Today I recorded the final lead and harmony vocals for Reverse. We also did some editing/mixing with Army of Myself and Reverse. It ended up being a solid 9 hours in the studio...only a couple more weeks of this :~?

Wow tonight was crazy...we were in the studio from 7pm until 12:30am! But...we finished recording the bass tracks. I still am amazed that Mike got through 8 bass tracks in 4.5 hours- Always, Chasing Ghosts, Lose You, Arcadia, Things Will Never Be the Same, I Know You're Out There, In My Experience, and Days by Minutes. Insanely awesome!

Today was the first day for final vocals. It was a nice 7 hour day in the studio :) I recorded the final lead and harmony vocals for Army of Myself. Prior to that, Rick and I worked on soundproofing the recording booth...so it was a lot of fun!

We finished up the guitars/string pads/organs on the remaining songs: In My Experience, Days by Minutes, Things Will Never Be the Same, I Know You're Out There, and Arcadia. We still have to finish the bass tracks, and we're going to have a string player come in for a couple of tunes. Things are going well though, and we'll begin the final vocal ( Read more... )

Today was a nice 12 hour day in the studio. Mike came in to begin laying down some bass tracks. We completed the bass for: At the Dance, Hurricane, Summer Days, Reverse, and Army of Myself. Then Bobby came in after and added acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, sting pads, and organs to those songs. I'm so excited about the new life of my ( Read more... )

We finished the final drum tracks today- Hurricane, At the Dance, Summer Days, Reverse, Things Will Never Be the Same, I Know You're Out There, In My Experience, and Days by Minutes- in 5 and a half hours!! Then I had a 2 and a half hour break. I came back for another 4 and a half hours to the studio, and we had Bobby in to begin recording ( Read more... )

Today we began final drum tracks with Greg. We were in the studio for about 5 hours or so and recorded 5 tracks: Chasing Ghosts, Always, Lose You, Army of Myself, and Arcadia. He has really provided the sound, experience, and energy that we've been looking for. His ideas and his ability to leave space for the other instruments is great. Things ( Read more... )

We began drums on Friday. We also recorded drums on Sunday. It's been challenging & frustrating trying to evoke the right kind of vibe from the drummers, but we've been working to get the right feel. I still struggle to label my music at the present time...and it's visible that it doesn't fit a label exactly, as it has been hard to get the drums ( Read more... )

I spent time in the studio on Friday, June 19, and Tuesday, June 23, developing the chord charts for all my songs, which will be used by the instrumentalists when they come into the studio. It's nothing major, but it is a necessary part of the process.

I only spent 3 hours in the studio today, but it was a rigorous 3 hours! We listened through all 13 piano tracks once more. Then, I re-recorded scratch vocals to better fit the final piano tracks. This was a lot of fun, but it most certainly left my voice tired at the end...after all, it was about 60 minutes straight of vocal recording. Well, ( Read more... )