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Evolution of a Song :: The Tide
So, having done the first two songs of our record in order, I wanted to jump around a bit and make some commentary about the last song on the record, called The Tide. In the past, I’ve been breaking up the technical evolution and the emotional, artistic commentary, but in this case, I find it hard [...]
Evolution of a Song :: The Tempest
This is the story of the one that almost got away, but then turned out to be one of the biggest catches of the day. You can blame the bass for this one. (Get it? Bass Guitar? Bass fishing? Huh? Funny, right? No? Moving on.) So, I play [...]
Evolution of a Song :: Signal Chain
For quite a while now, I’ve been sitting on an idea to unpack each of the 14 tracks on our upcoming record. I’m going to do each song in two parts, one chronicling the sonic evolution from demo to studio to mix to master, the 2nd from the perspective of talking about lyrics, moods, [...]
Free iPhone Ringtones
Come and get em while they’re hot! Just right click and “Save As,” load ‘em into iTunes, and start getting some of that Dailies love every time someone punches your digits. The first is the opening piano riff for one of our favorite tunes from the last record, Wake Us. wake-us-ringtone The next two are [...]
Vocal Week – Day 4b : Signal Chain
Ok, so I mentioned that Erica rocked this song earlier today, and here’s our evidence. I love this song. I think I mentioned that before. There’s something that just does it for me on this one. Perhaps it was because it was written in one sitting with no revisions, perhaps because [...]
Vocal Week – Day 3b : Now What?
Rock and Roll. Pausing periodically to cough, Erica channeled her inner Gwen and put some pretty stanky rock vocals down on a song called Now What this hot afternoon. It’s a tune that was written first in the process where I was trying to write a new song every three days. The lyric and [...]
Vocal Week – Day 2c : A Sovereign Nation Sleeps Beside Me
As promised, some more audio. All the same caveats apply as last time. Yes, you’ll hear some FX – reverb and such. I cannot stress enough as to how much more this piece will come into focus when the mix is done. This might be interesting to some of you. Here is [...]
Vocal Week – Day 1c : Love Brought You Here Bounce
A complete lead vocal has been completed for Kiss Us Goodbye. Kiss Us Goodbye, if you remember, is the song for which Mike’s Science Project was created. It’s been going well today. It’s hot here in SoCal, and the air conditioning units are right outside our studio walls, so no air when we’re tracking [...]
Mike’s Science Project
So, we’re working on a song called Kiss Us Goodbye. It’s a sad and sweet little ditty. It’s a song about wanting to be let go, but not wanting to hurt the other person, or in this case… people. There are plenty of harsh and angry goodbye songs. This one is [...]
New Music From The Dailies — All In
Hey all. Well, tracking week approaches quickly, and we’re feeling our collective pulse rising. I liken the studio experience to like being in the womb. It’s a place where nothing from the outside world is allowed. Our kids will be gone, other work will be suspended. Emails will go unanswered. [...]