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New Material, A Sample and an Announcement
I am finally moving in direction towards the new record that I’ve been talking about for a while now. I’ve got the electric guitars in the bag for the first two tracks (for the most part), and now I’ve got two new tracks to work on. There had been some distractions for a while, but [...]
A Warning and New Tracks!
Apparently a bunch of people found Æthereal through some download sites. That’s great! Download my music, but I want to clarify something right now:
This old version of the album is not recorded very well. It is a demo and it sounds like shit. I am currently working on an updated version of the album with [...]
Haunted by Visions
It’s been a while since I posted an update. I’ve been busy recording a bunch of stuff, one such thing is the track “Haunted by Visions” which was the third track off of the Premonitions demo from 2008. In light of the fact that I’m going to be recording an EP this summer, I’ve decided [...]
Premonitions Re-Recorded
Did more recording work today. Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been this involved in mixes and stuff. I still don’t have studio monitors, so the mixes aren’t going to be great but I think I’m on the right track. Plus, the quality is just so much fucking better anyway. You can check these [...]
A Tale of Four Mixes
I became unnecessarily excited over my newfound ability to create tracks that sound less like ass. But, I have to say that I am still pretty interested in this whole phenomenon of “compression.” This is, indeed, my production blog and I’ve decided that the time has come to take this on. Now, partially, my issue [...]
A Step in the Right Direction – Motion Blur (2010)
So, I got a new condenser mic. And while it doesn’t output at 96k, it still has a pretty good sound. I’ve uploaded the track [Motion Blur (2010) [12 MB] · The labeling might be weird if you open it in iTunes, I’m not sure what that’s about but it should be Æthereal – Motion [...]
An Ode to Pete
Up until now I’ve never really had a childhood icon pass away and I tend to not do a lot of the hero worship stuff that a lot of other musicians do. But Peter Steele from Type O Negative counts as an exception, because Type O, Life of Agony and that whole group of bands [...]
Working on a Buddy’s Track
I’ve spent the afternoon nailing down a bass part for a track that one of my friends has been working on. I think it’s going to sound totally fantastic, actually. I’ve sent off the rough version to him and hopefully he’ll dig it. It’s been so long since I’ve played this much bass, however. My [...]
…and We’re Live!
Welcome to the brand new Æthereal website! Not only will this site be the place for information, news, etc., etc., etc., but it will also be a place where I plan on doing a DIY blog (over at the Production Blog section). There will be more news coming soon about an EP that I hope [...]
Recording Under Way