The final step on the road to success, for all I know about the subject, is deciding which baggage to drop right before the finish line. As far as Exits + Obstacles (the new CD) is concerned, that baggage was the 16-bar guitar solo occurring about halfway through the track “Shadows.” I cut it out and pushed everything over and magically the album is done. That was the last track on my 10 day final mixing marathon. Today I had to mix two, since I skipped yesterday. Tomorrow I’ll give one last listen to “Shadows” and make a few quick edits and then it’s off to mastering and time for me to find some decent employment.
The record should be ready for release about one month from now, but I’m thinking late September would be good. October sucks.