Studio Post 2
Ive decided to get back into part two of the studio entry before my below par memory pushes it out and replaces it with something else. Day Four had began and our new track was begging to take shape, as much shape as my hangover it did seem, I was the first up that morning simply to down a glass of Tesco high concentrate tropical juice to hydrate my alcohol abused body. After the nights festivities and by festivities I mean me and the boys dancing around to You Me and Everyone We Know followed by a feast of sausage sandwiches and rice crispie sqaures, i still hadn't written any solid lyrics i was happy with.
It could suprise some in saying that lyrics are one of the most important things to me in song writing, i think its something I hold onto tighter than the other guys in the band and for reasons I'm not completely sure of. Maybe its the endless times i find myself reveling in the lyrical obscurities of artists like Max Bemis and Justin Pierre, perhaps its just my wanting to reflect a little honest piece of myself in our new music. I'm thinking its probably both.
I spent the best part of the day working on lyrics at the kitchen table while Fuzz sat through and listening to his drum takes from the day before upstairs. I didn't have a clue where this track was heading lyrically if I'm honest with you and figured it would be taking it one step to far to insist that a second visit to the land of the dinosaurs was an essential trip for the band to make, I think it was definitely agreed that we wouldn't be heading back their anytime soon. I don't want to give too much about the song away before any ones heard it but needless to say I got their in the end, a collection of words that i felt comfortable bringing into the song. A somewhat autobiographical satire perhaps, ill leave other people to make there mind up
The day had moved fast we had replaced midi bass with actual bass however with a lack of caffeinated tea our efforts were tiring, we felt drained and worn out and were about ready for the first ever Horsepower nap amongst the studio couch, alas we bucked our ideas up and managed to sort out a melody for the chorus, not to mention a handful of lyrics. It appeared that falling asleep in Jake's arms was something I was going to have to save for another day. I think the evening was somewhat calmer that its predecessor, after an hour of re working some lyrics, we rounded it off with healthy Living meals and GTA on the X box.
The fifth and final Day had approached, with non decaff tea in the kitchen and a deadline chasing at our heels, we headed out of bed to tackle the final bulk of this track that wed been developing for the week. At times for us it had felt like the ugly child we might one day grow to love, others the nagging girlfriend who wouldn't seem to allow us time to play 7 hours of GTA a day but now, approaching the final day we were all agreed that it was something we were totally stoked on getting out in the open to show people. After a day of guitar and vocals it felt like all the pieces had come together, not to mention Jake helping me sort out getting the New Monster Attack Amy Can Flyy T Shirt (Shameless Plug) Wed Finished recording the new track and it was sick to finally have a something new after so long.
I'm going to put some pictures up soon for this part of the studio stuff, currently don't have them, but wait it out. Lots of stuff is keeping me busy right now, new ideas and ambitions. The future is looking good people. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for our new track, its going to melt your face.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Sunday 19 April 2009
A Colourful Language
Studio Post 1
April 13th saw the band head into the studio for the first time in about a year and a half, it would be a understatment to say i was stoked to high heaven on getting all the ideas from the last year or so out into something new. We all loved touring the Dinosaurs Go Rawr Ep and are happy with what we have done with it but the urge to get out new music has been top of our list of priorities for a long time.
Day 1 found us in our cosey country getaway amidst the green fields of Odiham with nothing more than ourselves and a fifty piece Sainsburys chicken set for company. We started just running over ideas, talking alot of it out, as this time round we were building a track from the ground up instead of going in with a fully written song, this prospect exited me but once involved scared the hell out of me. i found myself riddled with the same old anxieties and the worry of not producing something we were all gonna be totally happy with. One phonecall home and a good nights sleep under my belt gave me a slightly more optimistic take on the week to come.
8am on a weekday morning is a sight i rarely see i assure you but in the country setting it really wasn't a chore to get up and enjoy my multigrain boulders away from home. After some midi and bass guide tracks were laid down we messed around with ideas, synth lines, potential vocal melodies and the such. We took a break to write our first 5 minute hit of the week, with guest vocals from Jake from 303didthistome Unicornz have hornzz was an instant hit, sadly to our distress alot of people figured it was an actual new track of ours, which within hours we found ripped on youtube. words cannot describe our confusion.
Day three got the ball rolling for us slightly more as we let Fuzz out of his cage for an hour of drumming, i have alot of respect for drummers, it takes an extra push to be good at it, and i never get tired of just watching my favourite drummers do what they do. The track at this point was shaping into something we were all starting to get good feelings from, the doubts and worries from a few nights before were near gone.The tea situation in the week was a adventures one, the week had began with me and Jake traveling into a local village. In which a Tesco employee helpfully explained to us that nowhere in their small village would sell a Kettle to replace our broken one. One charity shop, a second hand kettle and a Duck shaped tea cosey that I purchased later, we were on our way.
The Evening was rounded of with three bottles of wine and alot of dancing around to various artists. Stay tuned for part two of this epic installment.
April 13th saw the band head into the studio for the first time in about a year and a half, it would be a understatment to say i was stoked to high heaven on getting all the ideas from the last year or so out into something new. We all loved touring the Dinosaurs Go Rawr Ep and are happy with what we have done with it but the urge to get out new music has been top of our list of priorities for a long time.
