Crushing Krisis

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Demo update: Everything except for “never say goodbye” has been mixed down at least once; everything should be whittled down to a final mix tonight in the studio and burned to cd so i can get a track order together. A few promo copies might be floating around by Thursday of next week, but the earliest chance to grab a cdr copy of the disc will be in the Quad at Drexel on May 3rd, where we’ll have a limited number of copies for sale for $3. Anyone who buys a cdr copy can simply trade it back to upgrade to a pressed one when i get them done next month (not that there’ll be any difference, other than artwork). If you’d like a promo copy and you won’t physically be seeing me soon, you’ll need to send me $4 (shipping is $.99), or you can wait to order the mp3.com version which will be up early next month (and will cost $6). Obviously there won’t be any free copies this time, only because i’m trying to get together enough money to get a decent sized run of discs pressed in the near future. Got it? Cool. Check back this weekend for further promo audio.

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Three consecutive nights of four hour trips into the recording studio will yield my completed studio demo on Saturday, ready for track-listing and duplication. Duplication, however, is the major issue at hand. I could just copy discs one at a time and put lables on them as i did last time, but i think the whopping 25 discs that were made indicates what a pain in the ass that is. I could go through Mp3.com, where i’d make back half of each unit price, but i can’t use either of the covers i recorded because of legal issues. Finally, i could just get 150 discs pressed and printed, but that would cost as much as $4 per unit out of pocket, so i’d need to charge at least $3 per disc to cover my expenses. So, what do you think? Do you want new music from me bad enough to send me a few dollars in the mail, or is it mostly important for me to get it out fast and free? The whole point is to spread it to the masses, so i really care what your opinion is.

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So, um, yeah. My mother hated last year’s demo because she’s stupid. Or, rather, she is all about the show that’s put on for her, and she can’t notice lyrics or songwriting without it. The demo was explicitly meant as a showcase of those two things, since it totally lacked quality of production, but she could never get past that so she never really listened to it. So, suddenly she’s handed a tape with a studio quality “under my skin” on it, and she wants to send it to the record companies right now despite the fact that it still pretty much sounds like shit. Of course, she doesn’t care, because the studio EQ and the backing vocals are there so she can gush all over it and say that i’ve never done anything worthwhile ever before in my life. Which is the worst compliment she could ever pay me, because this is the product of my life, not its sum total. Or something. This is why she’s in Florida right now and i don’t mind so much…

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I’m starting to feel famous. Or, more accurately, people are actually starting to know and recognize my songs. Sure, it’s not hundreds of people, but i have enough of a market for the upcoming disc that i’m actually looking into getting it printed rather than just burning them one by one. The fact that i played “Under My Skin” last night twice and that people sang along makes it that much better. Amy thinks it’s an ego thing, but honestly i’m just happy that all of my sonic toiling is finally having an effect on people. Not quite a rock star yet, but i’ve got some years left before i get my diploma to work on it :p

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