Amazingly, another mix completed / Assistance needed from Lost fans
Usually when I talk about how enthusiastic I am for a new CD I'm making, my energy goes away completely and I can't go forward. Hell, I have text files set up for notes--most of them holding only a few vague notes--on ten mixes I either started thinking about a lot and then abandoned or never seriously started in the first place. So it's with no small pleasure that I actually finished the editing phase of the Lost Seasons 1-3 mix I decided to do last May, actually worked on in earnest for a couple weeks in December and picked back up about a week and a half ago.
One advantage of letting a small batch of files sit for a couple of months was that after so much time away from the actual editing, the edits themselves sounded pretty good. It's about as close as I can get to listening to my own edits in the same way I listen to others'. Also, an advantage of finishing the Seasons 1-3 mix is that I can finally let myself listen to the Season 4 CD again without fearing that I'll only hear edit points for material I can't use yet. I don't know how much preliminary planning/editing I'll allow myself once the Season 5 disc comes out this spring.
My current plan is to sleep on the full edit as it currently exists for the duration of this weekend. If I come back to it on Monday and some of the edits still bother me, I may see how I could improve them, but I think the disc is pretty much done.
One part that's not done is where I need a little help: I don't know what to call the darn thing. "The Music of Lost Volume I: Seasons One, Two & Three" sounds pretty plain by itself, but I can't decide on an overarching title. I think calling it "Live Together, Die Alone," while that is a running theme of the seasons covered, would be rather trite. Scott's two contributions were "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!" and "NOW That's What I Call Flashbacks! Vol. 1." a_badguy suggested "Through the Looking Glass," which is probably the most extensively-represented episode on the disc. I tried to mine track titles for any that might be representative, but the closest I have to decent ones are "Ocean's Apart" and "Flying High."
So, any suggestions?
One advantage of letting a small batch of files sit for a couple of months was that after so much time away from the actual editing, the edits themselves sounded pretty good. It's about as close as I can get to listening to my own edits in the same way I listen to others'. Also, an advantage of finishing the Seasons 1-3 mix is that I can finally let myself listen to the Season 4 CD again without fearing that I'll only hear edit points for material I can't use yet. I don't know how much preliminary planning/editing I'll allow myself once the Season 5 disc comes out this spring.
My current plan is to sleep on the full edit as it currently exists for the duration of this weekend. If I come back to it on Monday and some of the edits still bother me, I may see how I could improve them, but I think the disc is pretty much done.
One part that's not done is where I need a little help: I don't know what to call the darn thing. "The Music of Lost Volume I: Seasons One, Two & Three" sounds pretty plain by itself, but I can't decide on an overarching title. I think calling it "Live Together, Die Alone," while that is a running theme of the seasons covered, would be rather trite. Scott's two contributions were "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!" and "NOW That's What I Call Flashbacks! Vol. 1." a_badguy suggested "Through the Looking Glass," which is probably the most extensively-represented episode on the disc. I tried to mine track titles for any that might be representative, but the closest I have to decent ones are "Ocean's Apart" and "Flying High."
So, any suggestions?