Just dropping in, because I haven’t put anything new here in a while. There is one bit of music-related news that’s public facing. The latest mix of Self Confidence dropped on July 18, 2023. It was a technical issue, and I’m basically 100% sure that I’m finished making technical corrections to it. There isn’t anything left to tweak that’s worth tweaking.
It’s been up on Spotify since July 14, the final mix and master of Self Confidence:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5q2tF7sFSRaFuc0l99AMue
It’s kind of embarrassing, but in a way only certain people would appreciate. I didn’t have the bass frequencies worked out “right.” I had them a certain way, with a certain rationale, but the more I listened and thought about it, and listened to other music as well, the more I decided I wanted to fix it. I did a set of fixes that improved the clarity in the 40 Hz-100 Hz range. It was a matter of de-prioritizing the kick drum to leave more room for the bass. As such, the bass is a lot clearer now.
There were also two significant artistic choices that were undone. “Lovers at First Sight” lost its double-tracked lead vocal in favour of a standard single-track, and “I Believe in You” lost its rhythm section in favour of a more subdued, acoustic-guitar-prioritized arrangement.
So that’s it. Lessons learned. Done. Videos re-released, links re-shared. Onward and upward if and where possible.
