As some of you may have gathered from the delightful vlog made by my good man John last night, I've finished tracking the rock drums (the drums for my jazz song are another story, and another blog post). This is extraordinarily exciting to me, and it escalates this project into a level of legitimacy hitherto unknown in my little world.
Before we delve into the drums, gentle readers, let me first take a moment to wax poetically about the wonderful person who lent his talents to the bass on this album. I've known Jeremy Bunyaner for years now- he, among other things, played in my band the first time I musically directed bare in its regional premiere, all the way back in 2007. We've always sort of stayed in each other's periphery, and I knew he'd be the right guy for the job.
On a freezing January morning, we loaded my car to bursting with various instruments and electrical equipment and made the journey to John's basement studio. For the most part, things went rather smoothly- until about five minutes before we were scheduled to end, of course. Jeremy's PA started picking up radio signals, electric currents were running up and down headphones, strange buzzing noises would stop and start without warning, and there was just general mayhem. Perhaps it was the Universe telling us to stop, as we'd spent a good seven hours underground without seeing the light of day at that point. Either way, the session was finished without much more heartbreak, and we got quite a few good takes out of the day. Here is a snippet of Little Green Monster, with the added bonus of a rough-mix drum track.
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