Surprise, surprise there’s a shift in the immediate focus on what to accomplish and get finished. I’ve been going so full bore on animated covers that I had been putting off doing some literal music business business. Fortunately I got an awesome email several days ago to remind me I needed to update my sub publisher of all the releases. Including Tortured Solitaire which is coming Friday.
People that know me, learn that I have a really sharp laser focus. That’s a double edge sword. At many times it’s a fantastic thing. In some rare cases, it’s not so fantastic.
With all the impending releases I keep feeling like the animations for cover art are starting to get super ambitious. Especially with time frames being short. A few days ago I got a reminder of why it’s good to take care of the meta data of songs when it comes to publishing.
After putting off updating my sub-publisher for all of last year, I switched away from the animations and spent almost two days gathering all the needed information of new songs and release meta data into a spreadsheet to send along. One can’t ignore it for too long or one will lose out on money.
Hence the shift.
Another shift, to ease my some time ADHD mind was to pull out a book I’d started writing some years back. A lengthy story. Not fiction. It’s to do with musical releases coming toward late 2026. I realized that if I want this book to coincide with those releases, it needs editing and finishing in the not too distant future.
In going thru the written words, I noticed it going to require some heavy editing. Plus some deep hole fill ins. Meaning I left way too much back story out of spots. Also, the timeline in it jumps back and forth. Fortunately I know a lovely English major who has graciously offered to help edit.
The plan is to put it in their hands in the next couple of days.
My book is pulling up tons of memories. Including memories of recording this week’s release, Tortured Solitaire. Lots of them good memories, some, eh, not so good.
What I can say is the new mix and especially the Atmos mix, are so fuckin rad. They have a ton of Rizz (as the term goes now). My absolute favorite moment in the song is when the word “abuse” tails out into a super long reverb. Technology has improved so that this effect is smoother, longer and more pronounced than the original version. It give me goosebumps.
Seriously. Is there anything better when a song can do that for a listener?
Do yourself a favor, buy Tortured Solitaire in its full studio WAV quality now.
Stay tuned…