Happy Late Thanksgiving

I think the album will be done by the end of the year. Sorry I haven’t written! There has been too much going on.

Studio Photos (and a QUICK VIDEO PREVIEW!)

As stated in the last post, I have not let any friends/family listened to any of the tracks that we’ve been working on but I’m putting out a little snippet here of Phil Aiken tracking on “Let Me In”.

Let Me In Preview

Here are some photos from the studio this past week:

My favorite instrument [...]

Johnny D’s Re-cap, Studio Week Re-cap

I’m tired. After the show last night, Max came over and we were up until 4 am AND he made me get up for breakfast early AND I couldn’t wake him up so I was awake before I should have been…Anyways, that’s not important but if this post is even more jumbled than usual, that’s [...]

Studio Update (11.20)

So, we’re two days deep in the studio this week and we’ve done a bunch, but once again, never as much as we plan. It seems like we never finish anything ahead of schedule. I’m not complaining at all because it sounds great. We’re getting near the end of my budget projections but hopefully we [...]

Back in the studio!

I’m on my way to the studio. This week, Matt Pynn will be playing will be playing guitar on the CD. I’m VERY excited. Later.

Write, Damnit!

I’ve found it incredibly difficult to get into a groove of writing consistently in this blog. Though I constantly muse with the idea of having a system (writing about certain things on certain days), alas, as the great Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “You lack discipline!” Please, please, click on that link.

My biggest struggle lately is that I haven’t [...]

This has been the weirdest year of my life.

When thinking of the events of the year that was 2008 (it’s not over yet, I know, but I’m in a reflective mood) I tend to call it a lost year. For much of the summer I was depressed and everything that I once knew about myself and identified with was in constant flux and [...]

3 Years Gone By

3 years ago, on November 10, 2005, I released “The Closer EP”. It was recorded over a series of days (I frankly don’t remember how many) at Waltz Audio by my friend and former basis Andy Renault. There were five tracks on it, three songs “Speed”, “Time Is On Our Side”, and “Peaks and Valleys” remain [...]

CD Release Musings

I called Will last week to ask him when I should schedule the CD release show. He said a good rule of thumb is to wait until you have the mixes in your hands before you schedule a CD release show so nothing crazy happens. Fair enough. I’ve still thought a lot about it.

If I [...]

Back With The Band

I had rehearsal on Friday with Max and Steve and it was our first rehearsal in about two months. I’ve been working so much on the album and we haven’t had gigs so it was nice to spend time with those guys again. I’ve been fortunate enough to have those guys as friends as well [...]