I suppose the intent of this blog will be to chronicle the various happenings in the studio as well as happenings out of it. Probably an occassional rant or two and more than one observation that will likely get me into trouble from time to time. Oh well, such is the life of a blogger.
This past weekend, we had "The Town Monster" come in and start tracking their first full length album. I had originally met these guys (Nate, Matt & Mike) back in the spring when they came in to do an Outersounds podcast with James. I was immediately drawn to them because of their extensive use of synths. I'm a child of the Big 80's and synths haven't been that prevalant in mainstream music since, well...the 80's. But it wasn't just the synths, they are great musicians and infuse quite a bit of jazz and rock into their songs, all of which are hooky and memorable. Best of all, they are absolutely great guys! I was really impressed with how well the 3 of them interacted with each other and just how courteous they are. That is probably the single biggest obstacle to most bands' success is just being able to manage getting along with each other. (That is...aside from being able to write decent songs and just not sucking in general)
I was really looking forward to this project and I can honestly say that the sessions this weekend exceeded any expectations that I had. We spent somewhere between 26-28 hours over 3 days banging out tracks and we made great progress. Drums are always the most tedious, but I think we got some of the best drum sounds I have ever gotten on this session. They were absolute warriors on Saturday, banging out all 9 tunes with drums and bass. I'm jealous of Mike's bass playing. He has a Tobias bass, which sounds incredible and he plays it beautifully.
Yesterday though was the best....a room full of keyboards, soft synths and computers that would have made Nick Rhodes proud. Here is Nate with just a few of them...
Tonight, we are mixing down what we have in order to evaluate over the next week or so. I'll be out of town for a few days and we will pick back up after Labor Day...I already can't wait.
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