Ok, well, I’m sure the three of you reading this aren’t exactly waiting with baited breath, but hey I’m excited, so let’s roll with it! =)
It only took me a few MONTHS to wrap up my newest song, but I’m happy to report that it not only exists, but is written, recorded, and now in the talented hands of Brian Stratman over at Capricorn Studios where he is polishing up the sound and putting the final touches on the track! In fact, I’ve already heard a great sounding version back from the studio and it really sounds awesome!
Not too many people realize that working with a studio in general is a very give and take interaction. I’m also working with them in a bit of a different way than others I would imagine, in that I’m doing all of the recording and tracking myself, then bouncing the individual tracks over to them, along with a mp3 demo with my best mixing attempt to give them some idea as to what kind of sound I’m looking for. With that information, the studio engineer (in this case, Brian), attacks the song full force, twisting and shaping it, trying to get the best sound he can. When he’s got a final mix he’s happy with, he kicks the mp3 over to the artist (or the recording schlub, which would be me) to review. After some careful listening I determine if it sounds great enough to go with or if there are additional specific changes that, in my artistic opinion and along with my “vision” for the song, I would like to see happen before we call it “DONE”.
At this point, that first review has happened. I’m incredibly happy with the sound, but have provided some changes for the studio to make in hopes that it will sound even better, and align a little bit closer to my ultimate “vision”. I don’t expect that to take too long to complete, and I plan on releasing the song shortly thereafter. If you want to know the moment it’s released, make sure you’re following @nickmclaren on Twitter!
Writing songs is hard work, but I’m proud of the work I have done and I can’t WAIT to share the results with you! Soon… 
