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June 30, 2009
Let It Go
Our dear friends (and long-time members of our musical family) Sandy Ferris (my new co-writer) and Spike Dean came to the studio today to listen to some tracks that we had produced more than two years ago. We had to stop work on their project, along with everything else, when Sheryl was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago.
Now we're back to work, and we were picking up where we left off.
I've done a lot of work since we first produced those tracks. Listening to them today for the first time in over 2 years, the drum programming seemed a little stiff, the piano sounds were a little outdated. I kept thinking as I listened, “Why did I do it that way?” Well, the answer is that I did the best I knew how at the time, and since then I have improved as a recording engineer, and I'm taking advantage of the new and improved recording studio tools that are now available to me.
It would be tempting to go back and re-do all the drum parts, re-record the piano, change the arrangement a little here and there, and generally end up redoing the whole thing. However, we're just going to do a quick remix and “release it.” The tracks still sound good. Sometimes you just have to let it go.
Our subsequent productions with Sandy and Spike will benefit from the improvements we've made to the studio, and the continued development of my abilities as an arranger and engineer.
We did, however, redo the bass part on one song. Spike nailed it in less than two takes. Just as I am continually striving to improve my skills, he's improving as a bass player, too!
Posted by leonolguin at June 30, 2009 09:29 PM