Things have been quiet for me lately because my head is so far burrowed into the music. About two weeks ago I saw everything from a new perspective and it was, like, "Oh. THERE you are. I thought it was you, but I wasn't sure." And suddenly, the whole album made sense and things fell together, the planets aligned, and unity has been found in the universal pattern of things.
I'm not exaggerating when I say about 60 songs were written for this album. Given, most of them are utter wastelands. I've had to swim through sappy ballads, a few smashing choruses to please the Celine fans, and the inevitable nonsense that even makes ME scratch my head and wonder what I was thinking. But in the end, the final song selections have been made and though I'm still refining the tracklist, I'm comfortable with the songs left standing.
That said, I've still a ways to go. Realize this. While the majority of artists have the ability to record several tracks at once (because they're being performed by live players) I do not. Each track on each song is being hand-tweaked and obsessively designed by me. This allows for much self-important obsession. Always a sure way to slow down progress.
I was hoping to have everything mixed by the end of July...but now it's looking more like August. Which means a later release date. Oh, it's a familiar tune. So since I don't know for sure when everything will be complete, I can't announce when songs will be available for you to hear. I'm getting so tired of pushing things back further and further. I can't wait to say, "TODAY. You can have it TODAY!"
But once it's essentially finished, I'll announce more details - like what the album's actually about. I've really gone round and round about how to approach the themes here and once I discovered it, I decided to keep it to myself. So it'll be a surprise. :)
Thank you for your patience, unending receptiveness, and general wonderfulness.
xo
T.
