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I released my second album 10.5 years ago and soon after started thinking about a third...because I still had a lot of songs with only demo-like recordings. As of today, that album exists. A fun point is that 9 of its 14 songs didn't exist when the third album concept first arrived.

Of course, I now have "songs with only demo-like recordings" in numbers that dwarf the count that existed back then. But I also have two or three projects that need work before I'm allowed to think, "What if...?" again.

https://philmills.bandcamp.com/album/every-season-passes
philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
I now have six songs that include all the new audio tracks I intend for them to have. That leaves eight more to beat into that condition. The process should consume spare time for four or five days...I take long breaks. After that, fine-tuning and enough of a mastering pass for Bandcamp.

My frequent problem, and source of slowdown, can be phrased as, "That sounds really nice and it would be a shame for it not to be heard, but I can't convince myself it fits into this song as I currently envision it." I'm completely open to the idea of my songs being reinterpreted in varying styles, even doing it myself, but one style per recording seems like a good goal.

Timing

Nov. 14th, 2024 06:08 pm
philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
There are a lot of incoming tracks (20?) that I should have in hand a little over a week from now. They are for extra instruments and backing/harmony vocals. After that, it's a process of seeing which fit with what I have now, and what I think the songs should sound like when released...then doing actual mixes. The mixing will have a few iterations that include listening on different systems and fine tuning.

Having it available by FKO will be easy, barring any substantial drama. Completion before February would be good, because FAWM will otherwise overwrite my album focus. Finishing by late December is perhaps possible and also funny, as in, "Here's my holiday album, which contains absolutely NO holiday-themed songs".
philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
After a reasonable amount of thought, I'm going with "Every Season Passes" as a title for my third album.

Like the other two, it's a phrase lifted from one of the songs ("Catch the Moon", based on a N. K. Jemisin book) and also has a little in-joke humour related to the ten years I've been "working" on it. Since seven of the other thirteen songs explicitly relate to change of some kind, it seems appropriate from that point of view too.

I don't imagine that an image to represent seasonal change should be too hard to find or create.

(So, I guess my previous acronyms of RotS and MUA will be joined by...ESP?)

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