studio week x

okay, i'm giving up on counting. it wasn't really doing anything for me anyway. the point is that we're done with all of our initial tracking, and we got the first mix of 6 of the songs this past sunday. we've been listening to them all week and it's shaping up really well. however, we did sit down and compile a list of tweaks that we wanted to make, and we ended up with three and a half pages. so we still have some work ahead of us. they're all pretty minor things, like levels and maybe re-recording a guitar track here and there because we didn't like the tone we chose, but it's all pointing towards a really good record in the end. also, right now i'm working on the templates for stickers and tshirts. hooray for merch! don't worry, they'll be so sweet when i'm done with them that you will have no choice but to buy lots of each.

studio week 2

okay, so i can't call this entry "days 3-6" because that would get annoying, and if we work for half a day, does that count as a whole day or not? and i can't call it "week 1" because we've already been in for a few days. therefore, we're starting at week 2. it's kind of arbitrary, but i'll post a key that does the calculations for you so you don't get confused.

so this time around, i took some pictures, so you can get a feel for what it's like to be here.

here's the front door. on a sunny day. notice the tea strainer that jason found and hung on their mailbox.

this is jason laying down a rhythm guitar track. and wearing a really bright blue sweatshirt.

since tom finished his drums in december, this is basically all he does when he comes to the studio anymore.

and this is basically all i do. i don't have an excuse.

here's the master at work. this is ben began, the controller of our universe until the end of january. whenever i sit on the couch and watch him mixing/recording, i feel like he looks like the phantom of the opera, surrounded by pipe organs from that angle. so i wanted to share that with you all.

well, i actually wrote this last week, and i'm starting to get confused as to when i took the pictures, so just take it all in as an experience. at this point, we're done with all the initial tracking except for the vocals for "everything" (yes, the song that jason performed with laura jones at my wedding) and "nothing can stop us now" (yes, the song that nobody's heard of). we will start getting mixes this weekend, and by sunday, we should have first drafts of all 9 songs. i'll let you know how it goes. rock on.