I compressed the pianos in the mix pretty heavily (for me - 3:1) with the Behringer's on board compressor.
The chunky synthypianoy thing (dun dun dun dun - the first instrument you hear) was done by running that lame piano patch from a casio CT770 (a toy really) through a splitter to two guitar amps, mic'd with SM57s and recorded live.
To get the Ardour tracks in the studio, I simply bundled the session with qbundle, opened it at CCRMA, exported each track with "file, export session", chose the proper track, and exported as 48KhZ 24bit wav files, then imported to ProTools over the CCRMA network. When I was done with the piano, I used ProTool's "bounce to disk" feature, bouncing only the piano tracks as 48KhZ aif files. I actually find that Ardour is much more flexible when it comes to importing and exporting.
I feel like this tune needs something. What does it need? Fancier drums? BT style editing when I'm holding those naked notes sounding like I pulled my pants down and showed you my 1 inch weenie? If you have a clue email me! :)
Time is of the essence now you're gonna come home too late and find I haven't been around so make me worry make my cry or make me lay me down I don't care as long as no one thinks I'm missin and wear your costume I don't care 'cause I'll still know your name and everybody you been kissin but I guess it's not too late to make amends and maybe we can still be friend just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin It ain't like there's a reason for anyone to care but everywhere I go you're always there in my chest my lungs my breath my very corazon everything that ever made me scared you wear your black coat on the clock and never give a second thought to looming like a worry on my stair but I know you and you know me and we ain't gettin nowhere fightin like a couple rabid dogs so why don't we just walk away pretend this never happened we'll probably both sleep better anyway I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin say Charon, Charon I don't need to know anything about the place you're about to go I been down to the deep too many times one of these bull-headed charity creeps in a key lime suit got my wonderin where you are lurkin in a pocket of a hospital corridor too much ratcheting wrong headed wrath got me hatin the very thing I need to understand to find the right path breath on a death stick suckin the lipstick grin til the grim dick swallows a lick tick tock go the wall clock look at the time doc guess I really better be goin wouldn't wanna be late for the date that I got with my fate excuse me while I swallow the bait I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin just as long as you understand I don't wanna come with you where you're goin