Post work on "Familiar" guitars completed.

Today's work comprised solely of the necessary post work for the guitars on "Familiar." Once the guitars were finished up, we got them sitting real well within the mix of the song so far. Instrumentally speaking, it is sounding absolutely fantastic. Without any further additions to existing songs, this one looks to clock in as the longest song on the record. Interestingly, it's really not long at all. But it feels quite majestic, nonetheless. Oh, you'll just have to hear it along with the other fourteen songs on the album when we are done so you'll know what we are talking about.

Guitars for "Familiar" recorded.

With some crisp drums, deliciously creamy bass and a great mix to work with, Joe and I sat down earlier tonight and launched a guitar attack on "Familiar," which is a finalist in the "Best Song to finish the sequencing of an album" category. We're pretty certain it will be the fifteenth and final song on the album, but we'll all just have to wait and see how it plays out, won't we?

Joe established two distinct tones to approach the recordings with, and we came to a conclusion on amp recording/microphone setup. In the end, we got a very, very intense performance that is indicative of what the song demands of Joe's guitar. In a word, perfect.

'Wide Awake' bass re-recorded.

Part of the afternoon today was spent re-recording bass for 'Wide Awake' which has proven to be this album's slightly difficult song to work on. By slightly difficult we simply mean this song is one we haven't been able to just put the microphones up, hit record, get the performance, do the post work and be done with it. This song needs some finesse in its approach that we're really having to call upon in our abilities to get it to sound just right. What is just right? We'll know it when we hear it, which was in our reference version we recorded some time ago. When we recapture that, we'll know we've got it.

Face front, true believer.

There's not much there at this time, but if you are interested in our band, perhaps you should look for us on Facebook because it's all the rage these days. Well, at the very least, it's where a large contingency of people aged 18-49 are frequenting. Whatever that means.

Anyway, much of the recording session info posted here, I try to post on Facebook, although the only way I can legitimately list it is if I make it an "event," so that's how that goes. Of course we can't really invite anyone over for that, because nothing would get done, recording wise. We'd be too busy playing host, getting people drinks and making snack platters for everyone to enjoy.

'BTSSNY' guitars recorded.

Tonight, we laid down several guitars tracks for what can only be called 'BTSSNY' at this time. There's a very good chance the song will end up with that title by the time the album is prepped and ready for release. Is it an acronym? Does it have something to do with 'New York'? Please, don't ask, because we don't even know.

Anyway, the guitars are on the track. They sound thick and are sitting well in the mix at the moment. Post work will be done over the weekend. This will be shaping up quite well.

Four to go.

Saturday was spent working on numerous guitar tracks for a song called "Full Moon," which we've performed live at our last few shows. It was pretty electric sounding with just the drums and bass in there, but now that the cascading guitars are in... yes, we're happy to put another song in the "instrumentally finished" side of things.

All the post work was done on this song over Sunday and Monday, leaving four remaining songs that have guitar work to record. Beyond that, it's final sounds and noises, vocals and mixes.

The next song is scheduled for guitar work on Thursday.

Tweet on a wire.

We've kept it very low key, but I do suppose you should all do your best to follow us on Twitter. We usually will post little bits there that would otherwise be a big production here. Social networking, you know. This blog is like a lover's handwritten letter as "thinking of you" texts are to Twitter, but it's all very necessary and serves a purpose to communicate to all of you. Conversely, don't be afraid to write us, as we all love hearing from you.