tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9508053917143354712024-03-14T00:13:08.534-07:00Roche LimitThoughts and random occurrences relating to Dave from the band Roche Limit.Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-82468841188254957762014-05-25T11:20:00.002-07:002014-05-25T11:20:20.170-07:00The Sounds of a Home Made DidgeridooMy last post about building a didgeridoo from scratch had a few people asking for videos or sound bites on how it sounds. I sat down yesterday and recorded a quick little sample of how it sounds. I added a little percussion to it in post just for fun.<br />
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<br />Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-24834888508406990082014-05-24T01:20:00.001-07:002014-05-24T01:20:02.565-07:00Building a DidgeridooI decided to make a didgeridoo from scratch.<br />
I've been into didgeridoos ever since I was a kid and first heard their calming rhythmic sound in the movie Crocodile Dundee. It's a shame I don't have a more interesting and less cringeworthy first encounter with a didg but whatever. Over the years I have learned how to play the didg and have purchased a few from various people and places and thought it that maybe it might be fun to make my own.<br />
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I was visiting friends on Saltspring Island who have a beautiful wooded property and were nice enough to let me tromp through the woods in search of the perfect tree to cut down. It was wet and snowy and cold but I found a good one in due time... and cut it down.<br />
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Then, once felled, I stripped the branches off and cut it into three pieces roughly the right size and shape. I lugged it home and was ready to get started. Except that after some research I found that to do it right I should let the wood dry for a year before I start. I don't have that kind of patience so I grabbed the worst piece of wood I got (the one with the most knots in it) and threw it in my friends workshop paint drying oven for 3 weeks. It helped dry it out quickly but also helped to give it some "character" cracks. I was now pretty sure that this was my test build.</div>
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I used the ban saw to shape the end closest to the mouth piece area and make it a little narrower. Then I belt sanded it smooth.</div>
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I cut it in half length wise with the band saw and then hand chiseled out each half. That part sucked.</div>
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Here is a quick little peak into the mixing process of one of the songs that will appear on the next Roche Limit album. The song is called "Dirty Contradictions" and is being mixed at Fader Master studios in Vancouver BC. The video was shot and edited on an iPhone 4S so it's fairly limited but you'll hopefully get an idea of how it goes. </div>
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<br />Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-65614218902601583012011-01-31T21:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T21:13:28.298-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/TUeVyHm6fPI/AAAAAAAAACo/rrAp4iedKhY/s1600/bookletpg0-cover-300x300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/TUeVyHm6fPI/AAAAAAAAACo/rrAp4iedKhY/s320/bookletpg0-cover-300x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568584152535170290" border="0" /></a><br />Shock Treatment Management has released a compilation CD for free download that includes one of my songs and can be downloaded <a href="http://bit.ly/g2SK40">here </a><br />It's also being handed out at colleges and universities of the Pacific Northwest for free to students, which is pretty awesome. It is a 17 track mix of many different styles and genres and is worth checking out.Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-3032561376939206572010-12-23T18:27:00.000-08:002010-12-23T18:29:45.164-08:00New Song For Free DownloadHappy Holidays Everyone!!<br />Here is a previously un-released song that never made it onto the last album for you to download for free!! It's called "I know" and I hope you enjoy it and have a great New Year.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8373713"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8373713" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit/i-know">I Know</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit">rochelimit</a></span>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-22137048597418901032010-07-30T20:02:00.000-07:002010-07-30T20:04:54.949-07:00Zombie Cover<object width="100%" height="81"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Frochelimit%2Fzombie&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=000000"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Frochelimit%2Fzombie&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=000000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit/zombie">ZOMBIE</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit">rochelimit</a></span><br /><br />Thought it was time for some streaming of the cover song I did called Zombie.Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-81874721332403192872010-07-30T19:35:00.000-07:002010-07-30T19:45:39.409-07:00What Now? July 2010What's on my iPod in heavy rotation at the moment?<br />Not much, a little disappointed in this summers tunes...