Fundamental Elements

in the studio (3.4.2008)

fundamental elements March 4th, 2008
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Thanks for everyone who stopped by to check out what we were up to yesterday. We’ll be back at it again today.

• 9:39am It’s morning. We don’t hit the studio today until noon, so we’re all sitting around listening back to the rough mix of the song we finished yesterday. It’s still good.
• 12:43pm We’ve had some Chick-Fil-A, drank some coffee, and we’re back in the studio. But before we can start tracking Luke and Stephen are comparing yo-yo skills.
• 1:23pm We just watched the video footage from yesterday. We laughed a lot and hope you will too. Mark is learning how to update this blog so he can do something productive while everyone else records.
• 2:10pm We are working on some piano tracks for what will become the last track on the album. Joe is working on our sweet new website. Mark learned how to use this site. Stephen quit and Dustin is now editing. Joe and Mark are having light saber wars with their laptops using macsaber. FE alumni Simon Gugala has joined us in the studio since the last update. Its good to hang out with old friends.
• 3:12pm We decided to add some guitar to this track (which was originally going to be piano & vocals only), so Joe is throwing down on the nylon strings.
• 4:07pm Russ is laying vocals down on the bonus track, singing the wrong lyrics. Luke has successfully migrated from stephen’s right side to the back in a span of 4 hours, that’s about as exciting as it gets for me. The yo-yo is calling my name again I think.
• 5:36pm We’re back in vocal comping mode (aka “nap mode”). Russ is getting ready to throw some quick (we hope) background vocals down. I think Luke has just fallen into a comma.
• 6:18pm Song’s done. Luke’s awake. We’re hungry. Dinner. Now.
• 7:37pm Mmm…Greek food. It’s back to work for us. More vocals, but this time on the song “That Girl”. After two days of ballads, hearing something with a faster tempo is a welcomed change.
• 8:06pm Classic in-studio interaction just happened. It started with Stephen laughing about the way that Dustin used a cost/value analysis of Sonic’s dessert menu to decide on ordering a large shake. It ended with Stephen doing a “large shake” of his butt in Dustin’s face. You can imagine the rest.
• 9:03pm Remember when I mentioned a confession cam yesterday? Enjoy.

• 10:07pm Russ is done with that girl, Joe wakes up from his daze and heads in for some backing vocals. Russ passes out in a lounge chair.
• 10:29pm Joe nailed the BGV’s and Stephen is finalizing the vocal editing. Sounds great. Mark is complaining that he hasn’t done anything all day. Well, he hasn’t.
• 11:11pm We laid down some additional vocal tracks to “That Girl,” and are officially calling it quits for the night.  We are exhausted, our ears and brains hurt, and we have another long day tomorrow.  As we listen to a rough mix of “That Girl,” Mark is leading the discussion on what the lyrics will be changed to when Weird Al gets his hands on it and performs it as “Fat Girl.”  Brilliant.  See you tomorrow…