The Waiting is the Hardest Part - Stereo Bang Bang

And so we wait...Spencer had cut three versions of the Master disk. Each disk has a slightly difference bass mix. The disks are on there way to us and we will have to listen to each one and choose the mix we prefer...we want the full, rich sound of the band and the live-from-the-floor feel but we want the bass, the bottom end to fill it out to our liking. Hopefully, this will do it...the artwork files are with DMA and the proof should be couriered back for Andrew's sign off in the day ahead. If all goes well, we'll have the artwork proofed and on to the printer and the disk in the queue for pressing by the end of the coming week. In the meantime, the Children have returned to the woodshed, to get back to some playing, some practising and working up some new song ideas...

home again...

After a quick sojourn to Seoul, South Korea, I am back in Canada, back in Victoria and back, tonight at chez Mike, picking up the bass after 17 days away. Its weird, yesterday I was in Seoul, today I am getting behind the band. I am glad to be back, it was good to connect with the guys at practise. It seems a bit odd that the world has shrunk so much that I can be half way around the globe in a day, Yesterday was sheer adventure, tonight it was the familiar that was exciting, I really dig this band.

This is the end...my only friend, the end - Stereo Bang Bang

Reg, Andrew and Mike hit the studio again last night. We got the master disk on Friday and the collective ear heard a few minor things to tweak...so last night was the final tweaking session. This really is the end...Stereo Bang Bang is a wrap. This final, final mix goes back to Spencer today and we're movin' on...the finishing steps require a combination of patience to counter the urge to keep on, keep on...there does come a point where exhaustion, frustration and other priorities set in and you have to call it. It is not that difficult to see how thousands and thousands of dollars get spent in a recording studio...