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Two Abox EPs in progress (with another i ...

Two Abox EPs in progress (with another in tow*)

Jul 18, 2022

Now that I'm home from touring, I took my laptop with me to SBX to assess where these two Anything Box EPs are at. Because all I'm doing is listening and figuring out the amount of work, I thought I'd document my notes here, this way you can see what's going on. The first question that management and friends asked was, "Why two EPs rather than an album?". It's complicated. But I'll try to explain. These are Abox songs that span different time periods of my life, and all of them together don't exactly fit in an album format. I thought it would be better to design two separate listening experiences that were cohesive. If and when these are done, you as the fan can mix and match them anyway, which is the 'playlistish' thing to do if you care for them in that light.

The tentative working title for these is Abandoned Works I and II. Each has about 4 songs give or take, and perhaps some instrumental things. What follows are my notes as to where these are in production. EP One is material between 1988-1993ish, while Two is post-2000... No telling though which will come first.

Tech/Nerd Stuff follows. I recorded my vocals into Reaper, singing to a stereo rough mix. There are however three songs in which the stereo mix is the master, as there are no stems I could find. Once the vocals are comped, I will render them and marry them to their Ableton projects for the final mix.

And yes, this proof-of-work. Oh yeah... There's a mini album too. But that's a secret for now.

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