7pm – and everything’s in! We had one more day in a studio (a newly built one that was not even finished yet): we’ve recorded some addtional guitars, some bits of harmony vocals for three songs, among them Anger Bob and Identity, and the bass guitar for The Rain in Certain Car Parks. So we’re […]

Until yesterday we’ve been through six of ten songs for a first edit. That means, Dave did a rough mix to see where the feel of the song leads and then comes up with fantastic ear candy ideas (see previous post). I’m so excited to see the songs blossom the way the do, how even […]

Monday and Tuesday were mainly used for editing the drum recordings in Dave’s home studio: choosing the best takes and making them sound even better than they did already. After that the more creative part for Dave and me started: adding bits and pieces to the songs to make the sound grand, to liven it […]

After almost three months of on-and-off preparations and organisation I finally met Dave in person. In his home studio we talked the upcoming recording weekend through and we dropped another song from the shortlist. It was a song I very much like but Dave felt it didn’t fit in with the other songs and that […]