<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.theblackkeys.com/">Black Keys</a> :new album Brothers is pretty great, and I'd say is one of the top albums I'm going through at the moment. Bluesy good times.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.theglitchmob.com/">Glitch Mob</a>: "Drink the sea" is a wicked album that pretty much goes down anytime, instrumental electronic awesomeness is pretty much how I'd describe that one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.danblacksound.com/">Dan Black</a>: I'm listening to him a bit too... not sure if it's cheesy or not but I seem to be playing more than once so I must like it a little bit. Poppy electronic summer fun music.<br /><br />That's kind of it at the moment, I'd love some suggestions if you'd be so kind.<br /><br />Have a great summer...<br /><br />PS. I've been slowly working on some new material for the next album, and it's coming along nicely.Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-8178003294854573622010-05-10T12:24:00.000-07:002010-05-10T14:15:37.624-07:00Video for "Final Breath"<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11580431&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11580431&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11580431">Final Breath</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1604315">Dave Righton</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /></p><p>I bought a new Canon Rebel T2i a few weeks ago and went out on a walkwith Tyler to do some video tests with it. We weren't planning on doing anything with itbut it kinda turned into a video for "Final Breath".It's sort of weird doing a video for an older song but, who cares it was fun and it fitwith the music.</p>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-8602536324153614322010-04-08T18:10:00.000-07:002010-04-08T18:34:35.762-07:00the Zombie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/S76EHoaSjAI/AAAAAAAAACU/kHNVm7IPbAU/s1600/ZombieCover_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/S76EHoaSjAI/AAAAAAAAACU/kHNVm7IPbAU/s320/ZombieCover_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457945065061256194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Did a cover song of "Zombie" by the Cranberries and decided to release it as a single through iTunes on April 27th. I originally hoped to release it as a free download through this site but due to the song license restrictions and copyright law it's now a US only iTunes release. Hopefully this region will expand as I figure out different publishers for different zones etc. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out and excited for the release. Here is the art work that will go along with it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The version has been described as "a gorgeously creepy, post apocalyptic version".<br />(thanks for the description Charity)</div>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-66256335867567433082010-01-28T13:04:00.001-08:002010-01-28T13:05:39.125-08:00Council Estate (ROCHE LIMIT REMIX) by rochelimit<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Frochelimit%2Fcouncil-estate-roche-limit-remix&"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Frochelimit%2Fcouncil-estate-roche-limit-remix&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit/council-estate-roche-limit-remix">Council Estate (ROCHE LIMIT REMIX)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rochelimit">rochelimit</a></span><br />This is a remix I did for the Tricky song "Council Estate" in 2009. Nothing ever happened with it so I thought I'd post it up here. Hit the play button to stream it or click on the little arrow on the right hand side of the player to DOWNLOAD it for FREE!!Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-75522229697044421562010-01-28T11:59:00.000-08:002010-01-28T12:16:05.178-08:00What Now? January 2010iPod Listening:<br /><a href="http://feverray.com/">Fever Ray</a> - (mellow electronic)<br />Karin Dreijer Andersson from the Knife goes solo for a while and releases an amazing CD. Her music videos are great too, highly recommend checking them out. I've been listening to this quite a bit lately.<br /><a href="http://thexx.info/">The XX</a> - (mellow folktronic)<br />I read somewhere this album being described as make out music for the new generation, I guess that's a good description of it but way cooler than it sounds.<br /><a href="http://www.thebeatles.com/">The Beatles</a> -Revolver (remastered release)<br />Pretty much my favorite Beatles album, now sounding even better.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/censorshipisacancer">Pucifer</a><br />Maynards side project to do what ever he wants with, and he does. Sounds good to me.<br /><a href="http://www.eelstheband.com/">the Eels</a> - End Times<br />Kind of depressing album but an Eels classic.<br /><br />Watching:<br />Spaced (season 1&2) - Simon Peggs weird comedy<br />Dexter<br />Breaking Bad<br />Life<br /><br />Playing PS3:<br />Dirt 2<br />NHL 2010<br />Little Big PlanetDave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-34584665795525993712009-08-10T13:02:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:46:47.510-07:00The other day I was bored and thought I'd try making a little live recording of me playing one of my songs acoustically. I grabbed my digital camera (Canon a640) and filmed the process.