Yes, we uploaded some new music for you guys before completion.
2 a.m. and I just came back from Jared's. I went to pick up a burn of our intro - "The Darkest Peace". Dave's leaving to LA for work tomorrow and I wanted to load it into his MP3 player for him.
What we're going to do with this song is pretty much up in the air in terms of what we want to lay down next - could be yet another guitar layer from J (my personal vote at this point... but who knows.. maybe our piano person will blow us away with something). This track was written in the jamroom one night after practice. Jared busted out the main guitar layer and I started playing the chords under it. Thats ALL we went in with.. that and a 118 bpm click which we reduced to 100. While in studio this past Saturday, Jared decided to throw some chords on top - then Keith started messing around with some effects. Keith goes to take a piss and leaves the tape rolling. Jared starts noodling.. Keith comes back and starts listening to the shit backwards.. and viola! There came the "voice" parts.. it's backwards guitar played by an unfocused guitarist while Keith was pissing. Great, huh?
That leads me to Keith. I can't rave enough about what he's doing for (and TO) us. His persistence and patience is pulling some amazing things from deep within that we almost didn't know were there. Just WAIT until you hear Dave's vocals. I think the word Jared used is "scary". My word is "intense". It's almost scary to think we ever even considered anyone else. We didn't really know him before recording. We were acquaintances, but thats it. Once the guys walked into his studio though, they knew.... we've all got an amazing connection on so many levels. This is the FIRST TIME we've had someone actually co-produce us.. and we're loving it.
This session has been very therapeutic for us all. I can't even describe.. hell, just listen to the intro.
Jen
PS Studio update: We're on solos and layers right now. Bass, drums and rhythms are done.. although it is 90% decided that Dave wants to go back and add some mo' rhythm tracks. Final determination will be on how it sounds. Dave laid down a song and a half of vocals to use up some studio time because Jared had a prior commitment for the first 3 hours of studio today. Good stuff... progress will all depend on scheduling now, but we'll update.
