Studio Diary 2

Current mood: tired

So today i got up around 7:30am and was over at Light in the Dark by around 8:30-9ish. Josh, Allen and I began setting up the drums and mics etc, spent some time getting drum sounds and by noon we were recording! The drum sounds we got were just as good, if not better than the ones that we got last year. Nice, big, roomy sound. Made quite a few revisions with the drum parts, but by 4:30-5pm we were done with both songs that needed drums! Josh was quite the trooper and was very patient throughout the entire process which was cool b/c i know how indecisive i can be sometimes. The end result, ROCK. I’m stoked, these drum tracks are great and I think the parts and arrangements will work out perfectly for what I was envisioning. I just listened to the two other tracks, “Summer” and “Spend My Time”, that i did last year, and I must say that the new tracks are a bit different. But in a good way. I think that these will be a nice contrast to the other two and they will complement each other as a whole on the EP. The last two had a swing feel and really had that happy shuffle kinda thing going, whereas these new ones are very straight and driving. They may not be as adventurous (with the exception of the piano one), but they’re catchy nonetheless. Anyway, i’m not used to getting up as early as i did today, as i began to fade around 6 or 7pm today…and i’m still fading.. alright time to get some much needed rest…big day tomorrow. good el night.