Alex Lifeson was recently interviewed for AnalogPlanet.com to promote the release of Envy of None's Stygian Wavz album, and talk about the vinyl release of his Victor solo album, among other subjects. Here he is talking about the sequence order of songs on Stygian Wavz:
... I took the reins there, as the songs were coming together. Very early on, I try to get a sense of what the best sequencing is. So, I would put together a sequence as the songs were being finalized, but it wasn't until they were all in [hand] that I started really moving things around. I tried different combinations, and got the sequence that I thought was the best sequence - and again, you're thinking about dynamics, songs that are rockier than others, or if I have two funky songs in a row. I tried to put together a list that really was well-balanced - and everybody else was happy with that list. And that is the list, the sequence, that you have. ...
Alex re-issued his 1996 Victor solo album on double vinyl back in December, having never really been happy with the mix:
.. I was never really happy with the mix on that album - and I remember it was a grueling time. I was on my own and all that stuff, and I was never really happy with the bottom end. Anyways, having just a second crack at it was really important to me. When I mixed it the second time, I also discovered that I'd really layered a lot of guitars. Some songs had six layers of guitar. ... And that's what I wanted to accomplish at the time. But when I got everything in front of me here when I was mixing Victor for vinyl, I thought, "My God - this is just too much. I can't really hear the definition of what the guitar part is actually about." So, I pulled out so much stuff. For a lot of the songs, I just left it as two guitars, like a double, or in some cases, just a single guitar - and that created so much more space and air. And then, having the chance to get that bottom end right - it was really just such a treat for me to get a second chance at it. ...
You can read the entire interview online here (thanks RushFanForever).
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