The response to Peasant Song has been tremendous! By that, I mean it’s been pretty good. By that, I mean we are still awaiting some criticism.
As always, thank you for listening. We’ve decided that creating enjoyable music is simply not enough. Not nearly enough. We’ve set our sights even higher; creating weekly blogs! Yes, EVERY week we will share our progress with you, as our new album comes closer to fruition.
This week, it is John’s turn to blog. I’ll never refer to myself in the third person again. Promise.
BIG NEWS: Every song that will go on the new record is written! There is no need to write more songs, because we’ve finally got the biggest pile of new music (it’s the biggest). Now we are working to refine said pile of music and record the rest of it.
Because the drums are the first thing we put to tape (or hard drive, as it were), we’re using our band practices to zoom-in on the drum parts. We solidify the arrangement, demo the song, then listen back, so that we can say things like:
“Play open hi-hat instead of riding a crash cymbal.”
“The melody needs more interaction from the bass drum.”
“Learn how to play.”
“That fill rules! Fucking remember that!”
or, my favorite, “Start over.” (this really is my favorite).
What a supremely rewarding process!
More to come next week.
From my throne in the cabin,
John
