'round and 'round and 'round

Post 14 of 90.

My usual pointless personal obsessions were in full swing today. A lot of noise in the brain.

I have this idea once I get my ProTools system and get the hang of it, that it would be fun to produce a song for singer-songwriter I know locally. Talented guy, and he has a cool voice. I could definitely hear doing a Sugar/Bob Mould sort of arrangement to his stuff, and I think I could whip out suitable bass and guitar in short order. Once I get Strike up and running, maybe it wouldn't take that long to get some bitchen rock drums down, too. Might even be fun rather than a drag. We'll see. I'm hoping the new setup would allow me to work fast and efficiently, enough to stay engaged above the boredom threshold but still have a finished recording that is fun to listen to.

I talked to JC over email about how the vocals he produced with me sounded really good compared to anything I've been able to get out of my own recording rig. He said his one compressor that he wasn't able to get to work actually sounded even better than what we had when I last visited (and that the his compressor was actually working, but that he didn't realize he had it set incorrectly so it was completely shutting off the gain). I asked him what brand name that compressor was, with an eye toward maybe getting one for myself. My little Art unit just does not seem to be getting the job done, and I probably need something on the front end before the vocal even goes into the converters. I don't know if I could truly get the results I want otherwise. We'll see.

On other fronts, I find myself falling prey to morbid curiosity.