The Gossman Passion, Mix Day 3

We went a little over the alloted time to tweak out "Take & Eat" yesterday. We were supposed to have two songs done yesterday. We finished "Take & Eat" around 6 p.m. and finished printing it around 7 p.m. We had to finish at 9 p.m., but we were able to get the basic tracks of the next song up and running fairly well. As I write this, John is tweaking out the song "Eli, Eli, Lema Sabbacthani?" We should be printing it by 11 a.m.

I'm managing my stress level fairly well with this project, but it's easy to obsess over little things like sibilance and balance. We ended up doing two mixes of "Take & Eat," just so we can have some options when we go to master the project on Monday.

Last night, I played the two completed tracks for some friends. They were pretty floored by the whole thing. I'm glad to see the tracks coming off of my computer, going through all kinds of sophisticated analog gear, to analog tape, and to a rough reference CD. I'm really forward to completing a master of this project.

On the docket today is the rest of the project, which is four songs, all told. Even though we only finished two songs in two days, the knowledge we've gained from those two mixes should translate well into finishing the other mixes a little quicker. This is a very exciting album!