When I *did* start, I started with the same thing the track currently sounds with: fake "water" sounds. Noise through filters, mostly, especially #QPAS. I wanted to give the impression of a seaside without actually using recordings of such (although later, in the #ProductionPhase, I did add some cassette recordings of surf, mixed low). The idea was to make it close...but not quite right. Off. Weird. Unsettling, even.

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I think I also added just a touch of Hydrasynth, doing a few chord stabs, at this point, and then it was done! Kind of. It felt like it needed a fair bit more ... something, but I felt it was time to move on. When I returned in my #ProductionPhase, the first thing I added was a more defined pulse. The #Benjolin was awesome, and in some spots it was all the song needed but in others... it more than meandered, it melted.

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That's about it for the #ProductionPhase . I'll answer any questions shortly and then move on to track-by-track coverage.

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The #ProductionPhase started November 16 and went through Dec 15. I started with a couple of low intensity #housekeeping days. I rendered out the songs as they stood and went through my orphaned songs folder to see if there was anything worth saving in there. I identified two likely suspects and one more that was less likely but still possible.

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