The Mandelbear's Musings

Recorded a clean guitar track for "Guilty Pleasures", overcoming most of the sync problems by boosting the pseudo-click track that I recorded a week or so ago using a little wooden percussion instrument that I picked up in Guitar Showcase's consignment shop about a month ago. Kind of a cheater's version of spoons, but with not quite enough resonance.

The remaining problem is a timing oddity at the very start. I think it's because I made the scratch intro a beat or two shorter than I usually do, and can't quite wrap my head around it again.

I continue to be impressed by cadhla's recording-status posts, and the way she manages to juggle recording dates, co-conspirators, and other complexities with verve and creativity. My own to.do file pales by comparison, but then it's just for me rather than a whole widely-dispersed crew.

To do today:

• Test UA25 interface and Behringer mics with the Mac laptop.
• load up the Mac with my current state
• print a copy of the setlist
• print business cards with album pre-order information
• practice anything on the setlist that I haven't been actively working on
• pack