Tunes and Taxes

Im not proud, but I still dont have my 2005 taxes done.. Between being a relatively new parent, the back injury, increased work pressure, my course, it just never seemed to get done.. ANd they owe ME money.... I know.. stupid me... oh well...

anyway... Im biting the bullet and commited to getting 05 and 06 done within the next week...

Another thing I've procrastinated on is Mixing down the Jam party..

its hard work actually...Ok, thats a Lie... I LOVE doing that kind of stuff.. But its hard work making time to get at it....

I typicaly can't get to it AT all while my daughters awake, as she kind requires constant attention.. then I can't realy crank my speakers when she's napping or is in bed, or I'll wake her up... So its been hard to find good quality time to mix it..

Add to that, some of the levels were too Hot coming into the board and caused some mega distorted signals and clipping that CAN"T be fixed, and that it was my first time testing the board with a Full Live band, AND that it was mostly an unrehearsed Jam session, and I didnt have the drums mic'd correctly.. and (ok.. thats enough excuses) its just been hard getting round it it.. and a little fustrating...

but I said "fuck it" it was a fun party... Im not going to take the fun out mixing the recording by getting all stressed out.. im just gonna do it...

I spent a little time getting what I thought was a decent speaker mix before sarah went for her nap, then turned off the speakers.. put Sarah down for her nap, put the monitor on my desk so I could see it (it has LED meter), put the headphones on, and just let it roll... And, to make the most efficient use of time, I keyed in a bunch of receipts (part of the process towards completing my taxes) while I was listening...

i didnt get all caught up on getting the best eq or effect or processor settings for each track.. i just let it roll as I was sorting and recording my receipts.... and every now and then, made an adjustment here and there... its not as good as it could be..given how fast I blew through it, and that I used only head phones, not speakers... . but it'll be good enuff for rock and roll... besides.. some good friends and musicians who came out to play that night have been waiting to hear it.. so I'd like to get it done as a thank you to them also...

anyway... Im almost done the 2nd set now... 18 songs in total done... And I got some good work done towards the tax stuff..... I'd like to do more.. but i need a break.. and I need some sleep....

will have to take a break here now.. and come back at it another day..

in other Music news, I also got the footage of Full circle at the ECMA's on DVD and also got the Bob Ezrin talk on DVD...

I'd promised a copy of the later to new friend and fellow musician Ray Mattie from the band Pogey so he dropped over to pick it up and was kind enough to bring a much appreciated Timmy's coffee on the way...

if your reading this Ray, I rolled up the rim, but I didnt win bud.......

which leads me to a very good question about Rim Rilling protocal...


if someone Buys you a coffee, and its a winner... and not a winner of a free bagel.. I mean the car, or the plasma TV..... how would you handle that? would you tell the person and share the win? or what??

lets consider it an online poll.. click the comments section below here and leave your answer... I'll post the results later...

Cheers for now..