Studio Journal: Recording Complete
The recording process for the new album is complete.
As always, there may be things added during the mixing, but all of the basic tracks are down and we are now preparing to mix. The mixing will be taking place at the same studio we did most of the recording at, High View Studios in Luthurville, MD.
For the past week we’ve all been listening to rough mixes of all the songs, basically just getting our mixing ideas together. This is where things start to get interesting (to me, at least). When you’re in the middle of recording, it’s hard to imagine what the final song, and ultimately the whole album, will sound like. Now we’re at the point where we can start to hear everything come together and put on the final touches, whatever that means. There are a lot of different ideas coming together. We’re set to start the mixing within the next week, so we’ll see what happens.
I guess some people may be wondering about the actual songs we’ve recorded… How many are there? What are they called? etc. Well, to answer the first question, there are 10 full songs and another something or other that will make its way onto the album in some form or another. While its not necessarily a song in the way that the other songs are songs, you’ll still listen to it like a song, so I guess we’ll just call it a song.
To answer the other question (that no one asked), most of the songs have final titles, while a few are still referred to by the working title and have yet to be fully named. We don’t have a final track listing ot anything like that, but I can tell you that among the song titles, you may (or may not) find songs such as “The Power of Suggestion”, “Identity Theft”, “Sails”, and “One in the Same.” You could also come across songs called “Bald and Aggravated” and “Six Months”, although that’s somewhat highly unlikely.
Also remaining unnamed “as-of-yet” is the album itself (and the DVD for that matter, although its unclear if the DVD will have a seperate title from the album). There are some ideas floating around, though. Some of them better than others. But you can rest assured knowing that there *will* be a title before the album “drops.” Or whatever. And like I said in the latest “news” update, we’re trying to put together a short preview clip of the DVD up on the site for your viewing enjoyment, so keep your eyes open for that.
