Milestones continue to fall into place. Anna and I went into tour-de-force mode to complete the design concept and the design artifacts for the digital release, completing that by Wednesday. Which allowed me to put together the digital album in Bandcamp: That now makes the actual album release a zero-risk-item. Nice! Looking forward to the …
The title says it all: the master (‚though technically for vinyl: the premaster) is in the can. And what a stunning (pre)master it is!
Today saw the only onsite event I had (and probably will have) for this production. The mixing session at Tonstudio Then. This was fun!
Last Sunday, the decision was made: „MAX“ will have a double-vinyl phyiscal release. But why? And why that late of a decision?
There is now progress in small steps, mostly behind the scenes, since last time we spoke. First Things First The Sapientia Salomonis Question I already mentioned last time that SapSal was considered a „risk item“, so I did things in parallel: Unfortunately, the wind chest was faulty for the 9-15 organ date, and the hastily …
Since the last report, not that much has happened. But there was at least one accomplishment. Accomplishments Abendsonne was shifted, ending up for a recording session 7-23 (i.e. earlier this week). I’m nothing but blown away by the results. Great job, Neil and X Ensemble! Sidenote: I had at one point decided not to share …
I already said a lot about this album project. Like about its structure, how it is composed, and a detailed look at the Leitmotive. But what is the production approach? And what does that even mean? What does a „producer“ do? The role of the producer (of an album) is one of those things clouded …
The composition in MAX uses a thing called „Leitmotive“ (leitmotifs). Known from the opus of Richard Wagner. Let’s have a look through those – and strap in, because this is a complex and long explanation! Why Leitmotive? Starting to write for this project, it became clear quickly that I wanted to use a musical concept …
Max contains three different kinds of compositions. The difference lies in what the
composer specifices vs. what is left to the interpretation of the performers.
An album-length worth of music with a story to tell might want a structure. So how to build this, considering it’s a biography after all?
