Remember what I said last time about the artwork? Well forget about all that! At the very last minute as my plan-b was already in motion, a better solution fell out of the sky & landed right in my lap! It was one of those strange coincidences that are too perfect to even question, makes you wanna believe in things like fate even.
So now..
My crusty old photographs will be replaced with the amazing collage work of local sydney artist Jordan Clarke. As this is primarily a sample based album, I have been thinking for a long time that collage would be the perfect match to the audio but wasn't sure if I could ever find the right person to pull it off. It was frightening, she didn't have much time to get it done, & if it had come out wrong I didn't really know what I would do. Sure, I may have been quietly freaking out but on wednesday night at the zero hour we completed the artwork once and for all & it looks outstanding. Oh the sweet relief!
So with that stage complete, I packed up all the audio/art files & got the next flight to ye olde Adelaide town for mastering.
Like my first album 'Cheaper Than Therapy', this one was mastered by Neville Clark at Disk Edits, he is the king. He has pretty much mastered anyone who's anyone in Adelaide music & I knew my record couldn't be in safer hands.
Mastering is a magic process. I only understand it in very general terms. I recorded the last album myself and it was such an ugly little mix full of weird mic noise, clicks & pops, somehow he managed to clean that right up, the before & after of that record is pretty incredible to hear. It could've almost saved it, if it wasn't for my bad bad writing. Haha.
But that was then, this is now!
Now, i've never been this happy with a record this late in the game. I'm not sure what that means. It's definitely not perfect, but it's not half bad either.
So now I wait. The audio & art have been cleared & sent through to the pressing plant and in 15 or less working days, the mailman is going to drop a whole lotta cds on my doorstep.
Here's the specifics:
subsketch: Department of Human Services
Words & Music by Subsketch
Co-Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Mister Speed
Mastered by Neville Clark
Art & Design by Jordan Clarke
COMING SOON!!
1 comment:
Awesome, looking forward to your new album - cheaper than therapy got on my thrash list (listen often until well worn)
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