this past week was quite productive. both bands i'm in did some rehearsing, performing and recording. after nearly 4 months of inactivity (lame) electroliner did some rehearsing this past tuesday and thursday, with great results. after an hour of two of getting back into the mindset of a 5 piece, we got up to speed on our existing set list and learned some new songs that worked quite well.
thursday morning, bo, john and clair performed at the good people brewery for a fox6 morning show appearance. friday night we played two sets during a benefit/fund raiser at the brewery. it was a bit warm in there, but it was actually a very cool setting for us.
we were lucky to have our sound-man, kenny on hand to set up his excellent rig of mains, monitors, lights, boards, etc. this is the first band i've been in that's had the luxury of hiring our own sound gear, run by a music veteran with great ears and positive demeanor. it makes a difference. we played incredibly well, even by my self-deprecating standards.
saturday afternoon, i set up my kit at alamalibu, and did some impromptu background vocals for one of the throught the sparks tracks we wrote last summer, bodysnatchers. we recently spent an afternoon doing live, full band recordings of two songs, bodysnatchers and preacher pink. today we set up the band for a more permanent studio configuration.
we recorded the full band 'jam' section of a new song with the working title, squares. excellent melodic figures on this song... with great harmonic interaction between the organ and lead guitar. we did about 5 takes and pretty much got the entire song in the bag. of all the albums that have been recorded at jody's studio, the past three projects have been full live band recordings, and they all sound fantastic.
so we've begun recording the next through the sparks record in earnest. cool stuff. all of these photos were taken during rehearsals, the brewery gig, and recording from this past week. the first pic above, is a silly multi-shot panoram comprised of snippets of about 6 photos. i was bored. i love iphones.
