Categoría: Music

Things seem to be taking shape. Last Monday I went back to the recording studio to record a new song, «Redes,» and it went quite well. The recording was very smooth, and the truth is, the song suits my voice, even though it sometimes feels a little flat, but I think it’s going to be very catchy with the synthpop production.
While I was there, I took the opportunity to tell the producer about a couple of changes to the English version of «Mi Jaula,» which we recorded in January and which was still waiting to be mixed. I told the producer I wanted to discuss it better after listening to it. We also talked about some volume adjustments on the house remix of «Make Me Free» and agreed on what the next step would be: another remix for one of the songs on the new album.

Yes, things are coming together. I’ve already received the finished Spanish version of «Mi Jaula» (titled «My Cage») and the remix of «Make Me Free,» which will be released next week. Just yesterday the producer told me he’d send me a sample for the remix of the next song today, and that’s going to be the next step. I’m considering not releasing the lead single with the album right now, but waiting and releasing what was supposed to be the third single after the album’s release.
The lead song is just too good, and I’d rather have something else that influences the algorithms first. I’ll also wait to see how the remix of the new song goes, since the synth feel we want to give this ballad might mean that the remix ends up being the lead version, and the other one a soul remix.
The important thing is that after the break, things are moving again.

After asking the producer for several changes to the demo of the new song (which will be the first of the era immediately following the one that just started) to make it sound less ’80s and give it a more modern feel, it seems we now have the final demo, just a couple of tweaks we can make in the studio during recording, such as lowering the tempo, raising the key, and adding an intro. I also want to change the lyrics to make the chorus less tongue-twister-like. This is the song «Redes» (Networks), and I think it’s going to be very catchy.

If all goes well, we’ll record it next Monday, and that will mark the beginning of recording the songs for the next album, which will follow the one coming out this spring.

This time, I’m going to take things more calmly without putting pressure on myself to finish an album every year, given the delays and things beyond my control. When this era that has just begun (and it will be short) comes to an end, singles will be released individually for a while until the album comes out next year. This will be a more conventional way of releasing it, like how it’s done now, where albums are more like compilations of previously released singles with a few new songs than new material. We have to adapt to how things work, as much as I prefer to do it the more conventional way, for reasons of romanticism and nostalgia. These are different times, and if we don’t move with them, we’ll be left behind.

Aunque aún no he recibido el remix de «Make Me Free», ayer recibí la primera demo de lo que será la primera canción de la próxima era, que comenzará inmediatamente después del lanzamiento del último sencillo del nuevo álbum (que espero que salga en abril).

Voy a llamarla la canción «Networks», ya que trata sobre personas que piensan que son importantes porque tienen seguidores y me gusta en las redes sociales y no se dan cuenta de que no te hace mejor o más importante; solo significa que todavía no eres nadie para el mundo.

Es una canción que seguirá el estilo de synth-pop que estoy eligiendo. Tiene una sensación de los 80. Le dije al productor que me recuerda a la serie de televisión Miami Vice, con un teclado de sintetizador muy prominente, y que me gustaría cambiar eso para que no suene tan de los 80.

Creo que va a ser muy bueno y pegadizo. Veremos cómo van los cambios, y espero poder grabarlo en un par de semanas.

Although I haven’t received the remix of «Make Me Free» yet, yesterday I got the first demo of what will be the first song of the next era, which will begin immediately after the release of the last single from the new album (which I hope will be out in April).

I’m going to call it the «Networks» song, since it’s about people who think they’re important because they have followers and likes on social media and don’t realize that it doesn’t make you better or more important; it just means you’re still nobody to the world.

It’s a song that will follow the synth-pop style I’m going for. It has a very ’80s feel. I told the producer that it reminds me of the TV series Miami Vice, with a very prominent synthesizer keyboard, and that I’d like to change that so it doesn’t sound so ’80s.

I think it’s going to be really good and catchy. We’ll see how the changes go, and I hope to be able to record it in a couple of weeks.