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maybe its all those years of school, do 90 percent on inspiration and save the last 10 percent till you’re almost out of  (we all need desperation:) maybe i need to feel the pressure of the last days of recording to get fired up again and write the final words. we decided on a whim last week to scrap one song and breathe life into another. thats fine, but then there are those pesky lyrics that im working and reworking. jon and kevin come back up on friday to record it on saturday. so its crunch time. you know what im talking about…
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something worth watching!!

http://tinyurl.com/3ymz7s

the studio’s not unpacked but the song finally works!

so much of how a record sounds depends on how the mix goes. it can all come together or all go to shit. you never really know how its going to turn out till you’re done. send good energy for this weekend, we need things not to go to shit:)
jon and kev are coming up to do a few touch ups and then well spend 4 days mixing and do the rest at the beginning of april.

this is the first video of the acoustic version of “and so we run” in front of an audience. from the mod club in toronto

(video at davidusher.com)

its almost spring, i can feel it in the air. i think we are going to make it:)
the major part of the recording is done, there will still be a few touch ups, there always are. the great thing about making records yourself is that you really get a chance to look at each part of the work and fix things that in hindsight havent worked as you imagined in your head. and then its onto the mix. this is always a make or break part of any record, the way you blend the instruments you’ve recorded can completely change the sound and intension of the music. many sleepless nights have i spent agonizing over mixes, im hoping for smooth sailing but preparing my legs for some pacing.

as always, the second i get finished the recording phase i get sick. i think the body just burns out from 16 hour days. ill write more when i get back on my feet

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here is our song list and the things to do list. green is done. yellow is almost done and red is still to work on.
its looking pretty green to me…