Studio Diary – July 19th

“the state we’re in”
Revision, revision, revision. Took some major left turns from the original demo version, but it’s nearly finished. Last of the vocals will be done this week followed by a final mix. Although, nothing is ever really final in this band! A remix is also expected, but regardless, it will [...]

Studio Diary – May 18, 2008

Several song ideas have recently sprouted.  Some of these are just “seeds” consisting of 16-32  bars of music and a paragraph of lyrics to full blown productions minus vocal and guitar tracks.  Our growing list new songs are kept here.
Finished the majority of writing ”The State We’re In “.  It’s in a kind of revision state.  It’s taken [...]

Studio Diary – 4/27/08

Finished writing music & words for Hollow, In Vain.  Majority of the music tracks are completed.  Vocals, guitar and mixing will be completed on our week long recording venture the end of May.  The Izotope “Trash” plugin made some wicked distortion effects!  This will be a fun song to perform live.  Fans of “damaged” will [...]

Studio Diary – 04/19/08

“The State That We’re In”
Finished the majority of the bass lines in the verses & choruses.  (Both synth and bass gtr). There is now several tons of synth performances to sift through and determine what to use and what to cut.
“Within Your Eyes”
Music tracks have been updated and somewhat re-constructed.
“Hollow, In Vain” [working title]
New track [...]

studio diary 4-11-08

At the end of May, mend are scheduled for a week long trek to Sun Valley where we will be hard at work in a studio there.  We’re getting our “homework” done to make our time there as productive as possible.  We’re basically getting our “demo” versions of songs lined up so we can make them as [...]

studio diary 4/5/08

“the state that we’re in”
Spent some time working on the chorus, specifically the bass and guitar tracks.  Was shooting for a Peter Hook sound on the bass.  Plugging straignt into the board made it sound too pretty….like phil collins (aaahhhh!)  Then the effects made it sound too thin.  Mic’ing it up and running it through guitar rig [...]

studio log – March 29th

recording updates.
“Left Behind”
Music is complete, just vocals left to record. Performed this one live for the first time in January.
“Liquid [Beta Mix]“
Drum tracks & bass tracks finished.
“Unfulfilled”
New mix, new arrangment completed. All that’s left are vocals. Considering this has been a staple in our live show the past 2 years it should be a quick [...]