BKB/SOF Pre Production part 1

Wow, no wonder why no one was commenting on the preproduction stuff for this record... it didn't get posted for some reason! Anyway, it's up now... and here's the second installment!

BKB:
We've secured our recording session. It's just that, a session. One session. Why? I don't know... but we're recording at Ex'pressions College in Emeryville, CA (a tad south of Berkeley) and it'll be a live take of all our songs. This includes some songs we haven't even played live before... aka "Bumper Stickers Make it Easier for Me to Judge You" and our untitled new song. We're going into it with about 30 people on the guest list and hopefully we'll come out with at least 4 songs that sound phenomenal. I mean... we've got 10 songs. Two of which we're hesitant about putting on the CD (Stranger Stages and Friend Like Family)... but we got another 8, and we don't suck live (at least, I would like to think so) so we're hoping for a good session!

Personally, I'd like these four songs on the CD:
Winner Tambo, Loser Schau, Can You Dance to Redemption?, and Swimming to Drown

However, that list changes between me and the mates every day. And we won't know what's going on the CD until we start listening to the tracks and rock, paper, scissoring our fucking lives away until we agree upon 4 songs.

This recording session will be on July 2nd. Meaning, if all goes well, then this CD should be out and about by the end of July if all the pieces fall into place.

PS if things don't work out here, we'll run back to Shedaluma and The Shed and throw some shit down and you'll love it.

PPS PopSmear wants us to record there. But their rates were $$$. Even with the deal. :(


SOF:

They've discussed two recording spots
Portrait Recording Studios - http://www.myspace.com/portraitrecordingstudios
Delicate Studios - http://www.myspace.com/baseballrockmusic

I believe Eddie said they're leaning more towards Delicate Studios... which is probably a more economical move since Portrait Recs does a lot of work for bigger bands so they are probably looking for bigger band prices. Delicate is decked out with a Digidesign rig, meaning they aren't analog'ing any recording. There isn't even an ADAT option at this place from what I can tell. Just some stacks of PT HD3's. Which... I have my gripe about... but industry standards are industry standards. You can't argue with the most used professional industry software of all time.

They're picking out four songs as well. I don't have a clue what they've been talking about, so that'll just be another day.

Until we meet again