Steve Mastering with Reel-To-Reel
It’s been a pretty fast paced recording session but this Tuesday we wrapped it up with a bow and sent it off to A&R Pressing in Dallas. It took a lot of work because I have a personal deadline that I am trying to keep to for the release date but we got it done somehow. Oh sure, we could arguably spend more weeks tweaking this or tweaking that but there is a certain ramshackle quality of having to work within constraints that I love. “First thought, best thought” as Allen Ginsburg would say or “Han Solo shot first!” as any Star Wars fan will tell you.
OK so what are the details at this time? Well, we’re still waiting on the front cover art by local artist Michael C. Rodriguez (which we should be getting back soon) but, if the test pressings come back fine in a few weeks, we should be set to have at least a partial order of the vinyl back from the plant by the release date and definitely in time for the record release show. So here is what all this means:
EP Release Date: 07/08/2013
The EP will definitely be available for download on that date.
We will begin taking orders for the 7″ and ship them off once we get them. The nice thing is that with the purchase of a 7″ you will also get the added bonus of an HD download of the audio from our website. No, not an MP3 file but a full 24bit audio file just like what we hear in the studio. The price of the records will be $5 + S&H. The run will be limited to about 200 (I say “about” because pressing plants often have under or over pressings)
EP Release Show: 07/20/2013 at Vinal Edge
You’ll notice that this is at Vinal Edge Records and not a club. That’s because this is a small personal release and, as such, I really didn’t feel like doing a big to-do about the show. I wanted something more intimate and Chuck Roast’s record store is a wonderful place to do just that kind of show.
Because these songs are kind of personal and all that junk, barring one exception, I’m kind of thinking not to play these again after this show. I dunno, we’ll see.
More deets on all this soon.
Next week, we return to work on “C is for Cthulhu”- our Winter EP. The heaviness of this Clinton Heider homage to the old one is ungodly and should be a stark contrast to the lightness of the summer EP. Should be a lot of fun. Ahead warp factor ten, Mr. Sulu!
