In Studio: Day 10
I’ll admit, this didn’t really go as planned. The blog, I mean.
Last Sunday I began a recording session that has since consumed my life in its entirety, every moment of every day, for the last 10 days. I had originally intended to post photos, journals, even video of things as they went down; writing, producing, engineering and performing on your own record however, doesn’t leave much time for contemplative reflection it seems, let alone uploading pictures or video or any blah.
So here I sit, day 10. Collectively I’ve spent over 160 hours in this environment, setting up, mic’ing, checking, tracking live off the floor with some great players, tearing down, tracking strings!, guitars, editing, editing, editing and finally mixing. It’s been a really great experience so far and the songs are sounding awesome.
It’s been interesting doing a record without vocals. There’s such a space … for drums! … and other things of course 
It’s been an experiment in building grooves, creating atmospheres and manifesting some bonkers visions in music. I think it’s turned out quite right.
Tomorrow, engineer extraordinaire Brandon Cherrington and I will be doing some final revisions and printing the finished tracks to be sent for mastering in New York, at Sterling.
It’s been great having a hand in every aspect of this project, except playing most of the instruments I guess, which I wouldn’t dare do… I’m excited to hear the finished master and get this thing off to press. Which brings me to the next point…
Names. I’ve never really been one for band names. Or at least that’s to say, I’ve got some in mind, but they don’t seem to be jiving with the locals… maybe I’ll just go with what came first.*
That’s all for now. Gotta get back to mixing. In the mean time, anyone out there interested in putting some creative video to music?
M