bellisimo! molto bouno!

And so forth…

All guitar is now done for Zen Luck Tricks. I’m moving on to record the final vocal takes, but before I do that, I’m going to spend time this week going over some of the original production ideas I had for the project last winter– before the songs took shape, and took over, frankly. These ideas mostly center on instrument sounds, ways of shaping the overall sonic experience (…huh…yeah, OK!) I call these “flourishes.” Yes, the EP could live without them. But why should it??

I’ve also been researching mastering options, and, being the DYI guy that I am, I’ve decided to do mastering myself. This could easily tack on another couple of weeks to the release of ZLT, but I’m thinking learning the skill is really what I’m after here. And if I were that worried about the release schedule…let’s just say I’d be very worried at the moment. But what’s more important than getting done is getting done with something that makes you happy. And, furthermore, to set yourself back on track for doing more and more of these projects in the future.

And on that point, I am a believer, once again.