greetings from Colorado... we're deep in a recording studio just finishing up our new record, and it has been one heck of a ride! we've been in here 12 out of the last 13 days working long burn hours, but loving every minute of it as the record has been taking shape... 12-16 hours a day focusing in on sounds, words, melodies, rhythms... recording is always such a time warp, but it's really cool once you hit your stride!
so we're into our last few hours and then that's it, the record is done! it's 1 am right now and we're putting a few more tweaks to all the mixes... tiago is asleep on the couch, rey is getting lost playing one of his congas in the big room, and i'm up here in the office perch typing away listening to the songs wafting up the stairs... such a cool place to be right now reflecting on what has been one of the most exciting few weeks of my life...
ok, now it's 325 am! had to take a bit of a break and go play some drums w rey... in the meantime our engineer, brad jenkins, is still grinding away on mixing Solace, the last of our work. unreal, how much goes into some songs and how easy others are... so last night some really good friends, and my parents, came into the studio to listen to some of the songs and celebrate- then we got everyone into the big room and around a room mic, everyone picked up one of rey's percussion toys, and then we all sang the end of Fist in the Ocean together... it's a sweet laid back reggae tune with a crowd singin' ending :) was so fun to be jumpin' around the room and watching some friends get their first recording experience, and they were solid i have to say!
so far my favorite mixes are "Five for Rose," because of Rey's insane drum solo against all our cut time changes... and "Valeu Valeu" is a funny little surprise too, a sort of brazilian jam that Tiago was smiling to throw down :) we also ended up with a totally unexpected song a few days back called "On the Mend"...
alright i've got to head down there to listen to Solace! brad just gave me the call....
610 am... we're still here- found a harmonica at 430 am that we'd been looking for forever and did a last minute take... now we're trying to pack as fast as we can and get the songs in the sequence... yikes man, and then to the airport to drop off our engineer/producer who has just worked a 19 hour day??
this is nuts... but for some reason we all still love it- some of the craziest moments inspire the best music...
720 am... it's over, we're done... CD in hand, but we really have no idea what we've done... the last few days have just been a blur- and such a wild ride where the days just melted into one another... BUT, who knew that 10 songs would come together in 12 days?! rey, tiago, and i are super stoked... finally we have our first album together as a band, and now we can sleep :)
can't wait for the music to be heard... it's coming...
blessings, bc
Labels: album, band, colorado, studio
