Great to get back to some production work this week. Managed to get up extra early so was able to get commission stuff wrapped up before lunch which left afternoons free for all things musical. I put the last two versions of Cinder Biter on…
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I had abit of a lull in commission work at the tail end of the week so I spent most of yesterday designing the new MIDI controller layout/templates for the studio. This is mostly based around a Novation Nocturn, Automap 4 and Cubase’s built in…
Gawd dang, but that was alot of time spent staring at pixels in front of Photoshop this week, got purdy strung out a few of the evenins. On the plus side got things wrapped up for the Stag and Deer There There project; brochure, poster,…
Got abit sidetracked earlier in the week after I heard news of the new string library by VSL. The option to vary the timbre, string and vibrato for each line is savage but it comes in at a hefty price. This got me thinking about…
Twas extra busy again with commissions this week, had fup all time for electronic musics unfortunately. Nearly have the brochure wrapped up for the photo event in Cork. Ended up getting a few other wee jobs to do for the same yolk, stressful but handy…
Crazy busy week, few commissions starting to overlap which pushed most of the music work into the late hours. Feeling well frazzled as a result. Thinking 36 hrs of R’n’R outside of the studio and some pints should unwind the spring some. I bein having…
The newer slower version of Ashes is starting to grow on me, the extra ‘blue’ notes on the chords I originally just played on the intro work with the lyrics and are makin me sing abit differently. It being slower there’s also alot more space…
Got new version of Honey Bee Sting pretty much in the bag, the chorus has no singing now just a simple melody line with some chromatic notes. Kinda happy I’m moving in this direction with more of the songs as it should make them sound…
Further changes made to the revision of These Ways so much so that I’ve changed the title to Honey Bee Sting, in part to the lyrics and to the buzzing pitch bends melody on the chorus. I slowed down the phrasing of the singing to…
