Tuesday, November 02, 2004
A TALE OF FIVE RECORDS
Over a year ago, Chris and I embarked on a truly assenine journey; to cover Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. A few phrases come to mind; 'getting in over our heads' and 'biting off more than we can chew'. Well, it's not that bad, almost, but not quite. We have had the help of many esteemed friends: Rob Machold, Andy Rock, George Vitray, Annie Rusoff, Onion Baby, Dave Cavalier, Mike Ingenthron, Kevin Lacey, Chuck DeBruyn to name a few. It has been educational to say the least. About a third of the way into it, we began work on a second album that would become Brain Shivers, an original record written by Myself and Chris with gigantic contributions by Rob Machold, George Vitray, and Onion Baby. This second record kept us busy for about six months, every now and then retreating to 'The Wall'. Both projects are near completion, but there is still much work to be done, mostly on 'The Wall'. What better time to start a new project? Three months ago Tony Alva asked us to help him make a record for a christian band he was working with down in Georgia. Proper tracking began last month at Tony's studio, Grey Cat Sound, outside Atlanta, Chris and I flew down for the first session, and we're flying down again this weekend for what we hope will be the final group tracking session. Tony will record the vocals and overdubs without us, and then we will mix the record at Smoke And Mirrors in Williamsburg. Around the same time we flew down there, Rob Machold approached us to help with his new 'solo' project. Chris and George are more involved with it than I am, but needless to say it's another pot on the stove to stir. As if that wasn't enough, Rob's band, Microdot, started work on their next record a few weeks ago as well. I'm very happy to be so busy, I'd be happier if we were making enough money for me to quit my day job. Then again, I'd never blog without my day job.
Over a year ago, Chris and I embarked on a truly assenine journey; to cover Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. A few phrases come to mind; 'getting in over our heads' and 'biting off more than we can chew'. Well, it's not that bad, almost, but not quite. We have had the help of many esteemed friends: Rob Machold, Andy Rock, George Vitray, Annie Rusoff, Onion Baby, Dave Cavalier, Mike Ingenthron, Kevin Lacey, Chuck DeBruyn to name a few. It has been educational to say the least. About a third of the way into it, we began work on a second album that would become Brain Shivers, an original record written by Myself and Chris with gigantic contributions by Rob Machold, George Vitray, and Onion Baby. This second record kept us busy for about six months, every now and then retreating to 'The Wall'. Both projects are near completion, but there is still much work to be done, mostly on 'The Wall'. What better time to start a new project? Three months ago Tony Alva asked us to help him make a record for a christian band he was working with down in Georgia. Proper tracking began last month at Tony's studio, Grey Cat Sound, outside Atlanta, Chris and I flew down for the first session, and we're flying down again this weekend for what we hope will be the final group tracking session. Tony will record the vocals and overdubs without us, and then we will mix the record at Smoke And Mirrors in Williamsburg. Around the same time we flew down there, Rob Machold approached us to help with his new 'solo' project. Chris and George are more involved with it than I am, but needless to say it's another pot on the stove to stir. As if that wasn't enough, Rob's band, Microdot, started work on their next record a few weeks ago as well. I'm very happy to be so busy, I'd be happier if we were making enough money for me to quit my day job. Then again, I'd never blog without my day job.
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