Listened to The Dusty Mirror again last night and decided that it will do. Most all of the vocals have been re-recorded, plus new guitars for 'Cherries' and a better, one handed, solo for 'The Arm'. The biggest difference was the balancing, less bass and generally clearer, and volume of -10dB LUFS or so. Due the the vocals (and better vocal balance) in particular, it is a leap above the 2020 version.
I've spent the day filing it, the album data, the sheet music, creating the wav tracks, and all of these many jobs. I added lyrics to the 'Warm Comfy Sofa' video, and it wasn't difficult. I'll do this in future rather than record separate lyric reading videos. The workload per album is huge now, mainly due to the more thorough filing, and more work on promotion, things like videos rather than contacting anyone, or performing, though I've started to do these things too.
Yet, hardly anyone listens to my music, or at least too few to love it as I do; and as I do other's music. Some do listen, undoubtedly. I thought last night that I'm more like William Blake then Beethoven, an obscure English eccentric - but no! We are all unique, and my personality dives from the morose Songs of Experience, to the eager Songs of Innocence, to the joy of existence and lust for our precious life. How lucky we are to be alive!
I've started this evening to make a model for a video to 'Fear Of The Thing Itself'. Five songs need videos and I want to make comprehensive videos for each, though this is a stretch because I must do them all alone. Filming when alone is very difficult and time consuming, the basics of lighting, framing, and photography are so difficult when you are the actor.
This first video, however, uses models in the manner of the old 'House Of Glass' video.
Perhaps nobody in the world could make an album like this, of this quality, playing all of the instruments, using software of their own design, then make a full suite of videos for each track, also using software of their own design, with sets made themselves etc. Sigh - but this is because I must, and, of course, want to.
Onwards we charge. Life is short.
