Here I am finally proceeding with my album work and all I can say is... it's a hell lot of work! I'm in the process of premastering my songs, which is the procedure I despise the most...mixing! OMFG! My hand hurts from thousands of mouse clicks. Anyone who also produces tracks with vocals, can definitely relate to what I'm going through.
Imagine how it is to hear EACH verse of EACH song more than a hundred times yo! You'll go nuts, after 5 hours lol! I tell yah, this is definitely a blood, sweat and tears project, and I don't mean the band lol! Editing more than 40 tracks in a song and most are the vocal tracks... man it's really difficult to stay focused. I can't listen to my voice anymore!
I basically do a lot of vocal tracks in my songs because I love harmonies in my backing vocals. So it's mainly like 4 of each harmony (2 left, 2 right) for stereo sound. I mostly got 3 harmonies - mid, high and low. Then some other backings, then some adlibs, then some effects, then the main vocals and so on. So aside from mixin' the instrumental, mixin' the vocals is another pain in the ass. It's definitely easier to produce an instrumental track.
But it's all for myself right? That's why I just accept the painful procedure lol! I'm doin' this for the love and passion for my music. I guess without that, I just would keep all tracks I produced so far in the closet until they are forgotten, like most people I have collaborated with in the past. Lots of great tracks have been produced, but where are they? Oh in the closet, ok. So it's great that at least there's one listener to the tracks... the closet! What's the sense? What a waste of time. I can't even count all the collaborations I already had, which were only a learning experience in the end. Well that's how I re-word "a waste of time" - a learning experience lol!
As I have mentioned, I'm premastering all of those 16 tracks right now. After that, I will have to mix them together to get one mix level for the whole album. The danger I see is, being me, I always like to change this and that especially the vocal recording, even if the takes were already good. I just need to control myself with that or I won't be able to proceed.
So far, most of the songs I have chosen, since my Album Work: Documentation - Part 1, still convinced me and I added a few more songs to the album. All in all there are 16 songs including intro and interludes, but I still won't post the track listing yet. I'll do that on part 3, which should be the final phase, well hopefully, if all works well.
But it seriously is a lot of work right now, especially since I realized that I did a somehow lousy work in the past lol! For example, some of the beats I created had both snares and kicks in the same tracks or even the bass drum, and that makes the mixing process more difficult, cuz you have to be able control each track, thus each sound to make it easier to avoid clippings etc.
Can you imagine how much work it is to mix down 1 track? Now I'm doin' 16 tracks, so I don't even want to think about it. So far, I've managed to do another round of premixes and they all sounded pretty good to me, regarding the output level BUT, now comes the butt I mean but, when I finally could change the defective cable of my HD 25 headphones, I heard some clippings.. oh shit! What does that mean? Yep, I can start the premixes again...damn!
I mix the sound through my speakers of course, but I still listen to them through my headphones. Now I use 2 different types, one is the AKG K271, which has lesser bass (this is also the one I use when recording vocals), then the other one is the Sennheiser HD25, which has a lot of bass. Now the cable broke somehow, so I had to replace it and when I finally had it, the bass sound was too much and the level output was kinda distorted on some parts.
That's the reason why I wanted to listen to my tracks by using the HD25, so I can control the bass and drum sounds. I see it like this, the lesser bass you hear with whatever you're using for the mix, the more volume you tend to apply. Anyway, I need to fix them soon, but that's what get's me bored. No creative process in there. Just technical, so I get sidetracked again, by producing new tracks instead lol! I hate myself like this! Self-discipline baby... self-discipline.
So where's the fun? When am I gonna have fun? All I do is work. I can't even remember the last time I had fun, just for the sake of having fun. Oh yeah, I went to a club with my friends weeks ago and I realized again that it's not fun at all.
I guess my club days are over. I used to go to clubs 3 times a week at least, sometimes without having sleep. Later on, it was mostly a business matter, when I went to clubs, like talking to the club managers or owners about gigs or performing or socializing/networking or to see and be seen. Maybe I just had enough of the same shit. Guys trying to act cool, girls acting like sluts, especially when they get drunk. Drunk women are not really a good sight at all.
That's why I avoid getting drunk in public places, cuz I don't want to embarrass myself, or lose control of my brain. I despise losing control. Another reason why I'm not fond of taking drugs, I never was. I tried but I didn't find anything special about it, so drugs were never my thing. I would definitely hate to feel paralyzed, like not being able to control myself anymore and acting retarded... no way.
