Weekend rewind (still life #2)
Apart from the minor rains that fell yesterday, the weekend started and ended in a better fashion than I could have expected. The happy recap goes as follows:
Friday night, met Bob for drinks and dinner at Maxwell's--had a fab time, as usual--was in the door by 4 a.m., due to missing the last direct train into WTC. Woke up Saturday feeling sluggish and not looking forward to decaf--told Liz I cannot stand being on South Beach--neither could she, so to celebrate, we had coffee, which set the tone for a buoyant return to form. Ran errands, Starbucks (yes!), groceries, obligatory trip to Jersey (Target, burgers) and home in the late afternoon with a nice bottle of Merlot.
Yesterday's recording session was off and running with Chris' surprise of the (albeit temporary) resurrection of Synchronic West; got to work and apart from my seemingly endless bungling of the keyboard and the counterpoint guitar part on "Bitter Sweet", the (re-take) vocals and keyboards on "Inside" were one go and suddenly, ...to get to the other side is now completed. Sat together and listened to some of the tracks; BIG shout out to Chris for an amazing job on mixing roughs--if this is how good the album sounds unmixed (as I told the guys), I'm almost afraid at how good it actually will be when we've finished mixing it formally. A lot of time, effort, energy, some tears and a lot of laughs went into doing this record and for all the tensions or emotional rollercoaster rides we've had over the year as The Punch Line can't diminish the beauty of this album. It is a true group effort and I'm genuinely proud of this work. As we'd established, this is the one record we've done that we all can go back and listen to and still love. Didn't take any rough mixes, as Chris rightly pointed out "we should come back to this next week with fresh ears and some distance from the songs"--amen to that, brother. Once Bob and I split, a traffic-free drive home, a quick stop at McDonald's and in for the evening with Liz and unwinding.
Biggest complaint? The Mets blew two very obvious games, especially yesterday. Just sloppy. Wow, that's pretty good for what's irking me now.
Friday night, met Bob for drinks and dinner at Maxwell's--had a fab time, as usual--was in the door by 4 a.m., due to missing the last direct train into WTC. Woke up Saturday feeling sluggish and not looking forward to decaf--told Liz I cannot stand being on South Beach--neither could she, so to celebrate, we had coffee, which set the tone for a buoyant return to form. Ran errands, Starbucks (yes!), groceries, obligatory trip to Jersey (Target, burgers) and home in the late afternoon with a nice bottle of Merlot.
Yesterday's recording session was off and running with Chris' surprise of the (albeit temporary) resurrection of Synchronic West; got to work and apart from my seemingly endless bungling of the keyboard and the counterpoint guitar part on "Bitter Sweet", the (re-take) vocals and keyboards on "Inside" were one go and suddenly, ...to get to the other side is now completed. Sat together and listened to some of the tracks; BIG shout out to Chris for an amazing job on mixing roughs--if this is how good the album sounds unmixed (as I told the guys), I'm almost afraid at how good it actually will be when we've finished mixing it formally. A lot of time, effort, energy, some tears and a lot of laughs went into doing this record and for all the tensions or emotional rollercoaster rides we've had over the year as The Punch Line can't diminish the beauty of this album. It is a true group effort and I'm genuinely proud of this work. As we'd established, this is the one record we've done that we all can go back and listen to and still love. Didn't take any rough mixes, as Chris rightly pointed out "we should come back to this next week with fresh ears and some distance from the songs"--amen to that, brother. Once Bob and I split, a traffic-free drive home, a quick stop at McDonald's and in for the evening with Liz and unwinding.
Biggest complaint? The Mets blew two very obvious games, especially yesterday. Just sloppy. Wow, that's pretty good for what's irking me now.
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