<br /><br />"So Sorry" - Live in studio Acoustic performance<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='332' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxUn4LJU_gGjdhNZ8VRq0VWQNGXtpLnHwWWJv7C_vKVxn6gA5GxIHGTB-EP5oybLsNAqRjYOL-vwFoB-Cn12g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-19659958366435814242009-03-15T01:25:00.000-07:002009-03-15T02:00:56.338-07:00What Now? March 2009I figure once in a while like maybe once a month I'll post what I'm currently listening too, or watching or playing. So...<br /><br />March 2009<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening</span>:<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/handsomefurs">Handsome Furs</a> - Face Control: (Indie Electronic)<br />More electronic than their last album and feels more like their live shows, I still think their last album was better but this still rules and is getting much play on my iPod.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/knaanmusic">K'Naan</a> - Troubadour: (Hip Hop)<br />This album is more polished and less gritty than his last but I still like it a lot. I don't think it will ever surpass "Dustyfoot Philosopher" in my eyes, but the more I listen the more I like. That might have something to do with seeing him live recently though too, and he was amazing.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/tvotr">TV on the Radio</a> - Dear Science<br />I still think this is the best album to come out in a long time. I can't get enough and listen to it regularly.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells">School of Seven Belles</a> - Alpinisms<br />This is a great album, with great female vocals and very full sound.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Watching</span>:<br />TV on DVD<br />- It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Season 1&2)<br /> - Six feet Under (Season 3)<br /> - Big Love (Season 1)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing:</span><br />PS3 - I don't play that much but lately I've been into<br />- GTA IV - so wrong yet so right.<br /> - Little Big Planet - so fun<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-7577421009690896952009-03-15T00:34:00.000-07:002009-03-15T01:24:26.210-07:00Why Roche Limit?Why the name Roche Limit?<br />I have always secretly loved space and the idea of astronomy. I enjoy a good Sci-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fi</span> book or movie every once in a while and I could sit and stare at the stars for hours letting my mind wander. That being said I also hate going to the dentist.<br />So I was at the dentist, sipping some tea, waiting for my turn to get 2 infected wisdom teeth pulled (it was a holistic dentist so they serve tea first), flipping through a Astronomy dictionary and came across the definition of Roche Limit. I liked what it meant and I liked how it sounded.<br /><br />R<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">oche</span> </span>L<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">imit</span></span>: the distance within which a celestial body, held together only by its own gravity<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>, will disintegrate due to a second celestial body's tidal forces exceeding the first body's gravitational self-attraction<br /><br />I started considering this more as my teeth were being yanked from my mouth. There was a loud cracking sound, the taste of blood, and the dentist said "Fuck". My tooth had broken off at the root. This gave me more time to contemplate "Roche Limit", and how it could translate into everyday life in regards to people being easily influenced by bigger and better things or people.<br />It made sense to me at the time, and it could be in part due to the slight anesthetic effects of whatever herbal extract capsule the dentist made me take but... long story short Roche Limit stuck.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit"></a>Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-37408182514257369362009-01-14T22:08:00.000-08:002009-01-14T23:22:24.303-08:00The process leading to "White Light" Pt.2...After I had all the tracks recorded and picked out for the album (White Light) I needed someone who would Mix & Master them. My sister had gone to a music production school the year before and recommended one of her teachers named Kevin Kowal. When I met him at his studio (Leading Tone Productions) I knew right away that my songs were in good hands, and in the next few months I learned a few important things:<br />1. using a shitty cheap microphone gives you shitty cheap sounding recordings<br />2. it helps a lot if you know how to mic your instruments properly (evidently I didn't)<br />3. that Kevin Kowal is a musical genius and can fix almost anything.<br />It was always a weekly highlight going over there and hearing how he had interpreted the latest song, and mixed it into something way beyond my expectations.<br />When it was completed it was actually a little depressing, but satisfying as hell. I now had in my hands my first album. Next I had to figure out where to get it pressed, what to do for art work, and how to get people to hear it (still working on this bit).<br /> Due to the fact that I was paying for all this crap on my own, and knowing that it was highly unlikely I would recoup much of what I spent on it, I had to do the rest on the cheaper side.<br />I decided to design my own album art, and new I wanted a moth on the cover to go with the "White Light" album title. I had taken a bunch of photos of these crazy moths on a blue wall while I was on a jungle trek in Peru and knew I had to use those.