Ok… since our last update, we have gotten a lot done.
We recorded the drum tracks for 5 songs: 433, Tabula Rasa, Die in Fall, Plasma and an untitled new song. We have a few of those (untitled songs) so this could eventually get a little confusing. But I think we’re OK for now.
All the basic guitar tracks are complete for 433 and Die in Fall. Bass tracks are done on 433 and Die in Fall is being recorded right now.
By the end of this week we should have all the basic tracks done on those first 5 songs and we’ll be recording more drums.
This is the first time we’ve recorded like this, but it seems to be working really well. Everyone does their thing for a few days and then they get a break, so no one gets burned out recording 10 songs in a row or whatever.
I have to say, so far everything sounds amazing. Malcolm (the producer) has brought in a lot of really cool ideas for our songs. Not so much with new parts or melodies or anything, but more just with arrangement ideas. I think everything is coming together really well.
I don’t want to bore you with every little detail of what goes on in the studio, but if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. Click here to email us your questions.
Aside from the recording there hasn’t been too much else going on. We’ve been playing a lot of SSX Snowboarding on the PlayStation2 and watching the Nashville public access channel. Apparently, you don’t really have to know what you’re doing or have a specific idea for a show to get a show on this channel.
We still don’t have any pictures to put up, but we will soon. And hopefully we can get a video clip or two up as well.
We are currently at The Groove Room in Nashville, TN mixing our album.
Check out the studio journal here.
And go here to buy the Rival Schools album. It’s really good.
I know you may not believe this, but we are actually in Nashville, TN recording our Roadrunner debut.
We left Philly on Friday afternoon and got into Nashville late Saturday night. According to the Roadrunner site we flew here but I don’t seem to remember any airplanes. It wasn’t a bad drive at all, though. Much better than the last time we came down here.
The place where we’re staying is a pretty nice two bedroom apartment, which is better than the hotel rooms we’re ususally stuck in. We’ll have some pictures of our place and the studio once we got some film developed.
In the 4 days we’ve been here we’ve already tracked drums, bass and guitar for one song, “433.” The original plan was for us to do all the pre-production first before we record anything. Instead, we’re gonna go back and forth, so right when we get the song arranged where we want it, we’ll record the basic tracks, so we can get the best performances.
So, that’s pretty much it so far. Right now Jamie, Mike, Malcolm and some other people are at the Eagles-Titans game. It just happened that our team was playing the Nashville team and they got some free tickets, so they decided to go. It gave me a chance to update the site so I guess that’s good.
We don’t have our own computer at this point, so I don’t know if we’ll be updating every day, but we’ll try to do it as often as we can. If anyone has a nice laptop they want to send down to us, feel free. We’ll give you credit in the album and everyone will think you’re cool.
Slight change in plans. We are now leaving for Nashville on Friday, August 17th
Ginger Snaps Soundtrack
For anyone who’s overly anxious to get their hands on this CD, it is available through Amazon.com as an import for the unbelieveably reasonable price of only $25.49 (plus shipping). Obviously, you can also wait until October when it will be available in the US.
Click here to buy the Ginger Snaps Soundtrack
In case you haven’t read the latest Studio Journal entry, here’s what’s going on.
We are officially leaving for Nashville, TN on August 15th to begin work on our Roadrunner/Universal debut. Click here for the whole story.
The Studio Journal section will be updated as often as we can with news, photos, video clips, sound clips and anything else we can come up with. The main news page won’t be updated every time we add a journal entry, so make sure you check frequently for updates.
