Session IX: Progress… Aint It Grand?

I’ve put in about 7 hours over the past two days and I really knocked some shit out.  I managed to solidify the track list for the album and lay down all of the rhythm guitar tracks (8 songs).  I’m REALLY happy with how they came out.  There is a bit of background noise at times because of the fact that the MARTA train runs through my backyard and there is never ending construction and yard work outside of my window.  I actually think it’s pretty cool though.  Kinda reminds me of Led Zeppelin and how you can hear the phone ringing in the background.  Anyways, I was really happy with how the tracks turned out and I’m excited about finally moving forward with it.

The hard part of the recording process will be getting vocals for each track.  This is where I struggle because it’s so hard to capture that element sometimes.  On the last CD, half the album’s vocal tracks were cut while I was whacked out on flu meds and I nailed it.  This time I’m going to try hard and get into the vibe of the songs and nail them.  I know it’ll be challenging but I’m gonna work hard on them.  I’m super happy and proud of the songs that will be on this one and I really hope to capture the mood and feeling of each of them.

So with rhythm guitar tracks done, now it’s on to bass tracks.  I was going to attempt vocals but I’m feeling very motivated to keep moving on the instrumentation.  I will start with rough scratch tracks just to get the sound/mix right and then I will start recording them.  Here we go!