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TopMon, 14 Nov 2005
Nov 14, 2005, 23:05
[home/music/recording] Today is a great day. For at least three weeks I’ve been slaving away in my recording studio pumping out tracks for our church’s annual CD. This year there are eleven songs, and I must say they sound amazing. Like last year, I invited a number of our worship leaders to submit a song they’ve written, to come into my studio, and record some music. So why is today great? Because I finished everything and dropped off the mixdowns at FonicFactory for mastering. I took some coffee over at nine this morning and we went through track by track. The guys there were really impressed with the mixes and the sound I got (actually, Jeremy Siemens and I did it together), so that was a real encouragement to me. They made a few suggestion for each track… more compression on vocals here, drop off the high end EQ there, lower the keyboards 1 db at this point, boost the bass 1 db at that point. Very subtle little things. I went home and spent a couple of hours remixing and then dropped the CD off. I’m excited. I can’t wait to get that delivery of CDs, to unwrap the shrink wrap, to see the vivid colour of the packaging, to smell the scent of ‘new’. Then the music itself filling the room in robust frequency. I am so excited! I’ll upload the tunes when the mastering is done so you can hear it yourself. ~Jason
2005 Worship CD Completed
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Fri, 04 Nov 2005
Nov 04, 2005, 21:47
[home/music/recording] The Philpott CD is coming along nicely. Let’s see, 11 tracks recorded so far, with maybe 3 more… looks like 14 songs altogether, and a lot of work left to do. I feel like maybe 5 are done completely, with very little tweaking left to do. Two are almost finished. Yuck, that means 8 songs to go. And I’ve only got one week if I give a week to mastering and two weeks for duplication. AGGHH! Here’s the rundown, not in final order: ~Jason
Mercy Gate CD
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005
Oct 31, 2005, 23:00
[home/music/recording] I just thought I’d post a note for any of my friends living in the area that happen to read this— I’m in need of a stereo amplifier— a home stereo or a powered mixer, to use in the mixdown of the new CD. This is so I can listen to it through a variety of speakers. My old stereo amp isn’t working anymore. If you have one you no longer need, or would be willing to part with for a month or two, that would be great! Thanks!
Recording and So On
~Jason
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004
Nov 15, 2004, 23:30
[home/music/recording] Today I checked out the final mastered version of the album. Sounded pretty good. One song was a little weird, which is too bad, because it’s my favourite song on the CD: Hope Has Taken Me. I mixed my voice too far back, so the voice sounds totally in a drum. Some chorus was added to Shermeen’s final mix, which wasn’t exactly what I was going for, but we were on a tight time line. The guys at FonicFactory are so talented and generous. They were forced to do a two week project in twenty hours, without much sleep! And for very little money. Thanks guys! The album sounds way better because of their efforts. So Tom and I grabbed a bite to eat at a little Greek hamburger joint downtown, then high-tailed it to Brantford where we dropped off the CDs for duplication. Lots of paperwork, but it was fun. Met some people who knew me through other people, and I guess Philpott is getting a reputation. Cool. Can’t wait for this to be all finished, and to stop worrying about it. Like Lane said a few weeks ago, “If anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing with mediocrity.” ~Jason
Mastering Done, Duplication Underway
It still sounds really good.
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Mon, 03 May 2004
May 03, 2004, 16:35
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Personalities
I just finished my second recording session with Joe Finnocio. He’s an amaazing arranger— does a great job with big band stuff.
We recorded last week and this week for his son’s upcoming wedding. He’s very particular and perfectionistic— (though he says he’s getting better!! 
) It can be a challenge when I think something sounds just great, and the other person says, “hmmm,” but we managed through it and really ended up with a terrific end product.
What I was so suprised about was how good the Peavey DPM3 SE sounds were. We used the Korg Trinity for strings, electric piano, percussion, and pads, and used the Peavey for brass, sax, and the bass too. I’m amazed at how good it came across.
Anyway, a long day, but I made 60 bucks, so not a total right-off.
Thanks Joe, if you ever read this, for asking me to do this project. I’m learning something, and enjoying myself. (Despite appearances.)
~Jason
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