Thursday, November 20, 2008

I Am So Out Of Tune With You

As recording comes to a close we have started prepping for our show coming up, deciding a setlist, who's going to play what...etc
I've been very out of it the last few days, not sleeping well and very absent minded, I'm not enjoying it because it cuts into work, but I can't really do anything to fix it at the moment, just ride it out.

As of now all thats left with the two songs is vocals.
Then mixing. I think everything is pretty much finished.

Because of not really singing for a month and a half, when it came time to do vocals I completely lost all my strength, it's been very frustrating for me, as patient as Tugrul's been, telling me not to worry about it, It's been getting to me.

It's hopefully going to get easier, I know I can do it still, I just need to keep at it. I guess after a month and a half of getting up and going straight to record and not doing any vocal work that whole time can have an effect on you, it's really stupid that I didn't see that coming.


At home, i've been thinking of song ideas
Writing lyrics down first, which is a new thing for me.
Really thinking of ideas but not really playing them. I'm trying a different angle for now, it's kind of nice.

Everything is just moving really slowly. And with the show coming up I'm guessing that it'll only slow down even more. But hopefully I can get back into shape and pull of some good tracks and a good performance, even if it is just a little gig, I'd like to make it special.

Sorry for the lack of pictures, but since we're not recording much anymore there isn't much to post. Hopefully i'll get some practice videos/pictures up in the coming weeks, and hopefully I can get myself together.
On the plus side, i've really been enjoying the lack of winter we're having this winter, as surprising ammount of sunshine and lack of cold and wet rain, hopefully it stays this was for as long as possible.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Fight Your Way Out Of This One

Hey everyone, sorry it's been so long since i've updated.

So, after almsot a month and a half, we're nearing the end of completing our two demos.
I don't think either of us thought it would take this long for just two songs but hey, thats how things go...especially when I have to translate every bit of the song out and then teach it to myself and Tugrul again and then re-work it, while learning how we compliment each other as far as working together goes, takes gonna some time....
It was all great though, we know lots about eachother and how we work and etc, and that we can work together day after day and not get tired of eachother, so thats really lucky. Not that I expected any less.
Plus, they sound great...Which is an extra bonus!

Now all is left pretty much is vocals, which is going to be stressful for me, I think recording vocals is my least favourite part of recording. But when it's all done you seem to forget how terrible it was, especially if it sounds like you wanted it to...until the next time you have to do it.


We've also been hitting on the drums pretty hard, they're sounding great. It really brings the songs together. I've re-worked some of the programmed drums I did to work better with the live ones, it should be really sweet.

I think it's going to be weird for me not going there every day after this is all done, but who knows, it may not be the end.
Besides we have a show in December, lots of practice to do, so things won't slow down til Christmas time.