Hey everyone, it has been a while so hello! I have been extremely busy recording but also working (any musician without a day job these days is a poor musician lol!)
After many all nighters and thousands of dollars, I am happy to say that “Whole Damn Nation” is nearly finished. Right now we are in the mastering stage where all the levels and equalization get evened out.
The last recording session was an all night one, just me and my guitar in a studio somewhere in North Surrey from 10pm to 7am. It was an awful night and here is why:
#1 To start the evening off, as I was about to get out of my car to load my equipment, a cyclist ran right into my door as I opened it. It was 9pm at night, very dark, and the guy was wearing no reflective gear. I checked my mirror as I always do before I open my door and all I saw was a couple of headlights from a truck, no cyclist. The guy lived and scraped himself up off the ground after taking off a part of my car door in the collision and rode off with barely a word. Great start to the evening.
#2 Once I got to the studio, I quickly realized that a lot of the wiring was not what I needed it to be. Cables out of phase, snake inputs dead, various things meant to snafu the proceedings. I eventually got to actually playing music at nearly 2am, right when my brain was screaming, “Sleeeeeeeeeeep!”
#3 I had been in editing mode for so long without getting to practice, my hands were not ready to record the demanding piece of music that evening. I got it done in about triple the time it should have taken for that reason.
#4 There were no second chances, hundreds of dollars were on the line so I HAD to finish or else.
#5 Rush hour traffic at 7:00am sucks from Surrey to North Vancouver.
#6 All the coffee I ingested (thanks John) prevented me from getting any sleep so I went to work as is, staying up for nearly 40 hours. It was definitely a first time experience that I hope not to repeat.
Anyway, all whining aside, I am really looking forward to getting back out to play some shows for y’all and I hope you take a few minutes to check it out when it comes out.
Thanks for reading and hopefully I can get back in the pocket on this blog stuff.
Till next week!
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