If you’ve been following along, you know I had hoped to have the CD done very shortly. Clearly that isn’t the case, and there are a few reasons why I’ve gone dark, the main one is to not bludgeon anyone over the head about a CD that you can’t buy anyway. Seems like basic marketing to me.
Here are the real reasons for the delay, though:
- There was a 2-3 week break built into the schedule to accommodate my vacation, and to allow Pete (my recording / mixing partner) to move and break down / set up his studio.
- Turns out doing everything yourself takes a long time. Who knew?
- I ended up having to start one of the songs over from scratch due to some issues with the recording. I’ve pretty much known this all along, but was sort of avoiding dealing with it.
- I simply lost momentum a little bit there. This is not a huge deal, and it’s mostly (mostly) due to the nature of a project like this. Some of these songs are years old, and even the newer ones were starting to grate on me after hearing them over and over for the better part of this year. It doesn’t mean I like them any less, I’m still very confident that this album is going to be really good, but I needed to get away from them for a little bit.
- Lastly, and most importantly, I really want this CD to be as good as it can be. If that means that it takes a little longer to be released, so be it. It’s not like I’ve got a concert tour scheduled and I need to get out of the studio and on the road by November. I can take my time, but don’t worry…we’re not talking Axl Rose Chinese Democracy take my time here. I just want to cross some I’s and dot some T’s, and make sure that this sumbitch will be worthy of all the time I’ve spent working on it and talking about it.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your support. It’ll be done soon, I promise.
