Memphis Improv
Here is a short video clip of our time at Ardent Studios in Memphis Tenn. It was taken in December of 2000 while we were there recording a demo of our song “Pain.” While the version of “Pain” from this session was never used, we later rerecorded it and put the song on our self-titled album that was released by Roadrunner records in 2002. As you can image there’s lots of downtime in the studio. Hours if not an entire day can be spent setting up all the mics and other various technical things so the band if often left to wonder around and explore the studio. This video clip is a good example this. It shows Tony playing his Nord keyboard (r.i.p) and Jamie playing the studio piano.
If you’re interested in hearing the actual song we recorded during this studio session it can be found in the podcast section of the site.
I know what you mean about downtime. My band had one day to record one song, and didn’t actually get around to playing it until about 5-7 hours later. We only ended up playing it twice.