I shall shortly be on my way to the recording studio to record. If you only knew the endless drama with this album, including a late-night telephonic call last night - I've about had it. All has to do with all this refereeing I've been doing because of some bad blood between the musical director and one of the actors. Their new suggestion had me reeling, but fortunately once the album was recorded all decisions about the album itself are mine, not theirs. That was originally a big sticking point in my contract, but the copyright of the album is Kritzerland's, which means we own it lock, stock and barrel. They had the right to give me comments on the mix, which I could either address or not as I thought - Mr. Kander has that same right with the same result - I can address or not - all mix decisions are mine to make and therefore I will give them the courtesy of seeing if part of what they want can be achieved but not all of what they want, and even then I'm not sure if the ill will it will create will taint the album for many, so that decision, too, in the end, will be what I feel is best.
