Recording -- to-do and statuses.
And now, it's time once more for the semi-regular breakdown of Absolutely Every Little Damn Thing that's going on with Red Roses and Dead Things, both track-by-track and not-quite-related-to-recording. Some of these will just be statuses, for my information, while others may be action items, for myself and others. Feel free to skip, unless you happen to be morbidly curious.
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These items are not actually related to recording, but are essential to actually, y'know, having an album. So.
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Graphics for cover/liner notes.
Graphic artist: Bill Mudron.
Reference photographer: Carolyn Billingsley.
Reference photoshoot(s): Pending.
Delivery of reference photos: Pending.
Action items: Confirm date and location of photoshoot.
Status: Pending.
Layout of liner notes.
Layout designer: Chris Mangum.
Interior text: Pending confirmation of track order.
Action items: Confirm track order.
Status: Pending.
Graphic design.
Graphic designer: Bill Mudron.
Action items: None.
Status: Pending.
Production.
Production house: Oasis.
Action items: None.
Status: Waiting for album to be finished.
Pre-orders.
Status: Pending.
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These items are directly related to recording, and will be going track-by-track through the album as currently projected. Big fun for the whole family.
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Red Roses and Dead Things.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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You Get the Tickets.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from. See if Jeff can get sound clips of chainsaws. Ah, for a Foley artist of my very own...
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Maybe It's Crazy.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Maddened cackle: Paul, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Notes: Capo 2 from original recording. If we can have this recorded before we do 'Vampire Slayer Blues' and v.2 of 'What A Woman's For', we can get Paul all on the same day.
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Courting Gifts.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Silent Hill.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Oh, Michelle.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Vixy, pending; rest of universe, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: None. I'd really like to get Amy in to do the fiddle part on this, and use the basic arrangement we had at Conterpoint 2007 (fiddle only on the last verse, hand-claps on the last chorus), but I'm flexible. We should probably have sound effects.
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Causes and Effects.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Vixy, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Some Girls.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Vampire Slayer Blues.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Paul, pending.
Guitar arrangement: Paul, pending.
Other arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Confirm possible recording times with Paul.
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Darkness Falls.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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My Summer Vacation (Slayer's Lament).
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Protective Coloration.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
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Another Mad Science Love Song.
Vocals of SCIENCE!: Seanan, pending, TBD, pending.
Minion vocals: Victor, Paul, pending; Vixy, Maya, Saber, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find yourself a male scientist, you dumbass!
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Oh, Helen.
Vocals: Tony Fabris, done.
Backing vocals: Maya, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Pending Maya's backing vocals, further arrangement, mixing.
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The Black Death.
Vocals: Seanan, done.
Backing vocals: Vixy, Maya, done.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending further arrangement, mixing.
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What A Woman's For.
Vocals: Seanan, done, Vixy, Maya, done.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending further arrangement, mixing.
*
What A Woman's For (bonus track).
Vocals: Seanan, pending; Paul, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending both vocal lines, further arrangement, mixing.
*
Things aren't in the best of shape, but they're starting to look more and more like an actual album, rather than something with too many limbs that's trying to eat your cat. Neat!
***
These items are not actually related to recording, but are essential to actually, y'know, having an album. So.
***
Graphics for cover/liner notes.
Graphic artist: Bill Mudron.
Reference photographer: Carolyn Billingsley.
Reference photoshoot(s): Pending.
Delivery of reference photos: Pending.
Action items: Confirm date and location of photoshoot.
Status: Pending.
Layout of liner notes.
Layout designer: Chris Mangum.
Interior text: Pending confirmation of track order.
Action items: Confirm track order.
Status: Pending.
Graphic design.
Graphic designer: Bill Mudron.
Action items: None.
Status: Pending.
Production.
Production house: Oasis.
Action items: None.
Status: Waiting for album to be finished.
Pre-orders.
Status: Pending.
***
These items are directly related to recording, and will be going track-by-track through the album as currently projected. Big fun for the whole family.
***
Red Roses and Dead Things.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
You Get the Tickets.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from. See if Jeff can get sound clips of chainsaws. Ah, for a Foley artist of my very own...
*
Maybe It's Crazy.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Maddened cackle: Paul, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Notes: Capo 2 from original recording. If we can have this recorded before we do 'Vampire Slayer Blues' and v.2 of 'What A Woman's For', we can get Paul all on the same day.
*
Courting Gifts.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Silent Hill.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Oh, Michelle.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Vixy, pending; rest of universe, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: None. I'd really like to get Amy in to do the fiddle part on this, and use the basic arrangement we had at Conterpoint 2007 (fiddle only on the last verse, hand-claps on the last chorus), but I'm flexible. We should probably have sound effects.
*
Causes and Effects.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Vixy, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Some Girls.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Vampire Slayer Blues.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Backing vocals: Paul, pending.
Guitar arrangement: Paul, pending.
Other arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Confirm possible recording times with Paul.
*
Darkness Falls.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
My Summer Vacation (Slayer's Lament).
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Protective Coloration.
Vocals: Seanan, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find appropriate 'flavour' MP3 for Jeff to begin arrangement from.
*
Another Mad Science Love Song.
Vocals of SCIENCE!: Seanan, pending, TBD, pending.
Minion vocals: Victor, Paul, pending; Vixy, Maya, Saber, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, pending.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Find yourself a male scientist, you dumbass!
*
Oh, Helen.
Vocals: Tony Fabris, done.
Backing vocals: Maya, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending arrangement.
Action items: Pending Maya's backing vocals, further arrangement, mixing.
*
The Black Death.
Vocals: Seanan, done.
Backing vocals: Vixy, Maya, done.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending further arrangement, mixing.
*
What A Woman's For.
Vocals: Seanan, done, Vixy, Maya, done.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending further arrangement, mixing.
*
What A Woman's For (bonus track).
Vocals: Seanan, pending; Paul, pending.
Arrangement: Jeff, done.
Status: Pending both vocal lines, further arrangement, mixing.
*
Things aren't in the best of shape, but they're starting to look more and more like an actual album, rather than something with too many limbs that's trying to eat your cat. Neat!