Album Update

I've been getting a lot of work done this week.  "Never And Forever" the album, is almost a reality.  Here is a quick rundown of what is done and what is left to do.  I made some substantial progress on track #6, "Anything At All".  I fixed some issues with the mix, recorded vocals for the ending of the song and now it's pretty much finished.  I also did some EXTREMELY minor tweaks to the mix of the first 3 tracks.  These were small things that I've been meaning to do for a while.

All that remains to completely finish this album:

• Track 4 - "You Can Never Go Home"
• just needs some minor improvements to the mix.  This should't take long
• Track 5 - "Save My Soul"
• this is pretty much done but  could use one more instrument/part/sound to round it out.
• Track 6 - "Anything At All"
• As I mentioned, I just about am finished with this one.  All that remains is to listen to the mix a few more times and make sure it's really done.
• Track 7 - "This Time"
• This song needs a few more sounds, a guitar solo and some final mixing and testing.
• Track 8 - "Time Takes Time"
• Need to record vocals, maybe add some more sounds or instruments...maybe not, we'll see.

At a total of 8 tracks, that's all there is left to do.  That may sound like a lot of things but really this album is over 90% done.  I really can't wait to get it finished as it feels like a major step forward for me.

Progress on "So Far Gone"

Been working on finishing track #2 from Never And Forever, titled "So Far Gone"...(not to be confused with "Come And Gone"). Added some additional harmony vocals for the verses. The mix is sounding really nice. Great song, but a bit samey. Needs some kind of catchy, standout guitar performance for the chorus, as well as a short solo and outro. I have a few ideas in my head but I am curious to see what happens once I plug in and start recording. The songs is actually quite passable as it is...but "good enough" is not good enough this time. We're going for greatness here. We'll see how that turns out.

Too busy tonight to get any recording done...but soon enough.

"Wherever You Go"...Finished!

So I did end up adding a few backing vocal tracks as well as doubling the lead vocals. It is now a finished song which can be listened to by anyone...even YOU!

Listen on the player embedded on the right side of this page ----->

or

Go to the song page and read the lyrics if you're into that kind of thing. Don't forget to "Like" it.

Anyway, thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy it. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Vocals Recorded

"Wherever You Go" has vocals! This was the last major missing piece of the Here Nor There puzzle. I recorded and mixed over the weekend but didn't have time to really listen for problems until the bus ride this morning. As is not usually the case after a first mix, it sounded really good with fresh ears this morning. I still may want to go back and do some vocal doubling or create some new harmonies, but it could actually be complete at this point. Like I said, this was the last major task left. From here it's just listening and making minor adjustments until it's as perfect as I am capable of or patient enough to make it.

Once I am fairly certain that I've got an acceptable mix, I'll get this song up on the webs so people can hear it.