Well, it looks like I’m a Trombone Champ! I managed to record 7 trombone phrases this week, which is not a lot of work, but it is just enough for me to have finished all of the trombone recording I had wanted to do. Thus, I can put the trombone back up in the attic until my next major recording project. My embouchure probably only improved marginally over the two and a half weeks of recording. I think if I plan on recording much again with the instrument, I should take it out a few weeks before I plan on starting the project, and get my lip in better shape.
Three of the phrases I recorded were for 727. The remaining four phrases were trombone recordings for the center sections of A300, DC-10, DC-9, and 747. While I’m ahead of where I thought I’d be last week, it doesn’t really change the schedule much. Tomorrow I will be recording a string quartet in Providence. These recordings will span the transition from the center section to the final section of each movement. I will likely be editing and mixing these recordings over the next couple of weeks. I’m expecting that time frame as the next couple of weeks will be busy for me. I’ll be taking Thursday and Friday off next week to go to an event in Boston. The following week I will be going into tech week for a production of A Wrinkle in Time in Andover. This means that much of next week will be spent finalizing my sound design work for the production, so I may get little to no work on Rotate done next week. Accordingly, the new schedule for the rest of the semester is . . .
Week 10: Edit / mix String recordings
Week 11: Edit / mix String recordings
Week 12: Cello
Week 13: Cello
Week 14: Taishogoto
Week 15: Taishogoto
I had mentioned last week that I may have some information to share regarding progress on a closely related project I have been working on. Since the next couple of weeks may also be light weeks I won’t share everything all at once, so I have things to share for first half of November. That being said, I’ve made significant progress on the plan for my next studio album as Darth Presley. I plan on taking three to four years to complete the next one.
While I’m proud of my work on both ME7ROPOL17AN 7RANSPOR7A71ON AU74OR17Y and Rotate, I feel like both albums are a bit too consistent. Every movement of each of the two projects is very similar, and vary mainly in tempo, pitch collection, and sometimes instrumentation. This is why I want to spend more time on the next studio album. I have some other material I can likely release in the next few years on the side: songs with lyrics, live recordings from Rotate, and other material. While I have more work to share about the next project, I’ll save it for the next couple of weeks.