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Centaur Records informs me that I should get my first box of CDs in a couple of weeks.  It will then take a few months for the official release (I assume that the label has to get copies to the reviewers, record stores, etc.)

In the meantime I have already taken some advance orders at my concerts.  Once I have a release date, I'll make advance orders available on the internet.  Of course, some of my backers are entitled to pre-release copies, and those will be shipped as soon as I get my first box.

Here is a peak at the cover.

I got the first proofs for the booklet and inlay from Centaur Records today. It all looks pretty good, with a few minor corrections needed.  Also the label has opened up a dialogue about the cover art, so it will be interesting to see how it ends up.

But, one way or another, we are now getting close to the completion of the project, and I should have CDs in hand pretty soon.

The video that some backers will be receiving is just about finished, and it looks great.  This video features some historic information on the career and importance of Miguel Llobet, and also gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the production of the CD.  For those who would like a small taste, here is a 30 second excerpt:

I've just heard from Centaur Records, and the proofs for the insert in the recording should be ready "in the next several weeks."  I'm a bit disappointed that it's taken this long, because I will be giving a concert of Llobet's music next week in New Jersey, and I was hoping to have some CDs to sell.  I'll be armed with my previous CDs, but the tie in with a Llobet program would have been perfect.  I'll be sure to take an order form, and pre-sell as many as I can.

I'll also have a concert in Lake Wales, FL in April, and I'm pretty sure that I'll have the new CDs with me for that one!

At any rate, for those of my supporters who live in the northeast and might want to hear me perform some of this repertoire live, here is the information on the New Jersey concert:

http://www.facebook.com/events/412921988793384/?ref=22

And finally, I'm planning to do a live streaming concert via Stageit in the near future, and I'll be sure to keep everyone posted on that.

The last few stages were pretty rough.  We listened deeply and heard minor glitches - some caused by the laws of physics, which meant we couldn't "fix" them, and some caused by software, which took quite a bit of effort to isolate and eliminate.  The producer literally heard a change in resonance when I lifted my finger off a note, and the string began to resonate slightly at the same pitch as another note that was already sounding.  This caused a slight change in intensity in the note.  Minor, and most people wouldn't hear it even if pointed out, but a bit bothersome anyway.

We then spent 2 days chasing down a slight "pop", again, almost inaudible, but almost doesn't count.  It turned out to be a digital artifact, which meant that we had to take one of the pieces and redo the mastering for it.

But the project is, as far as I can tell, completed, and we have sent the master to the label, along with the materials for the booklet.  We expect to see the finished product in a couple of months.