Listening and listening and listening

I got the first of four tracks for the Nuts + Berries EP back from West West Side Music. Their engineers are wizards. It is louder and bassier than I had expected. I’m intrigued. I’ve listened to it on four different stereos to see how it sounds. It sounds immaculate on my Sony golf balls and pretty good in my car. This thing is very bass-heavy. I compared it to tracks by Bjork and Kanye West and it’s bassier than any of that stuff. I’ve asked the mastering engineer to make a less bassy version I can compare it to. I feel like a wuss asking to have the bass turned down on my electronic music EP but it might be what it needs.

Snow delay

A snowstorm socked the Northeast and delayed the mastering engineer I’m working with at West West Side Music from adding her magic to the tracks on the Nuts + Berries EP. Too much snow to get to the studio in North Jersey.

I’m hoping to get them tonight.

The debut EP

We’re putting finishing touches on the EP. I sent the tracks off to be mastered yesterday at West West Side Music outside NYC. The studio did great work on albums by Sufjan Stevens, LCD Soundsystem and Ben Folds Five. I can’t wait to hear the finished product.

A raw mix of Track 1, “Forgive Your Hometown,” is here.

I’ll post the cover art soon.