A. Lenarsky Sessions: Day 4

Tambo, A. Lizzy (it's definitely shorter than Ariana Lenarsky), and myself decided that it'd be a good idea to set a due date for this project when we last met. We said June 22nd. We'd be lucky to finish this thing by June. That includes the recent exclusion of the song Sneaky Vegetables.

Oh yeah, before I continue...
Turns out, that Audio Technica mic we were using for some guitar tracks that I couldn't figure out was actually an MXL mic. A 603S to be specific. This mic is very very similar to my AT PRO24, except this is a higher quality cond. mic. Great for high attacking tones from brighter instruments!

We worked on two songs Saturday, Moon Lullaby and Nonsense. I think we worked on Nonsense... I'm not very good with names. Ask Shahin Shane Sultin Abdaaq Maaqmaar Kalantari.

We were very focused on getting all rhythm tracks done with. That mostly meant percussion. Actually, I think it was only percussion. For Nonsense, Tambo brought out most of all the percussions, covering everything from hand claps to fistfuls of shakers and a tambourine under his foot at the same time. The only thing I helped add to that track was the verse and outro percussions, which was nothing more than hand claps and tambourine hits on every three-beat. However, the Beatles-esque hand clap outro was my idea as well... and I always love that for an outro if possible.

For Moon Lullaby, Tambo again brought some beast of a percussion to the table, almost giving off this very hard rock almost Mars Volta-y percussion layer to it, using this stupid wood block instrument thing we've always had trouble using, as well as a fistful of a shakers, a djembe, and finger cymbals. I had the lovely task of lap snare and tambourine. We've had our sights on this song for awhile, and A Lizzy said this would be a "production masterpiece". So far, we're very happy with both tracks on the percussion side, so it might be headed in that direction.

Next week, One Fish Two Fish hopefully...