mix of “The Town”
- EQ is off
- I removed his rough drums, they’ll need to be replaced with … something
Elephants of Scotland
- Band meeting to review first 4 songs in their various stages of completion
June 5, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Arranging, noodling with “Tempest of Tarragon”
- Trying to fit other instrumental ideas from band jam sessions into the song
Matt
- Mixed “Cake”
Hatchford Hotel
- Got drinks with Nate V to discuss rewrites and possible ways forward