{"id":1569,"date":"2013-08-15T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T19:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2013-08-15T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T19:42:14","slug":"and-make-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/and-make-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; and Make-Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we made a hard decision about the very last song on the album.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/pix\/blog\/2013\/TLMB_question_looks_on.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(The &#8216;Question&#8217; looks on, probably wondering why Gray hasn&#8217;t written any songs based on comic books. Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/paulcory.com\">Paul Cory Photography<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The mix we had planned to use wasn&#8217;t up to the standards of my friend who&#8217;s mastering the album, so my engineer friend made a new mix to consider in addition to an earlier (and simpler) version of the song. Of course, we could only pick one, but we didn&#8217;t all agree on which one to use. I suppose that&#8217;s the nature of things sometimes. Keeping in mind that (as my former Commander used to say) we shouldn&#8217;t &#8220;let perfect be the enemy of good,&#8221; I think this was a case of having two pretty-good-but-not-perfect options to choose from, each of which was good for a different reason.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve made the decision, and I&#8217;m confident it&#8217;s the right one. However, as I used to tell the troops who worked for me, decisions are &#8220;right&#8221; or &#8220;wrong&#8221; based on what we know at the time we make them, but they&#8217;re only &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad&#8221; later, when we&#8217;ve experienced the outcomes. So I won&#8217;t know if this decision is good or bad until more folks have heard the song.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this delay puts the schedule I had in my mind in jeopardy. 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