Currently in the studio, mixing The Great Tyrant‘s new LP. This is an incredible band, such a wonderful mix of influences: Magma, Scott Walker, Neurosis, and much more obscure stuff I couldn’t even try to name. We did a few more overdubs yesterday and mixed the first song, “Adorable”. (Best line: “We are all accidents/you have an adorable accident”.)
The original tracks were recorded at the beginning of February with my usual calibration: 24-track, 15ips, CCIR equalization, +6/250 nWb/m, no noise reduction, using RMGI Emtec 900 tape. For overdubs and mixing, we transferred the tracks into Cubase at 24-bit, 96kHz. (Deron had to do a synth overdub on one song that is basically in free time, and needed to see the drum hits to play in time.) I’m using Cubase as a glorified tape machine, doing the actual mixing on the console rather than using plug-ins, and everything is going down to our Otari MTR-10 1/4″ machine with RMGI Emtec 911 tape, 15ips, CCIR, +3/250 nWbm. I’m really, really looking forward to hearing and seeing the final release of this.
Locally: Mark Burroughs soundly defeated the inept, borderline-malfeasant Perry McNeill, becoming our city’s new mayor. This is the first time in 20 years an incumbent mayor has lost an election. From everything I’ve seen of Burroughs, he will be a thoughtful leader with his attention on the community, something desperately needed for the 9th-fastest growing city in America.
And finally, Tre Orsi played the Denton Humane Society’s “Cats and Dogs” benefit at Rubber Gloves last night, which I neglected to mention or list anywhere. Ooops! It was our first show since April, and we had barely played together since, but it was lots of fun, and I was able to introduce my signature drink, the Red Hot, to a few new folks. (A Red Hot is a mix of Goldschlager and cranberry, on the rocks.)
Back to work.