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Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart (POSTPONED, 55% complete)

"Frustration" isn't even the word for what I'm feeling right now.

Turns out I have to postpone this project AGAIN so that further, more extensive re-editing can be done

Which means we all have to re-record everything ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

I need a vacation . . .

EDIT: I'm not mad at anybody in particular, and those involved that happen to read this shouldn't think such. I'm more frustrated over the fact that I spent the last three months editing this on my own, only for it to be overedited and sound like garbage. But EVERYONE I showed the final draft to said the same exact thing, that some things are messed up and needed to be done over again. And I'm fine with that! I should be more positive about getting this done. But the fact that it's already been OVER 13 MONTHS and I keep having to go back . . . THAT is what's eating me. So hopefully, this time, it can be done right. The way this gets done is gonna change for sure. We got this!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (100% complete)

It's over! It's finally over! Everything sounds as good as I think it's gonna get. But it sure is nerve wrecking, because I've got a plan

I will not be posting this right away, not today anyway. I still have to make the video version so I can post it on YouTube, because I'm planning on premiering this THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT (10/21) at 6pm MOUNTAIN (5pm Pacific)!!!

I hope to see as many of you there as possible. RIght now, this date and time is the set goal, but it's subject to change depending on the rest of the crew, and my very own, availability. But this is the plan so far.

I can't wait, yet I'm so nervous. I spent so long on this, it's hard to say whether or not it'll pay off. Fingers crossed. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!! More details to come as they develop 

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (99% complete)

Alright! It's the homestretch now! And it kinda doesn't feel like I have just 1% left. I still have a few clips left to edit! But I'm also doing the finalizing process with this track at the same time, just to get it out of the way. That way, the time it takes to get it ready will only be like half. I also found a friend who wants to put this to an actual video with After Effects, so I think he's gonna show me a few things about it for the future as well. All of my YouTube videos are kinda bland with a still image and text. So this will be a great change of pace, and I suppose if I wanna think of it this way, a great intro to a new era of my musical life.

STAY TUNED GUYS! I'm planning on premiering this on YouTube, and I'll have more info as soon as possible. You know, I just realized . . . this 99% completion really just represents the music itself, I wonder what kind of process this video making will be. Hopefully it's not too much of an ordeal lol

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (98% complete)

Finally moved in to the new apartment and settled, and I'm back in business! I've got just a few more clips left to edit, then the finalizing stage where I make sure everything is smooth and clear and free of strange editing cutoffs and clipping. But actually, I've been taking care of that part along with the editing. I'm all done with Cisco's clips, all that's left is my own. This should be over very quickly! I'm already promoting it, but still do not know when the YouTube premiere will be. That will be revealed when I know! Please stay tuned!!!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft Cisconic & EkoNeo (97% complete)

Just a little more editing to do, then finalizing. I hope to have enough time to get this absolutely finished and online this month! After I'm done editing the remaining 8 clips (there were 53 total), I typically take about 24-48 hours and make sure that EVERYTHING is done and perfect. Of course, it never is, but it never hurts to try to make it as good as I possibly can. So close now!

I've lately been taking a break from editing music, as well as most forms of social media. I had to go apartment hunting for the last week and a half because my lease is up at the end of the month. But everything seems to be in order now.

I hate those situations that are just out of the blue like that, but I learned that only by pushing forward through the stress can something simple be accomplished.

Back to chasing those dreams!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (94% complete)

Quickly getting caught back up! It won't be too much longer now! I got a lot of work done tonight! I learned how to use the "new and improved" Audacity equalizer to really improve the input sound of the voice clips. Turns out my microphone ALREADY needs replacing, which is a shame because I used one half the price before and it came out better than the one I'm currently using. So at least I know it'll be inexpensive to do that for future pieces. Still haven't found any clips I need to retake, and it's definitely thanks to that new EQ. 

Sometimes, updates CAN improve something XD

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (90% complete)

Short status this time, all I have to say at this point is . . . 10% MORE TO GO!!! 30 voice clips left to edit, and the finalization! Get ready!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (88% complete)

Moving along with the editing, I took care of the hardest and lengthiest clips first, get the tough ones out of the way to make this whole thing flow a little more smoothly. Those of you who have me on Discord, or can see me on Discord, will notice I've got a countdown going in my status, how many clips I have left to edit (currently 36). There will only be a finalization process after that, and then I'll be ready to post it!

I wanted to show you guys something, Eko and Cisco have been working on a few things together while I continue this project. They did the Infinite theme from Sonic Forces together recently, and it would be super awesome if you guys could show them support as well.

I'm hoping to have Open Your Heart done in the next few weeks, so I'll be on it. Stay tuned!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft Cisconic & EkoNeo (86% complete)

Well, I underestimated myself, the editing process is actually going a little faster this time. Out of a total 53 clips to edit, I already have 10 of them done! I suppose, that perhaps the experience I gained from editing on the file that corrupted is responsible for things going quicker than expected. Either that or I'm forgetting something . . . it's definitely a double edged sword when you get into the groove of things, so hopefully I can figure everything out before I release this and make it sound as perfect as possible.

Wish me luck! I hope to have this done in the next three weeks to a month tops!

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft Cisconic & EkoNeo (83% complete)

Alright, so I've now finished getting my re-recordings done! All that's left is . . . *gulps* . . . the editing. It's gonna be a lot of numbers work than actual music at this point, but I think things will go a lot better this time. I feel like my recordings couldn't be better, and hopefully I can do this without having to get retakes. Wish me luck, there's a few less clips this time but there's still about 50 to do. 

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft. Cisconic & EkoNeo (74% complete)

Slowly but surely I'm getting my re-recordings done. I gotta admit, this recovery process is just more and more frustrating as I get deeper into it. I have just under a quarter of my vocals recorded again. I was able to find the thunderstorm sound effect that I used before, and fit it perfectly into the project, so at least that's one more problem solved. This is still gonna take a while to get everything back together.

I'm still deciding on a side project to start in the meantime

Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart ft Cisconic & EkoNeo (65% complete)

I'm sure you've all heard that My older laptop pretty much got blue-screened, after what I thought was just a corrupted file, it was more like a corrupted hard drive. So after salvaging everything I could, and celebrating my birthday practically all week XD, I'm back to it and starting to put everything back together. I'm really glad I was at least able to get my instrumental files and my guests' clips. I will have to get ALL my vocals done all over again, and get ALL the editing done all over again. This will take a while. I'm trying to get remotivated. I might do a side project while I'm getting things together

Happy birthday

Well, Open Your Heart isn't getting published. At all. The file corrupted and I can't get it back. 

10 months of hard work, down the drain. I feel like I've just wasted a huge chunk of my life