I'm a lady in the street and a (insert word here) in the bed lol! Nuff said, I need to proceed with my album production! Lord help me!
Part 3 to come so stay tuned!
Yours
Can'Tell
Imagine how it is to hear EACH verse of EACH song more than a hundred times yo! You'll go nuts, after 5 hours lol! I tell yah, this is definitely a blood, sweat and tears project, and I don't mean the band lol! Editing more than 40 tracks in a song and most are the vocal tracks... man it's really difficult to stay focused. I can't listen to my voice anymore!
I basically do a lot of vocal tracks in my songs because I love harmonies in my backing vocals. So it's mainly like 4 of each harmony (2 left, 2 right) for stereo sound. I mostly got 3 harmonies - mid, high and low. Then some other backings, then some adlibs, then some effects, then the main vocals and so on. So aside from mixin' the instrumental, mixin' the vocals is another pain in the ass. It's definitely easier to produce an instrumental track.
But it's all for myself right? That's why I just accept the painful procedure lol! I'm doin' this for the love and passion for my music. I guess without that, I just would keep all tracks I produced so far in the closet until they are forgotten, like most people I have collaborated with in the past. Lots of great tracks have been produced, but where are they? Oh in the closet, ok. So it's great that at least there's one listener to the tracks... the closet! What's the sense? What a waste of time. I can't even count all the collaborations I already had, which were only a learning experience in the end. Well that's how I re-word "a waste of time" - a learning experience lol!
As I have mentioned, I'm premastering all of those 16 tracks right now. After that, I will have to mix them together to get one mix level for the whole album. The danger I see is, being me, I always like to change this and that especially the vocal recording, even if the takes were already good. I just need to control myself with that or I won't be able to proceed.
So far, most of the songs I have chosen, since my Album Work: Documentation - Part 1, still convinced me and I added a few more songs to the album. All in all there are 16 songs including intro and interludes, but I still won't post the track listing yet. I'll do that on part 3, which should be the final phase, well hopefully, if all works well.
But it seriously is a lot of work right now, especially since I realized that I did a somehow lousy work in the past lol! For example, some of the beats I created had both snares and kicks in the same tracks or even the bass drum, and that makes the mixing process more difficult, cuz you have to be able control each track, thus each sound to make it easier to avoid clippings etc.
Can you imagine how much work it is to mix down 1 track? Now I'm doin' 16 tracks, so I don't even want to think about it. So far, I've managed to do another round of premixes and they all sounded pretty good to me, regarding the output level BUT, now comes the butt I mean but, when I finally could change the defective cable of my HD 25 headphones, I heard some clippings.. oh shit! What does that mean? Yep, I can start the premixes again...damn!
I mix the sound through my speakers of course, but I still listen to them through my headphones. Now I use 2 different types, one is the AKG K271, which has lesser bass (this is also the one I use when recording vocals), then the other one is the Sennheiser HD25, which has a lot of bass. Now the cable broke somehow, so I had to replace it and when I finally had it, the bass sound was too much and the level output was kinda distorted on some parts.
That's the reason why I wanted to listen to my tracks by using the HD25, so I can control the bass and drum sounds. I see it like this, the lesser bass you hear with whatever you're using for the mix, the more volume you tend to apply. Anyway, I need to fix them soon, but that's what get's me bored. No creative process in there. Just technical, so I get sidetracked again, by producing new tracks instead lol! I hate myself like this! Self-discipline baby... self-discipline.
So where's the fun? When am I gonna have fun? All I do is work. I can't even remember the last time I had fun, just for the sake of having fun. Oh yeah, I went to a club with my friends weeks ago and I realized again that it's not fun at all.
I guess my club days are over. I used to go to clubs 3 times a week at least, sometimes without having sleep. Later on, it was mostly a business matter, when I went to clubs, like talking to the club managers or owners about gigs or performing or socializing/networking or to see and be seen. Maybe I just had enough of the same shit. Guys trying to act cool, girls acting like sluts, especially when they get drunk. Drunk women are not really a good sight at all.
That's why I avoid getting drunk in public places, cuz I don't want to embarrass myself, or lose control of my brain. I despise losing control. Another reason why I'm not fond of taking drugs, I never was. I tried but I didn't find anything special about it, so drugs were never my thing. I would definitely hate to feel paralyzed, like not being able to control myself anymore and acting retarded... no way.
I'm a lady in the street and a (insert word here) in the bed lol! Nuff said, I need to proceed with my album production! Lord help me!
Part 3 to come so stay tuned!
Yours
Can'Tell
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