Studio Success!
Hello! Just wanted to pop in and say things are good...
The band (minus the drummer who was in Sydney) spent the weekend in the studio recording the two new tracks and it has been very productive. It is a small tracking studio so we are unable to all set up & record at the same time, but Tom thought it might be a good idea for all of us to be there a) to get us all involved in the process and b) because he's not really trusting his own instincts right now, due to the amount of criticism his work has copped of late. So I think the idea was to combine our creative brains, do a bit of teambuilding (read: drinking) and make us feel more like a band again.
I think it worked really well. I'm not saying we came up with a masterpiece, but it's been a long time since we've all sat in a studio together, and it felt good. We were all able to make contributions and suggestions, and built the two songs up from not much to something pretty good. I for one felt involved, respected, valued, challenged and creative - all the reasons I want to be doing this music caper in the first place. It is the first time in ages I've really felt all these things in the studio environment.
So... the drums are yet to be recorded, this is happening on Tuesday night. In fact the singer/songwriter from the first band I was ever in will be recording them at his studio. It is good to be able to work with old friends like this. And then Mr R comes home on Wednesday and will hear the tracks for the first time. I hope he likes what he hears. I'm pretty confident though...
Oh the other breakthrough that happened this weekend was that we heard all the tracks in an order that sounds very much like it might be an album!! Yes, not just a mish-mash of tracks that we have been working on for the past two years, but an album. Duh, you say, this is what you have been working on all along. But this time last week I don't think any of us including Tom could envisage all the tracks working together cohesively as an album. With all the recent rejections of songs I was starting to worry there was very little left. But actually, what's left is all the substance, we have cut away all the crap and what's left might actually be a really freaking good album. Tom put the remaining tracks, including the demos of the two new ones, in order and played it for us, and we can finally all see how good it's going to be. Paris is now chomping at the bit to go up to Sydney and pitch it to as many labels & publishers as possible. It's amazing how motivating that vision is!
With the finishing line in such clear view now I have no doubt the next month is going to be stressful as we try to get it finalised. But I am starting to feel very confident that we will finish it and it will be our best work. Which is all we can do, really.
This time in two weeks will be Adam's last night in Brisbane... getting very excited!!
The band (minus the drummer who was in Sydney) spent the weekend in the studio recording the two new tracks and it has been very productive. It is a small tracking studio so we are unable to all set up & record at the same time, but Tom thought it might be a good idea for all of us to be there a) to get us all involved in the process and b) because he's not really trusting his own instincts right now, due to the amount of criticism his work has copped of late. So I think the idea was to combine our creative brains, do a bit of teambuilding (read: drinking) and make us feel more like a band again.
I think it worked really well. I'm not saying we came up with a masterpiece, but it's been a long time since we've all sat in a studio together, and it felt good. We were all able to make contributions and suggestions, and built the two songs up from not much to something pretty good. I for one felt involved, respected, valued, challenged and creative - all the reasons I want to be doing this music caper in the first place. It is the first time in ages I've really felt all these things in the studio environment.
So... the drums are yet to be recorded, this is happening on Tuesday night. In fact the singer/songwriter from the first band I was ever in will be recording them at his studio. It is good to be able to work with old friends like this. And then Mr R comes home on Wednesday and will hear the tracks for the first time. I hope he likes what he hears. I'm pretty confident though...
Oh the other breakthrough that happened this weekend was that we heard all the tracks in an order that sounds very much like it might be an album!! Yes, not just a mish-mash of tracks that we have been working on for the past two years, but an album. Duh, you say, this is what you have been working on all along. But this time last week I don't think any of us including Tom could envisage all the tracks working together cohesively as an album. With all the recent rejections of songs I was starting to worry there was very little left. But actually, what's left is all the substance, we have cut away all the crap and what's left might actually be a really freaking good album. Tom put the remaining tracks, including the demos of the two new ones, in order and played it for us, and we can finally all see how good it's going to be. Paris is now chomping at the bit to go up to Sydney and pitch it to as many labels & publishers as possible. It's amazing how motivating that vision is!
With the finishing line in such clear view now I have no doubt the next month is going to be stressful as we try to get it finalised. But I am starting to feel very confident that we will finish it and it will be our best work. Which is all we can do, really.
This time in two weeks will be Adam's last night in Brisbane... getting very excited!!
posted by Aussie Rock Chick at 11:29 PM
4 Comments:
Woohoo! Everything sounds like it's on the move- in the right direction!
Mucho congrats.
I too have the EP and would like to hear more.
TT.
where are you recording?
can my band record there?
p.s. congratulations!
Did much bedroom antics of a wacky and curious nature unfold upon Adam's arrival home?
Or is he indeed dead?
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