Hi to all Dreamwalkers out there,
I met with Patrick Russini at Alpha Ear Studio and we began the last component of creating the music for our Music Is The Ride album, mastering the tracks. As I've mentioned previously, mastering is a process in which the tracks get additional volume, and are polished in terms of equalization (which frequencies are boosted, which are cut) and compression (managing variations of sound levels).
Pat and I always enjoy working together and the evening went smoothly. We had already put in many hours of mixing which made the mastering significantly easier and we finished six tracks: Road Song, Magnetic North, Music Is The Ride, Something 'Bout That Boy, Everything Is Changing, and Louisiana. From my completely unbiased (haha) perspective, the tracks are sounding wonderful. They are rich and luxurious without being over the top. The songs are terrific and the musicianship is excellent.
We will continue working this evening to finish and then everything regarding recording will be complete. It's time to shoot and album cover, write the copy for the album and get it printed.
Peace,
Dr Dreamwalker
Hello Dreamwalkers,
Debbie Stern and I met with Patrick Russini at his Alpha Ear Studio to continue mixing Dreamwalkers upcoming album “Music is the Ride.“ As we get near the end of this long journey, there is a tendency to wish that it was over already. However, we resisted that urge and put all our efforts into making the songs sound spectacular.
Tonight we finished three songs and they just sound great. We worked on two of Debbie Stern’s songs “something about that boy, and “and “Louisiana.” We also worked on my original song “Suggestion by Echo.” Patrick is such a wonderful sound arranger. It was a joy to watch him work. He could move the kick drum hone decibel down and free the vocals. His knowledge of how to create sound is remarkable. We are very blessed to have him working with us as executive producer and sound engineer. We could finish with all the mixing by the end of the week. Then Patrick will do the mastering and we are One album cover from done.
we are in a learning mode right now and sorry to play out is very healthy for us as a band. We obviously have a strong connection with each other and there is a beautiful flow of energy and music amongst us. Three songs doesn’t allow much of a warm-up but we dove into the deep end and had fun.
Tomorrow Debbie and I are going over to Patrick Russini’s Alpha Ear Studio to begin the final mixing of our album. Everything is sounding great and with our band starting to play out it’s a great time to be a Dreamwalker.
The mixing process involves hearing not just how each instrument or voice sounds, but how it all fits together. I had some ideas of what I wanted based on some reference tracks, songs I thought sounded really good sonically. I liked the sound on George Harrison's "What Is Life?" and we started surfing off that to get a drum sound, and soon transcended it to get our own sound. The process was exhilarating and the tracks are sounding terrific.
We completed mixing six tracks: Music Is The Ride (our title track), Don't Give Me A Second Thought (Let Me Be Your First), Eveything Is Changing, How I Love to Love You Lord, Good to See You Gone, and Magnetic North. Patrick sailed almost effortlessly through the different styles and we communicate almost psychically, often coming up with similar ideas for the overall sound. Pat, of course, is able to translate our ideas into a real time sound by his knowledge of Pro Tools and the rest of his arsenal of sound equipment.
