Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Recording "Spooky"

We've had three sessions so far for the recording of our four song e.p. "Spooky." We've basically laid out the entire record and it's just a matter of tweaking and perfecting the thing. We're recording with wizard Brian Malvey (of Art Of Walking) who is also recording our good friend(s) Safe Travels. The recording process is really awesome. Brian's "studio" is his bedroom, so we haven't strayed too far from our bedroom recording roots, only instead of a hand recorder and/or a bootlegged, outdated version of recording software I don't know how to use, we have Brian and Logic, a grand piano sized midi keyboard, an almost-soundproof vocal booth, and a ton of other toys to add in here and there. The experience has been great and the results so far are incredible.
As a test listen, we brought the e.p. to our friend Sarah's house, which is, by all means, haunted. We turned out all the lights, lit a circle of candles in the style of a seance, and gave it a listen. If/when we have our release party, we'd really like to have an intimate listening party in the same manner.