PS and Ego-Checkin
I think I'm beginning to remember what being in school - or at least its anti-somnolent effects - feels like. Not much sleep going on in this corner these days. That said, I think we're doing a pretty good job of having long workdays, but not totally losing our minds and ears over it.
Greg and I threw down - I want to emphasize the violence of our actions as strongly as possible - THREW down some acoustic guitar overdubs today.l Actually, they were quite pretty and fairly gentle. In all likelihood, if mishandled - let alone thrown - they would probably shatter. Also, we confirmed that I cannot sing in the morning.
We were feeling pretty confident and complacent about the work we had to do today. We were planning on recording the basic tracks for PS back at Gregory Heights today - the least demanding track technically for all of us. You can imagine what happened. We went into the "studio", got set up with expert efficiency, and proceeded to knock out a series of lackluster, loping takes. Amy was along for the ride and ended up leaving, probably feeling like she was contributing to our discomfort with the situation. While I do like privacy, I can assure you she wasn;t a factor - we were just sucking and psyching ourselves out about doing so.
Will was having some trouble getting an opening drum part that, while it would be really difficult for me to play, is just not a part he would ever dream of being challenging, let alone temporarily impossible. But, so it was. We just couldn't get it together, and thus punctuated our frustrate attempts with breaks involving alternately loud laughter or silent brooding.
In the end, though, Will removed his socks, we chilled out, figured out what to simplify to cut our losses, and got in touch with the breeziness that PS needs to work. And we got a great take out of it.
Greg and I - I'll leave the others out of it, as I don't know where they stand - seem to be having some disagreement about what needs to happen with this last batch of 4 songs, or at least how capble we are of getting done what needs to be done. Greg is making the argument that ample time - months of it - was central to the success we had with overdubs, in terms of both quality and variety, on the last batch of songs. I think that's true, but I think I have more confidence in the unencumbered, sparser strength of these new songs, particularly with the new recording situation. I think we'll get some overdubs on there, they'll be good, and our time strictures will keep us from overloading these tracks. In any case, I just can't allow myself to think that they'll end up anything other than relaizing their maximum potential. Which I do believe will be the case. you'll see.
East Coast tour prep, and what it gestures towards, is keeping me very excited.
Nick Drake "From The Morning" just came up on my iPod. Talk about succesful sparseness. Not a rock band, I realize, but my god, he blows my mind. I'm quite anxious to hear the new song ("Tow The Line", I believe it's called) of his that they dug up for the new retrospective comp.
Lastly, does anyone else have grave fears about Brian Wilson re-recording Smile, instead of just using what was there? I mean, did you hear that solo record? Suddenly, Bruce Springsteen drum reverb is sounding tame...
Maybe more sleep tonight!
Greg and I threw down - I want to emphasize the violence of our actions as strongly as possible - THREW down some acoustic guitar overdubs today.l Actually, they were quite pretty and fairly gentle. In all likelihood, if mishandled - let alone thrown - they would probably shatter. Also, we confirmed that I cannot sing in the morning.
We were feeling pretty confident and complacent about the work we had to do today. We were planning on recording the basic tracks for PS back at Gregory Heights today - the least demanding track technically for all of us. You can imagine what happened. We went into the "studio", got set up with expert efficiency, and proceeded to knock out a series of lackluster, loping takes. Amy was along for the ride and ended up leaving, probably feeling like she was contributing to our discomfort with the situation. While I do like privacy, I can assure you she wasn;t a factor - we were just sucking and psyching ourselves out about doing so.
Will was having some trouble getting an opening drum part that, while it would be really difficult for me to play, is just not a part he would ever dream of being challenging, let alone temporarily impossible. But, so it was. We just couldn't get it together, and thus punctuated our frustrate attempts with breaks involving alternately loud laughter or silent brooding.
In the end, though, Will removed his socks, we chilled out, figured out what to simplify to cut our losses, and got in touch with the breeziness that PS needs to work. And we got a great take out of it.
Greg and I - I'll leave the others out of it, as I don't know where they stand - seem to be having some disagreement about what needs to happen with this last batch of 4 songs, or at least how capble we are of getting done what needs to be done. Greg is making the argument that ample time - months of it - was central to the success we had with overdubs, in terms of both quality and variety, on the last batch of songs. I think that's true, but I think I have more confidence in the unencumbered, sparser strength of these new songs, particularly with the new recording situation. I think we'll get some overdubs on there, they'll be good, and our time strictures will keep us from overloading these tracks. In any case, I just can't allow myself to think that they'll end up anything other than relaizing their maximum potential. Which I do believe will be the case. you'll see.
East Coast tour prep, and what it gestures towards, is keeping me very excited.
Nick Drake "From The Morning" just came up on my iPod. Talk about succesful sparseness. Not a rock band, I realize, but my god, he blows my mind. I'm quite anxious to hear the new song ("Tow The Line", I believe it's called) of his that they dug up for the new retrospective comp.
Lastly, does anyone else have grave fears about Brian Wilson re-recording Smile, instead of just using what was there? I mean, did you hear that solo record? Suddenly, Bruce Springsteen drum reverb is sounding tame...
Maybe more sleep tonight!
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