Ear fatigue is a pretty interesting concept, how you can just drone on endlessly from take to take that eventually the frequencies start to fade. As I downloaded this picture, my shorthand title for the jpeg was "Ear Fat," which I found to also be accurate, because I imagined loads of gooey adipose tissue behind my eardrums. I have sinus problems so I'm not sure if what I hear through these beat up headphones is really what is being recorded. Perception is so torturous at times, but can also save your ass, too, if you can trick yourself into believing something, anything in your life, is better than the reality of your situation.
I was pretty surprised about how fast I set up, in probably 20 minutes. I had to bring my entire computer - monitor, peripherals, et al., because my version of ProTools is so old I can't load it on my laptop. "A Thousand Keys" vocals are done I think and I had some old background vocals from March 5th (?!, really?) that seem to work, though I had to tweak a high harmony.
I'm heading into this afternoon for guitar tracks. I have trouble with this part, because no matter how much I read on the topic or even just play with dials on the amp or guitar, I'm just lousy at trying to dial in tone. I avoided electric guitar for so long just for this detail alone. It never translates like you think it should, no matter mic position or pedal tweaks or pickup switch position. Perception. Again.
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