Day 1 found us in our cosey country getaway amidst the green fields of Odiham with nothing more than ourselves and a fifty piece Sainsburys chicken set for company. We started just running over ideas, talking alot of it out, as this time round we were building a track from the ground up instead of going in with a fully written song, this prospect exited me but once involved scared the hell out of me. i found myself riddled with the same old anxieties and the worry of not producing something we were all gonna be totally happy with. One phonecall home and a good nights sleep under my belt gave me a slightly more optimistic take on the week to come.
8am on a weekday morning is a sight i rarely see i assure you but in the country setting it really wasn't a chore to get up and enjoy my multigrain boulders away from home. After some midi and bass guide tracks were laid down we messed around with ideas, synth lines, potential vocal melodies and the such. We took a break to write our first 5 minute hit of the week, with guest vocals from Jake from 303didthistome Unicornz have hornzz was an instant hit, sadly to our distress alot of people figured it was an actual new track of ours, which within hours we found ripped on youtube. words cannot describe our confusion.
Day three got the ball rolling for us slightly more as we let Fuzz out of his cage for an hour of drumming, i have alot of respect for drummers, it takes an extra push to be good at it, and i never get tired of just watching my favourite drummers do what they do. The track at this point was shaping into something we were all starting to get good feelings from, the doubts and worries from a few nights before were near gone.The tea situation in the week was a adventures one, the week had began with me and Jake traveling into a local village. In which a Tesco employee helpfully explained to us that nowhere in their small village would sell a Kettle to replace our broken one. One charity shop, a second hand kettle and a Duck shaped tea cosey that I purchased later, we were on our way.
The Evening was rounded of with three bottles of wine and alot of dancing around to various artists. Stay tuned for part two of this epic installment.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Everything is Alright
Once again it has been a while since my last adventure into text that I call this blog. Monday saw the band heading into the capital for our first ever London show. In the two years since the band started I find it hard to believe that we have never once played the city, so with only a weeks notice we packed up the car and embarked on our journey.
Once again we decided to neglect all good advice and bad press about the travel system in London by heading into the heart of it with no sat nav and our only map reference being a vague congestion charge area map in a lay by on the outskirts leading to our destination. This as I'm sure you could imagine didn't work in our favour and left us in the belly of the beast somewhat amongst the chaos of London town with nothing more than Toms not so accurate google phone and some now melting Easter eggs that Tom and Ben figured were essential for the journey.
After what felt like forever we managed to find our way to the venue, we were tired and aching but a quiet sense of victory was held by all knowing we had made it. Our set was good, sound was awesome on our end which always helps to make playing live that little bit more enjoyable. For the last few months of touring and shows our friend Tom had been filling in on bass for us, although an outcome we all knew was inevitable, the realisation nearing the conclusion of our set that this was to be Toms final show bought a significant feeling of sadness in that it was the closing part of a small chapter in the bands lifespan that in my eyes has shaped the band for the better on so many levels. The night was bought to a close with my over consumption of alcohol and man chats with Mark in a spoons opposite the venue, not to forget Ben's sudden bought of illness which lead to vomiting in bins, loading bays and toilets. All in all a very productive night.
Next week sees the band heading back into the studio to piece together some new songs, its something that has taking us a while to get round to doing but also something we cant wait to get going with.Alot is changing in the band and i think its got us all totally stoked on the months to come. I think that's all ill say on that, just keep your eyes peeled for new things including new merch going on pre order sale in the next few days. Ill finish with a video this week, in case any of you haven't seen it below is part 1 of our Tour video from February. Enjoy.
Once again we decided to neglect all good advice and bad press about the travel system in London by heading into the heart of it with no sat nav and our only map reference being a vague congestion charge area map in a lay by on the outskirts leading to our destination. This as I'm sure you could imagine didn't work in our favour and left us in the belly of the beast somewhat amongst the chaos of London town with nothing more than Toms not so accurate google phone and some now melting Easter eggs that Tom and Ben figured were essential for the journey.
After what felt like forever we managed to find our way to the venue, we were tired and aching but a quiet sense of victory was held by all knowing we had made it. Our set was good, sound was awesome on our end which always helps to make playing live that little bit more enjoyable. For the last few months of touring and shows our friend Tom had been filling in on bass for us, although an outcome we all knew was inevitable, the realisation nearing the conclusion of our set that this was to be Toms final show bought a significant feeling of sadness in that it was the closing part of a small chapter in the bands lifespan that in my eyes has shaped the band for the better on so many levels. The night was bought to a close with my over consumption of alcohol and man chats with Mark in a spoons opposite the venue, not to forget Ben's sudden bought of illness which lead to vomiting in bins, loading bays and toilets. All in all a very productive night.
Next week sees the band heading back into the studio to piece together some new songs, its something that has taking us a while to get round to doing but also something we cant wait to get going with.Alot is changing in the band and i think its got us all totally stoked on the months to come. I think that's all ill say on that, just keep your eyes peeled for new things including new merch going on pre order sale in the next few days. Ill finish with a video this week, in case any of you haven't seen it below is part 1 of our Tour video from February. Enjoy.
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