Fix!

Yesterday, Shannon Lepere and I shot a stop animation music video for my song "Fix", which will be submitted to Much Music, as well as placed on my upcoming DVD once it's completed.

However, we also had some help from my mother and Megan De Roover, as well as Rebecka Van Deventer! I won't give too much away, but we did use between 500-600 bandaids, and took roughly 2500 photos to create the video. I'll have more details about that as the video is edited!

The beginning of the end of the beginning

The recording of the album is done! Of course, there's still a mastering phase which will kick in next week, but for now, I can revel in the fact that it's been completed!

With completion comes payment: the bill came in, so Dave and I made sure there was a photo opportunity, and we also took a video at the bank as the money was handed over.



I'm happy and sad at the same time, because the recording is done (and it sounds deadly!), but at the same time, it's the beginning of a series of payments that will leave my wallet very empty by the time I hit the road for tour...

Manual looping

Good Grief!

We've finished the album, but now we're just re-editing some of the live DVD footage.

"Where's the problem with that? Isn't that fun?"

Normally, yes! However, some of the looping wasn't quite audible, so we had to go back into the studio and build loops after the fact. The problem is that we don't know the original tempo/etc, so we have to build the loops manually. Usually this process could be completed within a half hour, but several hours later, we're still here. It doesn't help that the track is over 10 minutes long, either.

Regardless...Chris Dorota is a champ and pulling through it all, despite wanting to create a personal 'manual loop' for himself right now.

Artwork

The recording process is on the verge of completion. The CD goes to mastering next week, after some truly insignificant touch ups on Monday.

But in other news, some friends of mine at The Loop are going to help me manage pre-sales for the album as well as potentially tickets for the CD/DVD release party. I'll have some details soon about that, but first...the artwork!!

I don't have any samples to show you ...yet... but you can check out the website and blog of the fantastic artist that will taking care of all the artwork for the CD/DVD project, "Windows and Doors" - Greg Dubeau. I've seen all the sketches, and I couldn't stop shaking in my seat, because of how excited I was to be able to show this to people all over.

More updates soon! But until then, here are some old photos of me in the studio, courtesy of Shannon Lepere.