It seemingly took forever but the album has finally been re-released. The original release (as chronicled in earlier posts) had significant issues with the mastering. Anyone who streamed the tracks was greeted with a lifeless and under-powered experience. I just couldn’t leave things as they were.
I consulted with several engineers over the last couple of years to figure out what went wrong. There were a number of suggestions (some actually helpful) that inspired me to re-engineer the project. The time afforded me an opportunity to make changes to the tracks and do some re-mixing.
Over the last few months I have been working with Thomas Juth to do some re-mixing and re-mastering. Thomas is a Grammy-winning engineer who has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Jason Mraz, Train, James Bay, and a number of less well-known artists. Given that my album was self-produced and not recorded in a professional studio, there is only so much that anyone can do. Thomas is amazing but even he isn’t a magician. Still, the end result was a lot better than the original release.
I’ll post links to the various streaming services once the album hits. Now, on to new material…