Ryan finished up another demo this morning and I’ve put it up in the usual places: Audio Downloads and MySpace (Please note that it will take MySpace a long time to actually show that I’ve added a new song. MySpace=Teh Suck.)
-James
OMG we finally finished a demo! We could nit-pick and tweak and noodle around with it forever but at the end of the day, it is just a demo. This particular track, entitled “Bring It On”, is one of Eric’s tunes and is a blast to play. Eric sings lead with Ryan doing the background vocals on the chorus. You can hear it here or over at our myspace page.
-James
Things are moving a little slow at the moment. But as we go along, things keep sounding better and better. We’re all learning a lot and Ryan is getting very good at using the tools he has to get a good sound. I left our last session feeling unhappy with everything I played that night. After a few days away from it and listening back this morning to what we recorded, the parts I played are sounding a lot better to me. So here’s hoping we can finish up the overdubs and move on to another song asap!
Tonight I am heading over to Ryan’s to officially setup my drums. The birch Mapex drums do their job very well and I do appreciate not having to haul my kit back and forth every week for rehearsal. But my Pork Pie kit didn’t cost $3k just to look pretty. I miss my instrument and NEED to be playing it. So we’re going to set it all up and get some sounds this evening. I can’t wait!
-James
I took some better photos with a much better camera and with better lighting. It’s just better all around… and so is the drum sound now that we actually spent some time trying different mics and “getting sounds” rather just blindly pointing them at a drum.
I spent the weekend cleaning up the room where we practice. Said room also doubles as our studio. Eric helped me last night to vacuum and move out some of the bigger trash (such as the TURTLE.)
Since the clean probably won’t last long, here are some photos of the current state of things:
