很累但很興奮 [tired but high]

this poster will soon be pasted all over CDRAMA

everyone is dead serious in the listening session

making record is a tiring process, especially at the stage of post production.  the team gathered on thursday morning in pop pop resort to evaluate the final mix done by roger wang. and it happened that roger also was in kl, so it made things easier.

as great as the final mix was, we have some amendments here and there. but overall, cher siang is very pleased with roger's work, so are we.  this is a very musical mix, one tends to enjoy the music first and neglect the technical aspects.

maybe we will explain our choice of mastering engineer this time. as usual, our top choice, money permitting, is always the awe-inspiring mr. doug sax. but doug sax's mastering has this problem: it requires top notch hifi system to appreciate its glorious sound and not many people have such systems. we decided on our 2nd choice, keith yip, because of his wonderful work with bonnie lam "remembering danny chan" album. keith upgraded his studio hardware which included some expensive hifi cables. the sound of bonnie album is very accessible: it sounds great on a lot of systems, includng car audio and desktop systems.

since we have abandoned the pursuit of audiophile-approved sound and go instead for mass and popular appeal, keith yip's mastering makes a lot of sense. we want an album that anyone can play well regardless of his system.

song sequencing is another headache for us. because every song is a BIG song and practically every song is sung well by winnie, it makes it very difficult for us to choose. but fortunately, our vocal coach stefano thinks quite alike with myself and winnie and we decided to sequence based on certain criteria.

so, here are the good news as promised...
1) 忘記他，(forgetting him), teresa teng's cantonese classic, will be released in high-res AIFF download in this blog in about two weeks' time

2) 南海姑娘 (girl from south sea), a great song in samba rhythm, will be released for free in a free souvenir CD in one of local's Hi-Fi event.

things are running at madness speed at pop pop music, that's all we can update you now. do come to our "tribute to leslie cheung" gig this tuesday and wednesday! we promise to turn NBT upside down!