The Home Stretch

We are almost home! After three months of late night/early morning recording sessions, we are finally mixing down and mastering. Last night, we worked three hours on Time (the first song on the cd) and I watched Casey Campbell, (My Engineer) take it a part note by note to perfect it. Mixing is the absolute MOST important part of an album's production. You could have the finest musicians in the world playing on your album but if the mix is bad, then the album will be bad and all will notice. As I watched Casey work his magic last night, I thought about me mixing my first project (Directions) and how glad I was to have someone else mixing this one. It is brutal to try to mix a project that you write/record and produce yourself. I made the absolute best decision by hiring Casey and while I will always be involved in the mixes of my albums, I will never try to mix solo again. There are just too many advantages to having someone else mix your creation.

An engineer's mix is a lot like a painter's canvas where there are many choices to be made through-out the entire process. There are literally thousands of tools and techniques which ultimately transform the over all impression of the songs. So, the best engineers (Like Casey)are just like the best artist where they have ultimate command over the direction that they want to take with each individual song and they do it brilliantly. I have enjoyed watching the process and hearing my songs come to life. It's awesome!!!

We are set to work late nights through-out the week to make our deadline of Aug 2nd. After mixing and mastering, the project will head to New Jersey for pressing and production and then return to us around Aug 23rd, just in time for the launch. I will keep you posted through-out the week on how the mixes are going!

It has been a long road to get here, but I am more than thrilled to see the end in sight. Weightless features songs that I have written as recent as four months ago along with songs that I wrote three years ago. The varying styles of the songs will tell the tale of how my writing has evolved since my first album was produced. I can't wait to share it with the world and to put this busy summer behind me.

Have a Great Day!!!