First Reason Drum Track Sequenced!

Dang! This stuff is fun! It's really late, and I am sitting up playing on the computer. What else could I be doing at this hour? Not sleeping. So, I finished drums for "My Savior". It's all sequenced out and arranged, just needs to have levels tweaked, possibly some EQing...but other than that done. Now I will work on putting it online for Todd to check out. Next step, taking already completed drum stuff and moving it into the sequencer...YIKES!

Tracing Mason met this evening. It went suprisingly well. For some reason, I have been on this kick where I am not too pumped about TM. Could be the lack of gigging...promises of a demo to be released and yet nothing done...or even the problems of Wesley surrounding the band. Whatever the case, that all seemed non-existant this evening. We listended to the un-mixed, bass-less, version of the demo. Good stuff! I am suprised and shocked. I expected the most embarrasing drum tracks, and it all seemed to fit for the most part. Would I do it over again, yes. I am a perfectionist when it comes to recording, as I should be. Playing to a click would have been preferable. Oh well, it's said and done...it turned out alright.

TM worked on some new songs. "Nashville Tonight", "Fish", and another one I am not sure of the title. I used a percussion setup (djembe, 2 crashes, and a shaker). I am really starting to enjoy that setup because I can ride the crashes with a brush and play the djembe at the same time, almost emulating a drumkit. COOL! We are going to record some acoustic stuff next week to send to A&M....where we have a gig in September. It's a "Welcome Back" Bash for the A&M Wesley.

One note, drums came in. They are assembled, after two long hours. They need to be tuned and then they are ready to go. I am very glad and blessed to have them. Tomorrow is Hearts Afire practice and I am EXTREMELY excited. I have some ideas to make the team more flexible and allow for us to really work together. Until tomorrow...