3rd Album update: I Fell On My Keys.... Man.....

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME UPDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES!!!!????

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Hello guys and dolls. Another little update on where we are on this crazy ol' 3rd album of ours.

I just finished the first pass keyboards and sampled parts only a few moments ago. I've updated not only the sounds themselves, but in many cases replayed the performances from scratch as some dated back to 2004. All of the new parts have benefitted from a lot of the new virtual instruments I've been amassing lately, and I'm quite pleased with the results! I'm still going to go through them again soon and make sure the new parts I added are working well with the pieces, and maybe edit or adjust a part or two, but overall it sounds wonderful.

The rhythm guitars are all finished, along with all of the clean electric parts and acoustic phrases. All that is left for John is a few solos and a stray lead or two we forgot to get on our previous passes. One would hope that this will not take too long.

Bryan still has a decent handful of songs to complete for bass though. I assumed this process would go much quicker then the guitars, but life for both he and I got in the way for a bit. We'll start working again tomorrow and try and pick up the pace.

So here is my tentative goal: to have all of the parts recorded before the end of this month (including all of my vocals) and begin mixing bright and early in September. I think this is reasonable enough, but as I have experienced before, things can change in a heartbeat. Please remember, because I may be mixing in September, does not mean you will be hearing it in September. In fact, I will probably wait a bit to release the album, as I have a lot of work to do with promotion, building a new website from scratch (the old one has not been updated in well over a year), plus we need to location scout, take lots of photos, possibly do some filming (I'll tell you later) and create something new for a presentation. So maybe by the very end of the year you can hold this sweet goodness in your hand (or whatever part of the body you hold things with).

I'll post again once more progress happens.

P.S. I posted an interesting blog on the topic of self-perception on my personal page if you want to check it out.

NIKO