http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/ en-us 2010-02-06T04:01:55-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000019 I'm becoming depressed as this project drags on and on and still seems so far from completion. Every day I work at it, learning the ropes and improving my engineering skills as I go, proceding by my wits, eventually to learn a better way - or more commonly, to face my initial gut and have to start something all over and do it the hard way. Turns out I'm a really good engineer. Meanwhile, my musical skills have deteriorated to the point that I can't perform the parts I created. My fingers are clumsy and crippled, strangers to the fretboard. And my voice is an impostor, sorrily attempting to impersonate the singer I want to be. (more) dana 2007-03-10T14:53:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000018 Starting a new week off -- with a whole week off! - of work, that is. Trying to get this CD moving, and just working a few hours each evening just isn't going fast enough. So I just completed a big project at work, and managed to get some time off to focus on the musik. Partied with Todd and Rahul and many friends Saturday for Hoboken's St Pat's Day (Yeah, Hoboken has their own) and it took me all Sunday to recover. Eck. So, today's been spent finishing guitar edits on 'Stars', and beginning to feel out the vocals for that. The wind is howling outside, and it's supposed to get really cold tonight. Not Wisconsin cold,... but definitely stay-inside cold. I'm hungry. And still a hair queezy. dana 2007-03-05T18:17:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000017 For the first time finally I've been able to hear some of the songs complete with full instrumentation. Rahul laid down lots of tracks this past Saturday and Sunday nights, and it's helped cement my perspective on the progress of things. It's interesting that songs like 'Boro' that I thought would be so much work are coming off easily, while songs like 'Stars' and 'Automobile' that I thought would just flow naturally are proving to be quite difficult to capture and reproduce. (more) dana 2007-02-22T14:39:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000016 Been at this nearly every night since I got the computer back up and running, except one night to take Steph out for her birthday (which was very nice indeed), and one day to install my new UAD-1e dsp card. I can't wait to start mixing so I can use all those delicious new UA plug-ins! (more) dana 2007-02-15T23:16:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000015 I think I laid down some decent guitar tracks this week. Well, okay, I've laid down lots of decent guitar tracks, but all have been discarded for one reason or another - either the sound sucked or I needed to go back and edit other tracks rendering the guitars scrap. So yeh, it's taking forever - and I know some of you could care less if it's as perfect as I would like it to be. But I'm determined to be happy with it myself when it's done - even if I've lost the faith of every fan, friend, and family member in the process. (more) dana 2007-02-08T01:18:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000014 It's been two weeks since my computer took a shit on me. That's right. In the end I didn't loose any valuable data, but that's no thanks to Norton Ghost 10, a popular backup and recovery program that was supposed to save me from these situations, not cause them. I wasted the following week attempting to restore the computer using Ghost as it's intended, but it never worked properly, and it quickly became evident that it probably was THE cause of the failure. (more) dana 2007-02-04T12:07:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000013 Hi Kiddies! Uncle D here! (more) dana 2007-01-21T13:57:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000012 Now that the holidays are past, I'm finally back to recording. I've lost the last two evenings trying once again to find a decent guitar sound. And damned if I didn't finally solve the problem -- the AC30CCH head is a heap o' shit! Totally unrecordable. After hours of ruthlessly twisting knobs, exchanging tubes, alternating channels and anything else I could think of, I finally pulled out my AC15TBRX and plugged it into the 212 Vox cab miked exactly as it was with the AC30, and POOF! there like magic was MY sound. Son of a BITCH! So, I had to disable one of the speakers in the cab since the AC15 only has an 8 ohm out, but that was easily done. Miked it with the Royer R121 and an SM57, both near center out 6 inches. Sounds gorgeous. Tomorrow, I'm finally off and recording. What a relief -- or will something else turn to shit? dana 2007-01-09T23:02:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000011 First of all, Todd is a gushing little girl (see 'Field Trip') and that's why I love him. I wouldn't be doing this without him. (more) dana 2006-12-16T23:59:00-06:00 http://www.secondlucy.com/blog/data/000010 Maury laid down some fantastic bass tracks yesterday. More to go, but great progress. Rhythm section is tight! todd 2006-12-10T14:37:00-06:00