One Last Time?

I hate to even say it because that means it won't come true, but it appears we'll need just one last session before we can start mixing this record??? Shawn and I were in on Saturday spitting out some harmonies. We figure we'll need just one more session to finish off all the necessary bits before we start mixing. Of course, mixing is when the real fun begins but it too takes a little time.

We're so pumped about this record, it's been a long arduous process but we know the results will justify the distress. Sometimes I think we're the second coming of The Cure with our exasperating recording process and fragile psyches. But hey, it's all part of being in a band and loving what you do, right? Fuck yeh!

and so it continues...

What The F**K???

Ok, so we know already that we don't do things the easy way. Such is life in TAE world. As Shawn so painfully puts it, making an album for us is a musical root canal. But, somehow it's joyously painful! Matt's been away on assignment somewhere, not exactly sure where, but once he returns this week, we will finally get this disc done! PISS!!

Just spent the evening with our manager going over the details for the album's release. Fun stuff talking about how to make us a household name. We just want people to hear our music and play as much as possible really. However, we've been getting tons of mail for Me Against the World since it appeared on Degrassi (view here). It Rocks! You can also watch an unofficial video here.

be back soon...

Almost There!

So we're getting very close to finishing this disc. We're just putting the final pieces together so we're looking at an August release for Escape Plan. Matt's been building some amazing loops and believe me this record is going to sound sick!

This isn't the same TAE you heard on Antisocial Disorder.

be back soon...

Bit by Bit

Chippin’ away bit by bit. As is our tendency, we’re behind schedule. Things happen, distractions occur; life goes on outside the walls of the music house. We’re getting there though. There is light at the end of the tunnel…hopefully, it’s not a train!

Did the vocals for Changing on Monday, which I think went pretty well. Neither Shawn nor I can figure out exactly how to produce this track, but we’re confident that Matt is going to make it all come together.

I only have to track the vocal for Honeymoon and then I will be done all the leads. Matt and I will work on the harmonies next week. Jay still has some bass parts to finish leaving only the electronics to complete. Still a lot of work ahead but we have a definitive deadline of July 19…which we hope is real time and not TAE time.

and so it continues...

Much of Nothing

Too much!
Too much everything
Too much everything everywhere
So easily distracted
Distracted by a voice
Distracted by a view
Dis-tracked by the wind
Distracted by a thought
Thinking too much
Thinking about nothing much
Still thinking
Shut off the lights
Shut off the thoughts
Shut out the world
Shoot out my brains
The drip of a melting sun
Oozing onto the cement
Concrete abstractions
‘Cemental’ illusions
Ghosts from the future
Living in the past
Here and now
Here and how
Hear it now
Do the Gods know everything?
Do they know everything I know?
Do they have secrets?
Who would they tell?
Who would listen anyway?
We’re too busy doing too much of nothing.

Gone Fishing....

So Matt's trying to land the big one! He's off fishing somewhere in the lost woods of Saskatchewan, which means we have a little time this week to take care of some other important things like the album cover and a photo shoot. Our brother in arms Andy L did us the honour of snapping some pics for the album. He is also the man behind all the shots you see here on the blog.

After much consideration, we’ve unanimously decided on an image for the cover, now we just need to see how much it’s going to cost us to use it. There’s always a catch…but it’s never a fish.

So upon Matt’s return we’ll be back in the studio finishing up vocals and then it will be time to mix. We can’t begin to tell you just how jacked we are to start mixing this thing. I’m sure it’s going to be almost as thrilling as losing our virginity…and for some of us, even more so! It’s been a complicated journey over the course of the past year + and the completion of this record will be an exorcism of epic proportions.

and so it continues….

Lighting In A Bottle...My Ass!

Further proof that it is indeed impossible to catch lightning in a bottle, twice! Last night was a hit and miss experiement. Captured a great vocal for My First Robot, which was a relief because we had done some serious tweeking to this song. However, I was not so lucky with The Lost Art of Breathing.

Remember back during pre-pro, when we said this song was the thorn in our side? So, like an ugly cold-sore, just when you think it's gone up pops another one. Everything is there, the groove is kick-ass and the guitar bits are sic, but together, it's just not meshing. There's still a lot to add, with keys and loops, but something seems wrong in the chorus? I think my performance was solid, but I didn't like the style in which I delivered it. So we're going to come back to it later in the week and approach it from a different angle.

In the meantime, i'm looking for rabbits again, hopefully not dead ones!

and so it continues....