Category: Chronicles

Dream Analog is out in the Universe!

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Happy to announce we just released Dream Analog,
a true analog album!

Buy 180g Vinyl, CDs and Mp3s at BandCamp.com
 

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Lyrics

Liner Notes

This album is a collection of songs about waking up to yourself and what happens after you step into a new series of perceptions that change your life forever.  Many of us have been realizing for sometime that the mundane physical reality is not all there is. There is much much more to the picture here on Earth. There are multi-dimensional aspects to life that can’t always be put into words. I hope that these songs will assist you on your own path of self discovery through these very strange times.

There is a certain essence that is retained in recording analog (to tape). It feels and sounds more earthy to me, more holistic. Even the digital files that were created after the music was mixed on analog equipment still sound better to me than if the music was initially recorded digitally. There’s just more there.

I hope you will get a chance to hear the record and feel it.

Why Analog Recording Matters

Why Analog Recording Matters

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Analog recording allows the feeling in the music to be more completely delivered. WHY?

The recording process is completely different. In Analog recording (to tape) the whole sine wave is recorded. In digital recording there are samples taken that are then strung together creating square waves. So you’re looking at a difference in the wave form that is created… Sine wave or Square wave.

Analog recording reflects natural harmonic overtones and a warm tonal resonance because it is recording the whole wave form. Digital recordings create square waves instead of sine waves leaving out dimensions you might want to feel and know about. Even if later converted to digital, music initially recorded to tape (analog) fundamentally has more feeling to draw from for the mp3 or wave.

SO WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

Sound effects us in many ways consciously and unconsciously. It may effect the construct of reality more than we can imagine because we’re in it and can’t really get an outside view. Listen to some music that was recorded analog. Such as any album from the 70’s before DATs (digital audio tape) or look for new music out now that specifically says recorded to tape (analog) or AAA on the sleeve (which means it was A=Recorded analog, A=Mixed Analog and A= Mastered analog). See how it makes you feel? That’s the most important thing.

Human beings respond to analog recordings. Music recorded that way informs us in very specific ways. You’re human (I assume) — go listen to some music that was recorded analog and feel for yourself. You may find you access dimensions in the music that you have not felt before.

LISTENING

There are listening rooms popping up in Los Angeles and other places. They have a lot of these in Japan. These are bars/places you can go to listen to vinyl records. Some of them were probably recorded analog. Go listen and see how you feel.

DREAM ANALOG


Recorded, mixed and mastered analog. Mastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman. 
CD Mastered by Brian David Hardin.

Long Live Analog!

Song of The Satellite

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Check out the latest Single from Dream Analog.

LISTEN on BandCamp to Song of The Satellite

Morning sitting quietly
bring it on home
bring it on home
over and over again
till you make it home
call it your own

Song of the Satellite
streaming overhead
Satellite
streaming overhead
Satellite

In the 2nd dream of the first heaven
book flew open to a page and
the mystery surrounded everything

In the early days of the desert
you were standing by a mirage
of an oasis you created
to keep you warm

Song of the Satellite
streaming overhead
Satellite
streaming overhead
Satellite

This song and the album, Dream Analog, were recorded to tape. That’s Analog! The whole sound wave is recorded. More music in the music. I hope you like it. Feel good!

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Photo by Manouchehr Hejazi on Unsplash

Listen for free on bandcamp

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Photo: Susan Weingartner

Hey Just to let you know —

You can hear the first Two Singles off Dream Analog on bandcamp now! Listen to Whatcha Gonna Do and Who U R
for free there.

Bandcamp is cool way to share music and discover music you never knew existed. Now that is cool!
*Listen to the Singles for free (3x). Check them out won’t you?  For Lyrics click here.


Whatcha gonna do when you realize who you are?

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The first 2 Singles off Dream Analog on Spotify February 1!

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Whatcha Gonna Do? and Who U R

Please follow our page on Spotify and help spread the word. That would really help out so more people hear the music! Thank You So Much! You Can Go here — Grace Gravity on Spotify 

Whatcha Gonna Do?
What happens when the sad part or a struggle in our life is over and sunlight starts streaming in? How do you switch gears? What are you going to do when everything o.k.? It’s easy to get used to things being bad and going wrong and in a way that feeling can become a habit and perpetuate that experience. We can get used to things going good or right too! We can get into that stream.

Who U R
This song came out of a real knowing that if we all can be our true, full Selves, then the world will be a better place. Everyone is special. Everyone is an individual. Everyone is unique. It’s a wonder we can communicate with each other at all but we do. Our diversity is our strength. Everyone is a shining star. It’s Who U R.

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Dream Analog Vinyl Test Prints!

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We just received the test prints from the record manufacturing plant, RTI. They sound super fantastic! Very excited for you to hear and more importantly feel this music! I am so grateful that the feeling I put into the music is reflected back so well in these recordings. Finally!

Dream Analog
180 gram vinyl and CDs will be released April 2020 on Record Store Day!

Dream Analog was recorded analog, mixed analog and mastered analog. AAA. Anyone that has spent any time at all immersed in listening to records (that were recorded before digital recording practices) knows the difference. With Analog Recording you’ll find there is more feeling in the music!

The first 2 Singles will be released on Spotify February 1, 2020.
Please follow us on Spotify!

Enjoy the process of getting your own gifts materialized into the world. 2020 should prove to show us all more clearly what our gifts are and how we can expand them…time is now. Never forget that you are an amazing being. You are an original.

We are all waking up to ourselves —

Love and Butterflies,
— Grace Gravity

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Mastered for Vinyl by a Master

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Session with Bernie Grundman —
mastering Dream Analog for vinyl.

What a thrill to sit and watch the magician do his work. I had never seen the mastering process before and was it an education! Bernie Grundman is an innovative, mastering legend. He added the final touch and that extra sparkle to many of the albums I cherished growing up. It was a true honor to have him care for our music and usher it through the mastering process for vinyl. If you don’t know who he is — check out this list of albums that he’s been involved in.

“Sound does matter” was proven further as I listened to Bernie talk about the power of analog sound. Of course I could not agree more! Much of what I intuited about sound, and why I decided to record all analog, was proven and reflected back to me by him.

Most of the equipment is custom designed to enhance the depth of sound and the listening experience.

To me there is more presence in analog recordings despite any downsides there might appear to be. It’s more holistic to my ears. There’s a lot to SOUND. I don’t think sampling the sound is as good as the whole enchilada. I’m just sayin.

You don’t get what’s referred to as listener fatigue from analog recordings. George Martin, producer for the Beatles, spoke about that in an interview where he said that he could not listen to a CD for very long. Digital recordings can cause Listener Fatigue. Maybe it’s because the in-between sounds are not recorded. A sample is never as good as the original. Again, just sayin!

In the mastering studio in Hollywood, we sat at a console facing a wall of speakers. You can’t see the speakers, it just looks like a wall. It was kind of like going to see the wizard of oz, but in this case… a real wizard.

Dream Analog on vinyl
April 18, 2020.
Recorded, Mixed, Mastered = ALL ANALOG

* Dream Analog will be available on 180g Vinyl, CDs, and as downloads.

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“Making of Dream Analog”  video in the works!

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