done. for now.

yesterday root signals wrapped up the final mastering for the preview of our T'fila l'Moshe project. you can go to our myspace page for a listen. best served loud, in the dark, with headphones.

i have been so obsessive and nit-picky about these songs for the last few weeks that it's quite difficult to get out of that mode and just listen to the music as music. but hopefully there are some people out there who can get lost in it and really absorb what the music is doing and saying.

my personal contributions were vocals, composition, and several instruments. and a lot of arrangement and production work, which of course takes up the most time. i can't decide which is more emotionally harrowing: 1- knowing that many people will hear my voice, sometimes unaccompanied and completely exposed to the elements (it's my own fault for liking plainchant and balkan white voice singing so much)... or 2- the hours and hours i spent tensed and straining to hear faulty notes, hisses, ringing, stray noises, harmony syncing, a voice quality that is great on its own but doesn't fit with the mood of the track, &c., &c....

but it's a total rush. i loved (almost) every minute of it, and it was a great learning experience... which will come in handy now that we have to record and produce the second half of the album.