Fundamental Elements

in the studio (3.6.2008)

fundamental elements March 6th, 2008
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Day #4…Everybody Love Everybody.

• 9:33am We’ve had our morning coffee and it’s back to making music sweet music. Thanks for everyone who stopped by yesterday. It was our most visited blog day ever.
• 9:55am We’re working on another brand new tune, “Straight Fallin.” Joe and Russ have been tweaking the vocal parts for the bridge and final chorus of the tune and now Russ is getting ready to drop the video from Day 3 on the computer to prep it for posting. Dustin is listening to “Love Me Sexy,” Mark is “IM-ing” with Mark Oates, and Luke and Stephen are finishing up some sweet drum loops. So the circle is complete, we’ve been able to interact with all the former FE members during the making of this record. Glad we’re not a band of drama queens or that would be awkward. We’re all still friends, but that means our VH1 Behind the Music will be lame and boring. Maybe we should start doing LSD or something…
• 11:40am The full band has been throwing down just over an hour, getting Luke’s drums tracks rockin’. Stephen just announced that he’s very excited to take us to a new place for lunch. In addition to being a great producer, Stephen knows all the best spots in Nashville to get some great grub. He never disappoints.
• 12:21pm We’re back to the fabulous task of comping drums. Still not exciting. Russ is editing video from yesterday. You should get to see the process of putting together a song in the video. It should be up soon.
• 12:43pm Lunch break. Time to call the ladies.
• 2:04pm Back from lunch. We ate at Hot Diggity Dogs, and incredible Chicago-style hot dog joint downtown. Now for some video coverage from yesterday. Today FE shows you start-to-finish (well, almost finish) the process of tracking a song in the studio. Enjoy…

• 4:45pm All of us are trying to wake up from our “hot dog comas” as Stephen calls it. We are still working on the song “Straight Fallin”. Its a really soulful 6/8 tune and its coming together nicely. Bass parts are done and now Joe has changed roles from web-designer to guitar player. Mad props to our producer Stephen, its been a long week for all of us but he’s the guy that doesn’t get a break. I think his brains are slowly melting from staring at the computer screen for so long.
• 6:25pm Speed bump! We’re taking a break after some failed attempts at getting guitar tracks down. Ah, well.
• 6:49pm Super speed-bump. We thought it was going to be a good idea to switch from guitar to vocals of the song from yesterday, but now we’re re-writing the lyrics to the first verse. Look for the new album to come out in October :)
• 8:27pm Lyrics: written. Vocals: sung. Food: eaten. Vocal comps: in progress (mmm…progress…what a nice word).
• 8:59pm While we’ve been working on the record, Dustin’s wife has been at home dealing with sewer problems (yuck). Thinking about the mess at their house made Mark remember this classic movie clip.
• 10:23pm The first rough mix of “Comfortable” (the song we were working on yesterday) is thumping in the room. Heads are bobbing. Faces are smiling. Everybody love everybody.