YAYAYAYAYAYAAYY!!!
March 3rd, 2005.
"Just wanted to let everyone know that recording has been going extremely well. we have been rehearsing and making final arrangement changes to the songs before we start actually tracking on Monday, We will be tracking all of the basic tracks live together as a seven piece band in one room, then we will make a few minor overdubs on top of that, but for the most part what you hear is what it will sound like live. We are doing all recording on two inch analog tape. Overall we are extremely pleased at how all of the songs have taken shape since the demos we tracked in New York last fall, The songs now finally all seem like they have all of the atmospheric elements and ear candy they need. We also wrote one new song together as a band, John and I have been collecting so many crazy effects pedals, amps and guitars in this last couple years so I figured I would give you a list of a few of our favorite toys that we have been using recently.. Guitars: Fender 52' Telecaster re-issue. as well as my Fender Jaguar, Pedals: I have too many to mention, after I saw Do Make Say Think play I pretty much realized you can never have to many pedals, I mean seriously their guitarists had so many incredible effects, probably forty or more each, alot of which seemed to be hand made or modifed, I am not that crafty but I have accquired a good handful of around thirty or more effects that I have been varying with from song to song, This combined with the cello parts and synth parts really adds the extra atmospheric and somewhat orchestral elements that these songs require. I prefer alot of the old Electro-Harmonix pedals, also Moog makes some awesome pedals with some crazy sounds, John has been using an old Vox AC-30 amplifier that he puchased recently, we also have a ton of old vintage Fender amps and I recently purchased a Matchless Cheiftan... You should check out guitargeek.com, you can seriously type any name of almost any artist you can think of and it will show you fairly acurate diagrams of all the gear that they use, pretty great. I want to mention that working with Nick has been nothing more than a pleasure, as well as everyone else here at the house. It is great to be surrounded such great people we consider our friends and equals, It is such a peaceful enviroment to create in, I wish that you all could experience it first hand. It feels so truly amazing to wake up in the morning in such a dark, beautiful, vibey old house, There is a great courtyard in the back with several very large old trees, There are skylights in the studio and the weather has been fairly mild and rainy every day setting the perfect mood, I cannot express how much this beats the hectic and stressful experience of working in a typical studio. Our friend Kevin Scanlon came by and documented a day of our life and rehearsals here, I plan to post those photos hopefully by next week. overall I am just very excited for the first time in a long time, I really cannot express how it feels to you all to be able to actually for once be in a situation where there is such a chemistry between several people creating music, I have never felt like we have created something so from the heart and something that sits right alongside the art and music I respect and admire. I wish you all the best and I will talk to you again soon as the days go on.. Next time I plan to talk about a few of the song titles as well as some of the theme and lyrical content behind the story of the record, we may eventually post some samples of a couple of the demos as well. keep checking back, This site will hopefully be redesigned soon. Cheers. see you soon. THE REST OF THIS POST IS FROM FEBRUARY 22ND. Hello all, it's been a while so let me bring you up to speed. First off, we officially begin recording our forthcoming record "Welcome The Night" starting next week. Producing the record will be a fine lad from the U.K. named Nick Launay, he produced the latest Nick Cave record as well as records by (P.I.L., Midnight Oil, The Posies, Gang Of Four... Etc) we will be living and recording for two months at an old haunted looking house north of Los Angeles that used to belong to the deceased drummer of Toto. We plan to record approximately around fifteen songs. We are now officially a seven piece band adding Bob Hoag of the Tempe, AZ band The Go Reflex on Fender Rhodes/Mellotron/Piano...etc. Angus Cooke of Bad Astronaut and owner of Orange Whip studios in Santa Barbara, CA on Cello and a third guitarist as well. The new album is a concept album based in three acts, centering around a re-occuring dream I have had since I was a small child, as well as man's obsession with loss, hope and redemption. As I have previously stated the music is somewhat similar to Kent, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Doves, My Bloody Valentine... etc., Atmospheric, kinda moody rainy day music if you will, "Welcome the night" will likely be released in late summer with a world tour surrounding the release. We are very excited to be creating music again and even more importantly to feel that we are creating a record that we feel sits alongside the music and art that truly inspires us. On a side note I just finished a phone interview with a extremely nice indivdual named Chris Capulet at a cool little indie-rock radio station in Ithaca, New York called WICB, We talked a bit about the upcoming record as well as detailed explanations behind the meanings of alot of our previous material, You can listen to it online at www.wicb.org February 22nd from 10pm-12am eastern time. If someone would like to archive it and post it on the board for those who don't get a chance to listen to it, that would be very kind of you. P.S. Lucero is on tour right now, go see them. Let me see... anything else??? oh yeah, my friend Jason brought up a good point yesterday... How the hell did Stevie Wonder get named to be a witness in the Michael Jackson trial?!? Hello??? anyways, that's probably all for now, the conversation has obviously disapated. Talk to you all again soon. sincerely your friend, Kris Roe "
