The PMX Subspace Communication Station
Blog Abuse and Neglect
My apologies for the absence of posts. We had to move the PMX communication station in March and it's been hellish. Are there any good carpenters out there that want to help build a new studio?
We are still trying to unpack everything and at the same time record vox for the new demo. Yes, we are recording. Or rather, I am trying to record in between earning a living and sleeping. Everyone else is done already.
Anyone want to produce me? Anyone? I've been abandoned by those who know better. I can't blame them. I'm horrible to record, really. A complete wreck.
I wanted to go see a sports psychologist about this problem of mine. Go ahead, it's okay to laugh. But my problem is a lot like choking during your golf game. There's this thing you really want to do and deep, deep down you know you enjoy doing it. However, when you step up to the tee (or the Rode NTK in my case) you feel your pulse in your throat and you can't breathe. You open your mouth and out sputters "laedhjuh..lweuodoor" where you expected to hear an oh so cool, smooth and melodious "bitches don't wear black."
This is a real problem.
I know what you're thinking. "Mind over matter."...Now come here and let me poke you, because you're right but, but...poke poke poke.
I really think I need professional help. Is there a producer in the house? A kind, firm, gentle, producer with extremely high tolerance for panic attacks? It's not that Alex and Mike can't produce me, really, or that they won't. I am trying to spare them the agony. They are more than capable. It's just that I can't hand this to them. Not even when I want to. I am such a miserable bitch when I have to record. I am the worst to them of anyone. And really, I don't like abusing them that much.
You may be thinking, "what about all that recording you did with that Pieter K dude?" I am starting to believe that's no small part of my problem. Pieter got the some of my best performances. I believe there are more and better ones to come, but nothing I've been able to do since has measured up. The bar got set pretty high for me. We're not in the basement at the Court Tavern any more.
Yeah, of course Pieter would record my vocals for pmx tracks but he lives across the continent and holds a job. Even if we had the dough to fly him here for a weekend, he can't just take off work. And sure, I could go to a proper studio and shell out bucks and have someone tell me it's good enough, but it won't be. When someone is producing you that doesn't really care about your music, it just isn't the same.
I promise somehow, I'll get the recording done. I just needed to abuse the blog first so maybe I won't abuse the producer so much when I step to the tee.
posted by Amy Jacob
5/22/2004 01:21:00 AM Got something to say about it?Go on then.
