"Instrument of God" Album nearly complete!
The last two songs were just sitting waiting to be published, so.. poof, they have been. My artist is running into some technical issues which will result in a delay of the cover art. I don't want to release officially until the art is ready, so in the meantime I plan to go back and touch up some of the details on the track.
Main changes you'll hear between the N1M original and the Album version is a soft pan to the left of the lead, a soft pan to the right for the rhythm, a reduction of the reverb to little to no reverb from the bass. I have an idea for the drums, but it will be time consuming. Essentially save each thing to its own audio file and mix it that way. The desired effect is an immersive drum, instead of something in the background. I intend to reduce the reverb on the vocals as well, this should illustrate Miku in the front and center of the stage, instead of somewhere in the rafters, or by a cliff. I might give EQ'ing everything another shot just to make sure all the harsh sounds and the rumble is gone. The result should be a much more polished album than what already exists.
Track 12, Trinity of Love, is a song giving honor to Jesus, and the warm fuzzy happy feeling of doing the right thing, for the right things sake. Living in love, and realizing that God is love, so to see and understand true love is to see and understand God, to stare at him straight in the face.
Track 13, Eternity, is about loving your significant other, and how there is no marriage in heaven. The marriage in heaven is with God, and it is the real deal to our mirror reflection of marriage on earth. An upgrade. But all the same, 1 million years later, will I even remember wifey? Will she remember me? I find it novel to think "When I'm 400 quadrillion years old... what will I be doing?" Make no mistake, I'm not saying I don't desire heaven, and to be with my creator, I just... hope I don't miss that intimacy with that special someone.
Final matter of this letter: My application to Berklee Online College of Music continues. I've decided to submit a song in hopes of pushing the scale to my favor. The song I've selected is "...And That's All There's to It." I feel it showcases my instrumentation abilities, and all in all its my favorite song of this new album.
I'm happy to see folks are still listening to the older music, that tells me that even though I'm learning the technical skills to make a better song, the old stuff wasn't garbage just because of that fact. Maybe one day if I'm feeling really weird I might try to revist those old songs (if I still have the project file) and touch up here and there. No note changes, just... eq and stuff. Practice for future projects.
As always, thank you for listening, and sharing, thank you for writing me, even if I don't reply or seem distracted, I do appreciate the mail. Years ago I used to have depression, and having that feedback gives me ammo to fight it if it ever crops up again, if loving Christ and wife weren't enough. My goal still remains to serve and to bring happiness, in however small a form, to people.. I was telling some beginners on facebook, "If you want fame or fortune, you're gonna be fighting an up hill battle. Me? I want impact, if I can make just one person smile, I win. I might not be popular, or rich, but the wealth I do accumulate, I will have forever."