"Just wanted to let everyone know that recording has been going extremely well. we have been rehearsing and making final arrangement changes to the songs before we start actually tracking on Monday, We will be tracking all of the basic tracks live together as a seven piece band in one room, then we will make a few minor overdubs on top of that, but for the most part what you hear is what it will sound like live. We are doing all recording on two inch analog tape. Overall we are extremely pleased at how all of the songs have taken shape since the demos we tracked in New York last fall, The songs now finally all seem like they have all of the atmospheric elements and ear candy they need. We also wrote one new song together as a band, John and I have been collecting so many crazy effects pedals, amps and guitars in this last couple years so I figured I would give you a list of a few of our favorite toys that we have been using recently.. Guitars: Fender 52' Telecaster re-issue. as well as my Fender Jaguar, Pedals: I have too many to mention, after I saw Do Make Say Think play I pretty much realized you can never have to many pedals, I mean seriously their guitarists had so many incredible effects, probably forty or more each, alot of which seemed to be hand made or modifed, I am not that crafty but I have accquired a good handful of around thirty or more effects that I have been varying with from song to song, This combined with the cello parts and synth parts really adds the extra atmospheric and somewhat orchestral elements that these songs require. I prefer alot of the old Electro-Harmonix pedals, also Moog makes some awesome pedals with some crazy sounds, John has been using an old Vox AC-30 amplifier that he puchased recently, we also have a ton of old vintage Fender amps and I recently purchased a Matchless Cheiftan... You should check out guitargeek.com, you can seriously type any name of almost any artist you can think of and it will show you fairly acurate diagrams of all the gear that they use, pretty great. I want to mention that working with Nick has been nothing more than a pleasure, as well as everyone else here at the house. It is great to be surrounded such great people we consider our friends and equals, It is such a peaceful enviroment to create in, I wish that you all could experience it first hand. It feels so truly amazing to wake up in the morning in such a dark, beautiful, vibey old house, There is a great courtyard in the back with several very large old trees, There are skylights in the studio and the weather has been fairly mild and rainy every day setting the perfect mood, I cannot express how much this beats the hectic and stressful experience of working in a typical studio. Our friend Kevin Scanlon came by and documented a day of our life and rehearsals here, I plan to post those photos hopefully by next week. overall I am just very excited for the first time in a long time, I really cannot express how it feels to you all to be able to actually for once be in a situation where there is such a chemistry between several people creating music, I have never felt like we have created something so from the heart and something that sits right alongside the art and music I respect and admire. I wish you all the best and I will talk to you again soon as the days go on.. Next time I plan to talk about a few of the song titles as well as some of the theme and lyrical content behind the story of the record, we may eventually post some samples of a couple of the demos as well. keep checking back, This site will hopefully be redesigned soon. Cheers. see you soon. THE REST OF THIS POST IS FROM FEBRUARY 22ND. Hello all, it's been a while so let me bring you up to speed. First off, we officially begin recording our forthcoming record "Welcome The Night" starting next week. Producing the record will be a fine lad from the U.K. named Nick Launay, he produced the latest Nick Cave record as well as records by (P.I.L., Midnight Oil, The Posies, Gang Of Four... Etc) we will be living and recording for two months at an old haunted looking house north of Los Angeles that used to belong to the deceased drummer of Toto. We plan to record approximately around fifteen songs. We are now officially a seven piece band adding Bob Hoag of the Tempe, AZ band The Go Reflex on Fender Rhodes/Mellotron/Piano...etc. Angus Cooke of Bad Astronaut and owner of Orange Whip studios in Santa Barbara, CA on Cello and a third guitarist as well. The new album is a concept album based in three acts, centering around a re-occuring dream I have had since I was a small child, as well as man's obsession with loss, hope and redemption. As I have previously stated the music is somewhat similar to Kent, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Doves, My Bloody Valentine... etc., Atmospheric, kinda moody rainy day music if you will, "Welcome the night" will likely be released in late summer with a world tour surrounding the release. We are very excited to be creating music again and even more importantly to feel that we are creating a record that we feel sits alongside the music and art that truly inspires us. On a side note I just finished a phone interview with a extremely nice indivdual named Chris Capulet at a cool little indie-rock radio station in Ithaca, New York called WICB, We talked a bit about the upcoming record as well as detailed explanations behind the meanings of alot of our previous material, You can listen to it online at www.wicb.org February 22nd from 10pm-12am eastern time. If someone would like to archive it and post it on the board for those who don't get a chance to listen to it, that would be very kind of you. P.S. Lucero is on tour right now, go see them. Let me see... anything else??? oh yeah, my friend Jason brought up a good point yesterday... How the hell did Stevie Wonder get named to be a witness in the Michael Jackson trial?!? Hello??? anyways, that's probably all for now, the conversation has obviously disapated. Talk to you all again soon. sincerely your friend, Kris Roe "