I am finally moving in direction towards the new record that I’ve been talking about for a while now. I’ve got the electric guitars in the bag for the first two tracks (for the most part), and now I’ve got two new tracks to work on. There had been some distractions for a while, but I think that I’ve actually got things sorted now and I’m back on track to produce something that is going to hopefully be unique in today’s less-than-unique metal scene. Not super “new”, necessarily, but a new approach to familiar things. A blending of the music I love into something great.
I have yet to decide on a lyrical theme. Before I wrote the fourth track, I was pretty sure that I had one down, but now I’m not so sure. It makes the whole planning process a bit of a pain in the ass, but again, it’ll sort itself out. The recording process itself has been pretty fun for the most part. One major thing has been that I’m trying to keep things more raw. A lot of the reviewing and music listening that I’ve been doing has made me realize just how over-the-top the industry is with production right now. And while I like *clear* production I also like bands that sound like they went into the studio and played their instruments. In this case I’m trying to do most everything in one or two takes in order to have a more raw approach and I think it’s going to work out for me, but I guess you’ll be the judges of that in the long run.
Also, it’s not certain yet, but it looks like I’ve got someone else to play bass on this record. I think that this is a major development because bass is a completely underrated instrument in its importance. I love bands with good bass, think Steve Digiorgio or Martin Mendez or Jeroen Paul Thessling. Having a great bass approach on this music will definitely help carve its own sound, as well helping to pin up what I consider to be one of the weakest aspects of my own music—a lack of fretless bass.
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I am finally moving in direction towards the new record that I’ve been talking about for a while now. I’ve got the electric guitars in the bag for the first two tracks (for the most part), and now I’ve got two new tracks to work on. There had been some distractions for a while, but I think that I’ve actually got things sorted now and I’m back on track to produce something that is going to hopefully be unique in today’s less-than-unique metal scene. Not super “new”, necessarily, but a new approach to familiar things. A blending of the music I love into something great.
I have yet to decide on a lyrical theme. Before I wrote the fourth track, I was pretty sure that I had one down, but now I’m not so sure. It makes the whole planning process a bit of a pain in the ass, but again, it’ll sort itself out. The recording process itself has been pretty fun for the most part. One major thing has been that I’m trying to keep things more raw. A lot of the reviewing and music listening that I’ve been doing has made me realize just how over-the-top the industry is with production right now. And while I like *clear* production I also like bands that sound like they went into the studio and played their instruments. In this case I’m trying to do most everything in one or two takes in order to have a more raw approach and I think it’s going to work out for me, but I guess you’ll be the judges of that in the long run.
Also, it’s not certain yet, but it looks like I’ve got someone else to play bass on this record. I think that this is a major development because bass is a completely underrated instrument in its importance. I love bands with good bass, think Steve Digiorgio or Martin Mendez or Jeroen Paul Thessling. Having a great bass approach on this music will definitely help carve its own sound, as well helping to pin up what I consider to be one of the weakest aspects of my own music—a lack of fretless bass.