Ar well, I haven't posted here for ages.
Time for my regular "where am I with the second album" post.
Not finished yet. I completely finished a track yesterday (you see I have this habit at the moment of going back to tracks and tweaking them) and it made me think of where I am.
You see I keep thinking I'm not doing well but the truth is that I'm not doing that badly.
On Saturday I was in
gilly's house and
Eleanor put on The Widnes Years (ag.. I get so embarrassed). I haven't listened to it for ages.
It was like, "oh...".
I guess because I've had so many compliments about it I'd built it up in my head as this thing that was going to be nigh on impossible to follow up, and because I hadn't heard it in ages I'd almost forgotten what it sounded like.
I guess what I'm saying is that a lot of the tracks I have ready for the second album blow The Widnes Years apart and I didn't quite realise it. I kept concentrating on the fact that they're less noisy and there aren't as many odd time signatures while forgetting that they're so much more complex, catchy and are better constructed.
They're just better tunes with a lot more to them.
Of course there are those that aren't as good too and they're just going to have to get chopped.
While this is definitely a positive post there is still a lot of work to do and that self imposed November deadline is looming near.
I want an album with zero filler tracks.
Sunday is another "music" day and I must remember not to drink this time. I had a few vodka and cokes the other and it got to 10 and I couldn't concentrate because I'd loaded them too heavily. So on Sunday I'll get some more work done and hopefully get a little closer.