Suddenly, it's all happening!
Finally ordered my Digi003. Farewell to Pro Tools M-Powered soon. You were useful, but I need better D/A converters and pre-amps. I wanted to get a Focusrite ISA pre, but my M-Audio is shite for syncing with external digital devices. That and there were none to be found on eBay.
Looks like I'm going to need it too. I've just been told that I can't use the studios in evenings and weekends, which is the only time I can use the studios. I understand they don't need as much staff, but surely the college could do a 'Mondays and Tuesdays we'll do evenings, Weds-Friday we'll do during the day' or something? I can take some days off work I guess, but don't wanna depend on it. But I won't let it get me down. I'll figure something out.
Drum sessions are booked at Dirty River Studios (http://www.dirtyriver.co.uk) for the 30th June/1st July and I'm in Somerset from Sunday - 27th June. So demos are going to have to be finished pretty darn quick.
So I've put a holt onto writing now. in my panic for lack of time, I went back to many of my original demos and just thought "hey, this is actually quite good" and forcing myself to actually DO something to them. I was very caucious with this because they just seemed to be quite long and not go anywhere. As my elder brother once said, "your songs are a bit Holland, they don't go anywhere. You need to make them a bit more Scotland to become interesting".
So I looked up to the sky and thought to myself:
"What would PJ Harvey do?"
And the voice answered:
"Shorter songs and more powerchords"
After all, I'm not aiming to write anything longer than 45 mins (50 MAX). Songs like "Pull your Fingers Out" and "Dead on Red" are now on my 'Yes' list (see previous post if you're wondering what the hell I'm on about) by cutting at least a minute out of them and just make them concise. Get the hook out, don't milk it then end it. 4 min songs (+/- 30 seconds), on average is reasonable.
If I keep with this, then I'll be submitting 11 tracks (I know I was told 8, but 3 are pretty much finished apart from new vocals and mixing) - but knowing me that'll last until I get back from holiday and want to write like 5 more demos. At this moment, I think I should keep with what I got and what I got will be awesome if I spend the right time on it.
Looks like I'm going to need it too. I've just been told that I can't use the studios in evenings and weekends, which is the only time I can use the studios. I understand they don't need as much staff, but surely the college could do a 'Mondays and Tuesdays we'll do evenings, Weds-Friday we'll do during the day' or something? I can take some days off work I guess, but don't wanna depend on it. But I won't let it get me down. I'll figure something out.
Drum sessions are booked at Dirty River Studios (http://www.dirtyriver.co.uk) for the 30th June/1st July and I'm in Somerset from Sunday - 27th June. So demos are going to have to be finished pretty darn quick.
So I've put a holt onto writing now. in my panic for lack of time, I went back to many of my original demos and just thought "hey, this is actually quite good" and forcing myself to actually DO something to them. I was very caucious with this because they just seemed to be quite long and not go anywhere. As my elder brother once said, "your songs are a bit Holland, they don't go anywhere. You need to make them a bit more Scotland to become interesting".
So I looked up to the sky and thought to myself:
"What would PJ Harvey do?"
And the voice answered:
"Shorter songs and more powerchords"
After all, I'm not aiming to write anything longer than 45 mins (50 MAX). Songs like "Pull your Fingers Out" and "Dead on Red" are now on my 'Yes' list (see previous post if you're wondering what the hell I'm on about) by cutting at least a minute out of them and just make them concise. Get the hook out, don't milk it then end it. 4 min songs (+/- 30 seconds), on average is reasonable.
If I keep with this, then I'll be submitting 11 tracks (I know I was told 8, but 3 are pretty much finished apart from new vocals and mixing) - but knowing me that'll last until I get back from holiday and want to write like 5 more demos. At this moment, I think I should keep with what I got and what I got will be awesome if I spend the right time on it.
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