What's it Worth?

Last night, progress was made.

A few nights ago while waiting for Touchnice to show up for practice I decided to record some vocals that I wrote earlier that day on the bus. The beat was something I made a while back, planned on using as an interlude and had Elliot of Tyborn Jig come in and play some guitars on it. I decided the vocals fit decently to the track so I recorded them quickly. They turned out quite well but the song still seemed kind of flat. On and off for about a month we have been tinkering with the mic placement on the live drums. Last night we had sort of a breakthrough, and I brought up the track I sort of recorded to see what David could do. It turned out really well, added the element to the beat that the song was missing.

Another one in the chamber.

Last night Elliot Imes of Tyborn Jig was nice enough to stop by and lay down a few more guitar tracks for the album. He has been a part of almost every song so far, and has really added a dimension that was missing in previous works. Our approach is pretty basic, as I just record while elliot plays for about 3 minutes. I then will go back and reconstruct what he has done, a lot like sampling from a record, but without having to eq out drums and bass. So far everything he has done has pretty much fallen right into place with the album, and I am excited he is a part of the process right now.

I have never done much live instrumentation within my music, a lot of that has been limited by the spaces in which I have been working in. Now having a home outside of home with no set hours for noise pollution, I have found some freedom to do so. From live drums to the ESQ-1 and collaborating with other artists, I am enjoying the process more and more. Which only speeds up the progress....

maybe 15%...