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SW7jfarPSuI/AAAAAAAAABA/FOt09TJrQhc/s1600-h/moth.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 108px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SW7jfarPSuI/AAAAAAAAABA/FOt09TJrQhc/s200/moth.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291416741083040482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SW7jf8lVuRI/AAAAAAAAABI/u_PLIcJFU2Y/s1600-h/moth1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 106px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SW7jf8lVuRI/AAAAAAAAABI/u_PLIcJFU2Y/s200/moth1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291416750185101586" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>I enhanced the moth wings with some city lights from the Vancouver skyline taken from my apartment window, threw my face on the little guy, made him glow, and the rest is history.<br />Next I found a place that would press the discs and print all the art including some posters and<br />3 weeks later I had a bunch of boxes of CD's for me to deal with. What next?Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950805391714335471.post-14663582848217132042009-01-06T16:41:00.000-08:002009-01-08T00:34:10.529-08:00The process leading to "White Light" albumLets go back a few years to 2004, to the point where I realized I had a collection of songs that I had recorded (about 40 or so) that I wasn't doing anything with, and if I just left them they would continue to go unheard and unappreciated. Did I care if they weren't heard or appreciated? Not really... but kind of.<br />When I started recording music back in 1994 I never really had the intention of anyone hearing it. I was just making music I wanted to hear, except I couldn't sing very well, or play any instrument very well, so I guess it wasn't <span style="font-style: italic;">"exactly"</span> what I wanted to hear, but it was fun so what the hell right?<br />One thing led to another and my tape deck turned into a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">four track,</span> and then that turned into a computer, and the songs got a little more bearable to listen to (or so I thought). My girlfriend at the time thought otherwise, and definitely wasn't holding back in her critique of each song I played for her. I remember once I wrote a song for her while she was away that I was very proud of, and felt it captured my feelings for her perfectly. I called it "Alone". I couldn't wait for her to get back so I could play it and have her gush over it. When she returned, I nervously played it for her and when it was done she said "That was too long and kind of boring." and then went and started to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">un</span>pack. It turns out she must have been ahead of her time cause now when I listen back to that old song it <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> definitely kinda long and kinda boring. Plus I probably could have picked my timing a little better and let her at least take her jacket and shoes off upon her return.<br />OK, sidetracked a little there...<br />So in 2005 I figured if anyone other than my family and friends were going to hear my music I needed to release an album. The problem was my songs were all over the map style wise, and honestly I wasn't that excited by most of them, some actually sucked... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a lot</span>. I had maybe 8 that I thought were good enough to put onto my first CD, and for the first time in my musical career set aside a couple months strictly to write and record the remainder of the album.<br />In that 2 month period I spent everyday (well almost) writing and recording, and came up with another 6 songs that I felt were miles above the stuff I had done before, but how could I release the old stuff now that the new stuff was so awesome? I couldn't. I'd have to keep recording, but i also had bills to pay, so...<br />I went back to work at my real job doing Props for film or TV, this time on a TV show called Robson Arms, then after that some other show, I can't remember what. It kinda blends together after a while. Eventually I decided to take a trip to South America for 3 months, and while I was there I ended up writing a few more songs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SWQO6gD_V7I/AAAAAAAAAAw/LUsrx1Zp6Wc/s1600-h/MachuPichu.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 159px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J-GmzHrNxG4/SWQO6gD_V7I/AAAAAAAAAAw/LUsrx1Zp6Wc/s200/MachuPichu.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288368260641675186" border="0" /></a>When I got back wouldn't you know it, I had no work lined up so I spent the next 2 months writing and recording a bunch more songs for the album. I would call this album "White Light" after a song that never made it on to the CD. Actually I never really finished that song come to think of it. In the end I only used 4 of the older songs (The Same, Number One Value, Funny Feeling, and Final Breath) on the final disk with the remainder being written while I was in South America and in the 2 months that followed when I returned.<br />So now I had the songs ready, what now? I guess find a place to Mix and Master it... More about that step later.Dave Rightonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16711846688491552687noreply@blogger.com0