Hues, Vol. 2 is finished!  That is, the writing part of it.  Now it just has to sit and wait a bit til I feel like playing the part of sound engineer/mixer/mastering tech.  Should be ready for release in a few weeks, just in time for me to keep my Spring 2010 promise.  The result is a mellower album than Vol. 1, with an almost film soundtrack feel to the songs.

In the meantime, I'm laying the groundwork for the next project.  Hues, Vol. 3 is on hold for the moment.  Hell, this might not even be Fixate material.  I am restricting myself technologically speaking.  I don't have the money for a heck of a lot of hardware, so I'm going to treat my software as though it is hardware.  In other words, I'm going to treat this next project as though I only own a few different synths.  For drums, I'll be sticking only with Goldbaby's excellent 909 Tape sample collection.  As far as synths go, I'll be relying on the Blofeld, the soon to arrive Mopho, and a couple other softsynths to round things out a bit, as well as Kontakt for piano or strings as the need arises.  I'll also be using guitar heavily throughout this project.  And finally, my voice.   I'm still not much of a writer, lyrics-wise, but I should be able to make this work.  I'm going to be meticulous with this project, this is going to be my baby, my masterpiece.

Sonically speaking, been listening to a lot of classic rock as of late (Floyd, Zep, The Who, etc.).  Should give you some idea as to where a lot of influence is coming from.