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Brett Axelson - Cinnamon and Fire

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Cinnamon and Fire - Nice intro, vocalized steady throughout, needs dynamics on the bass drum beat, guitar solo was a bit buried. Dance Between the Raindrops - Experiments with vocal placement, I’d be interested in hearing a version w/o the vocalizer and only delay/verb.   Again, guitar solo is a bit buried. Nice fade out Driving Cold - Interesting vocal treatment exploration, steady beat throughout (needs dynamics?)   narrow stereo field Enjoy Your Stay - bluesy beat Grind You Groove - Lots of room, same solo issue It’s Love - Vocals need smoothing (too much vocalizer sauce).   He opens up the horizontal space giving the song more room but still pretty squeezed vertically. Lament - Finally, a relaxed song , still squeezed vertically, achieved with using fewer instruments Long Neck Nights - Honky tonk, texas rock.   Perhaps a bit repetitive with punch line Notebook - Catchy lyrics, nice arrangements of instruments Red Flag - Tot...
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NAS Notes

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FOREWORD Each year, I’ve been upgrading externals.  From 100GB to 250GB, to 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB....  Each time, I would upgrade in pairs to assure proper backups.  When it came to for the upgrade to the 8TB externals, a friend of mine suggested I make the switch to NAS.    In the early days, NAS units were a "black art" to me.   Units were built around proprietary operating systems and reliability was dodgy.  Over the years, these gadgets have matured nicely around Linux cores with easy interfacing to Windows and Mac.   Taking my friends advice, I researched for about a year and when the horizon appeared on my 8TB externals, decided to squeeze the trigger.  As usual, each project begets all sorts of side projects.   This one has been no exception and at this time, I'm three months into the implementation.    I've cobbled up a few notes along the way of what happened to me.   Hope ...
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