As we get closer to release date, I start wearing a lot of different hats. There’s the engineering/mixing/producing hat – finalizing the mixes for each song. There’s the business hat – making arrangements for pressing the CD, digital distribution, promotion etc etc. Then there’s the graphic designer hat – designing the cover art. Last time Gary and Chris designed the cover; this time I’m doing it myself, as I did with the first record. I’m no graphic artist but I know what I like 
Here’s a working copy of the front cover:
Mixing is coming along swimmingly. I’ve been experimenting with various song orders but today I think I stumbled onto a sequence that works really well. While listening to it in my car (as I do to check all my mixes) I let out an involuntary “fuck yeah!” at one point, which I think means things are really starting to come together
and so the 12th song is now complete – click below to stream or download:
Where Is The Sun
Today I had a listen to the 12 songs recorded so far and I’m very proud of what we have “in the can”. In fact, I am now leaning towards wrapping things up with this song and shortlisting the best 10 songs for the CD.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this window into the making of our 3rd record. We’ve given away 44 downloads featuring various mixes of each song and that has hopefully given you an insight into how we work. But – the work is not finished yet. I’ve noticed the songs need some additional mixing, so I’ll be doing that in the coming weeks.
The album will be called “Fire And Ice” and will be available from all the usual digital stores as well as a limited edition digipack CD release by March/April. Stay tuned for sneak previews of the album artwork and final track listing in the coming weeks.
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