:: anne in the attic ::

Create Your Own Countdown

:: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 ::

Awesome video about how much of popular music comes back to just one song....




The music recording process for the EP has hit a roadblock (or perhaps "headblock" is a more appropriate term). There are some forks in the road that I haven't had the time to research, so am holding off on decisions just yet. And by "time," I mean good, uninterrupted 4-hour (minimum!) blocks of time in which to become immersed in the process. I've found that you really should record a song all in one sitting, if you can. Doesn't mean you can't add textures later, but really I mean the basic rhythm and melody from start to finish-- and recording all vocals on the same day is crucial.

So, decisions.

One major decision involves titles. I hate that part. As if you can wrap meaning up into a neat little packet like that. So I've got a few I'm tossing around (for the album-- I don't have ANY good leads on the film, but that will come), but each one changes the feel of the album so much that I'm loathe to commit at this point.

Another is the artwork. For a while, I thought a pic of Sam amidst recording gear with some retouching would suffice for a cover. That would have been pretty simple, with a very straightforward title. But last Saturday, I flashed on an idea that stayed with me all day, and when I got home, I pencilled some simple drawings for a composite of an idea suggesting things that might be buried in the ground, for whatever reason. I can't decide on the title for that one, but it lends itself better to aligning itself with more than one of the song titles and some of the themes. I took the pencil drawings and scanned them so I could play with their attributes. Here are some of them, in a quickie square composite:

I eventually want more of a layering effect, and better scale. There are more images, as well. I did several color schemes of each image, so this is just a small taste of the idea.

If only the music were as easy as the design.

Perhaps this weekend I'll make some headway, but as it stands, I think I'm now looking at a summer release date.

Today I remembered a joke from my school daze. It was for German class, so it goes:

Q:
Was heissen Sie einen 'Boomerang,' das nicht zuruck kommt?
A:
Ein Stuck.

It's so late that I must be blogging in my dreams....

:: Anne 11:55 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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