So we've at last begun our next recording project, which as of now is an untitled 5 song EP. We have our first date with sweet lady studio late next week, but right now the buzzword is 'hone'. We've chosen songs based on several things; Songs that have been a big part of our shows since 'Mystery' being the most important (was that a good use of a semi-colon?). We want to really capture the mix of Hard rock, pop, funk, and heart warming americana that is our band, and get a good balance of our different singers, songwriters, and soloists. We feel we've come up with a strong list, which consists of mostly songs written in the last few months or over the summer, and a few even older.
So 'hone' being the buzzword, we are going to spend this week and most of next doing trial recordings, instrumentally, and vocally. The goal is to get the parts down to their essence so that we can record all of us at the same time, as opposed to laying it all down piece by piece with a cacophony of overdubs. We'll experiment with how best to do this so as to sound warm, true, and razor sharp, while keeping some aspect of spontaneity and well... fun. If we can do it without coming out with a basement style record flimsy as un-corrugated cardboard I think we'll have succedeed.
More on the 'honing' later
-alex
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