CD Recording

alter-ego project leaps from the virtual only world to the physical world.

FEATURES:
4 wikkid cool handmade designs - each one personally assembled by Ruiner Severhead.

From left to right, top to bottom SINS - FATHER WILLIE - THE CRUSADER - SNAKE HANDLER

13 tracks of high quality CD audio - not the mp3 burns.

Also includes Bonus track - exclusive Ruiner re-mix of demond wilson's Etude #4

Limited edition.

not sure how many - but based on how much glue I got all over the place certainly no more than 100.

I'll have some of each design available at Solo Bass Night 4 - tonight in Berkeley.

You're coming . . . . right?

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 01:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

CD Baby has been out of stock of Outre for a bit.

They kept sending me e-mails asking for what I thought was a riDONKulous amount of CDs.

But I finally caved in and sent them what they wanted.

So - in case you've been waiting - there should be MORE than enough copies up there for a very long time.

www.cdbaby.com/cd/jeffschmidt

oh yeah - the price may have dropped a bit too. ,-) Help get these things outta my house!

mucho thanks!

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 12:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

By way of self-proclaimed Lo-Fi Pop Super Star Scott Andrews - comes this short YouTube video demonstrating how music is having the life squashed out of it in the mastering process.

Continue reading "Turn It UP!!" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 10:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Got word yesterday that my master has been approved for duplication and that duplication has begun!

I've been given a delivery date of 7/9/07

Here's the cover

and the track listing

1. From Under The Weight of Knowing
2. Fury
3. Satori
4. Path Beyond Tracing
5. Numb
6. Until You Don’t (live)
7. Trypto
8. Sui Generis
9. Mudita
10. Seeing is Freeing (live)
11. Still Silhouette

I'll begin the podcast/audio liner notes thing next week. Each episode will cover 2 tracks - I'll probably just do them in the order of the CD.

I'll have them up on CD baby eventually and ordering info will follow in the next few weeks.

In other news - I have a solo bass show tomorrow night in the North Beach District of San Francisco at a place called Grant & Green - it's at 1371 Grant Ave. SF, CA 94133

Solo Bassist Randy Marshall will open the show at 7pm, followed by a solo bass set from Ariane Capp, Andy Cervantes, the bass & drum group Toast Machine and finally a set from me.

No cover. The whole thing should start at around 7pm & wrap up by 9:15pm or so.

Stop by and have some drinks!

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 01:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The latest from solo cd world - Mastering is happening today.

I should get a final artwork/print sample for approval early next week. If everything is cool the replication peeps tell me I can expect delivery of final product around the 29th of June.

I'll use the podcast to deliver each of the tracks - like 1 or 2 per week - with a bit of commentary as well. If all goes as planned that should start next week. More details in the days ahead.

word

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 08:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Last thursday I had percussion tracked on 2 tunes by an amazing bay area percussionist - Ian Dogole.

I learned about Ian from fellow bassist Edo Castro.

Continue reading "CD progress" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 01:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

ok - so my "studio blogging" idea never really panned out.

My bad. Bottom line is that I'm lazy. Well ok - not lazy - busy. When I finish my work day - like about now - I want to work on the project till I get really sleepy. Then, I go to sleep. Then I wake up and do it again. See - no time for blogging. I do have a short video I took with my digital camera - I just haven't had time to up load it to my server. I'll do it tonight - or maybe this weekend.

So here's a quicky update as to where things stand.

13 tunes are down on reel. Percussion is being cut tomorrow on 2 tunes. Technically - that should be the end of tracking. BUT . . . .

The project might be a bit top heavy in the up-tempo slappity tappity wickedy wackity dept. Or as our engineer Patrick O'Connor calls it - "electric spiders'. Just roll with it. ,-)

So in order to have a few more options when it comes to compiling the final release - I hope to cut 2 additional tunes with a slower more spacious vibe.

That'll give me 15 tracks to mix (which should take place mid to late next week) and then sit with them for a week or so before choosing the finals for the CD.

Mastering is penciled in for May 10th. I should have final duped product by the end of May - first week in June.

Then I can start work on my next project.

Word.

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 05:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Saturday was my first day in the studio - sorry no pics yet.

Overall the day was largely spent on various set-ups and levels and sounds and tone and experimenting etc. I played a few tunes but probably won't keep keep those takes.

I was pretty challenged by the experience..

Continue reading "Studio Report - Day 1" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 06:36 PM | Permalink

Yes - I'm actually going to make one.

;-)

Recently I've been feeling pretty ready to let these songs go. It's a difficult feeling to explain. I just get the sense that they are ready, that I'm ready.

Continue reading "Solo CD" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 10:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

After 2 weeks of recording & listening and recording & listening - It's clear to me I need to shed my tunes more to get the recordings I'm looking for.

Continue reading "Metronome" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 04:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This occurred to me this morning. The recording process is part of the writing process.

Continue reading "Recording is writing is recording" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 02:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

The 828 running on my G4 powerbook has frozen on me mid-take 5 times in the last 2 days. It's history for this project.

So I'm back to using my sweet, sweet rock solid, has never failed me ProTools Mix++ system. And it feels great!

UPDATE:

Continue reading "Fuck you MOTU" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 09:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Hi. I'm jeff. And I have record light anxiety.

Continue reading "Record Light Anxiety" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 08:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

So this weekend - I decided I wanted to track my CD at higher frequency rate and bit depths.

Continue reading "more techy stuff" »

Posted by Jeff Schmidt at 11:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Why do I write songs that are hard for me to play?

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