Showing posts with label slinky. Show all posts
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Studio Recap: Day Ten

Slinkyvision

Thursday was a day of marvels.

Moods were good, the weather was glorious, we were silly, and I was reunited with my beloved Slinky.

We are beginning to cross songs off the to-do list. We made some mix decisions for "I Let It Stay." Just a few simple changes made all of the difference, and the song has a lot more pizazz now. We also recorded keys and guitar for "Sunday," and the Anti-Tank Guitar for "The Falsified Documents of Ms. B."

Joe Plays Anti-Tank Guitar

I was most excited by the work I did on vocals. I've been feeling really down on my voice lately, and even though I knew that I would get the performances I wanted eventually, I was starting to worry. The combination of lack of practice with the cold weather and dry indoor heating was really creating some havoc in my upper respiratory system. Thankfully, temps have been much milder in the last few days, and yesterday was the first day that I sounded like myself (to myself). So we recorded final vocals for "Ivy Choir" and "Her Gentleman Caller," two songs that I've been wanted to get another crack at since last January. Here's the OLD VERSION of "Her Gentleman Caller." We almost gave up and decided to keep this vocal, but the new one feels so much better in my ear-holes. You can hear the new one soon, I promise!

Her Gentleman Caller by Listing

It's a sweet little song about a lady who sets her hair on fire, a partly autobiographical story. Of course, when I did it, it really was an accident...

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Studio Recap: Day One



Yesterday was our first day back in the studio this year. This is how we spent it:

Played with slinky
Kidnapped Wurlitzer
Bamboo tubes
Goof wheel guitar
Drums
Brainstormed words for lyrics
Bent Casio

Key words for the day were:
Capillary action
Propulsion

We worked for about nine hours, and at the end of the day we had a meandering noise jam. But if there is anything we learned from last January, it is that our songs never end up sounding like the first recordings. The slow sludge jam is expected to evolve into a short, sweet, and nasty little pop song.

We're off for day two shortly. Will post progress.