Suspension Of: On Stage & In The Studio

Apologies…

electricdynamite — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:03 +0000

…to anyone who tries to follow this blog. It’s finals week and I’ve been extremely busy with school AND work combined.

As far as updates go, we have the master copies and everything is uploaded onto the MySpace. Now we’re just trying to get copies made so we can start handing them out. We received the artwork from Mike on Wednesday, and it’s pretty intense. The only obstacle we’re facing right now is the expense of required materials (blank cds, cases, printing the covers) and the fact I’m only just learning how to use the program which allows us to burn the cds in their original quality (rather than using iTunes or other typical burning program).

Also, yesterday I took my bass amp to the nearest Gallien-Krueger approved repair shop, so that should be fixed soon.

Almost there!

electricdynamite — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:11:59 +0000

A major milestone has been reached in our saga. Yesterday we did in fact meet up with Shawn to obtain a number of master and backup CDs with the album on them, along with the .mp3s which I have since uploaded onto the MySpace. I also fixed up the MySpace to look a little better than the standard profile.

In short, the new album is complete and is out in the open for the general public to listen to.

Go forth and listen!

Upcoming…

electricdynamite — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:43:46 +0000

Today we are going out to Shawn’s to get the final copy of the album. Other events on the agenda:

Getting the sound files from Shawn to upload onto the MySpace.
Creating a new MySpace layout to make it look cooler.
Obtaining the artwork so we can start working on a CD ideas.

I’m not sure if we’ll get the artwork today, but it’s one of the few things we have left to do. Also I have worked up a new page for the blog that will have the lyrics to all of the album’s songs. It’s ready to go, but there are two song names we have to finalize before I actually publish that.

New photos!

electricdynamite — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:47:04 +0000

We took a bunch of band photos this evening at a local junkyard. No, we were not trespassing; the junkyard is owned by Trent’s family. Anyway, Sara was good enough to take the pictures for us and you can see for yourself the results:

The rest of our pictures can be seen on our MySpace here.

If the above link doesn’t work, then click here to go directly to the band MySpace here.

New video.

electricdynamite — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:09:56 +0000

An older video of us practicing “Charge The Fields”, the last song on the album.

A couple of new videos.

electricdynamite — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:43:20 +0000

Actually, they’re somewhat old since they are from when we were recording drums back at the beginning. Just thought I would add them to give you all something different to watch.

Ted on his kit:

Trent, DJ, and I waiting in Shawn’s room while he and Ted work out a technical issue with one of the drum mics:

Mix, artwork.

electricdynamite — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:55:45 +0000

All four members of the band have finally heard the mix, and in agreement of it’s complete awesomeness. However, we’ve also discussed a few things that could be different and so one more test mix is needed. If that’s all it takes, then we will soon have a finished album.

Also, we have asked one of the artists from Your Mom’s Tattoo Attelier to come up with album artwork. Apparently he is almost finished, and we’re all excited to see what he’s done.

Album, first edition.

electricdynamite — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:15:00 +0000

Yesterday, while Ted was at work and DJ home for Easter weekend, Trentski and I went to Shawn’s studio and heard the first mix of the album. Shawn played the CD on a quality boom box in his spacious living room, which had better acoustics than the basement. Then he gave Trent and I four copies of the CD, one for each of us, so that we can listen to the album in our car stereos, computers, portable media players, and whatever other audio systems we can find in order to make sure the CD sounds as good as possible on everything. So far I’ve listened to the CD in my car and on my computer, and I have to say that I’m impressed with the sound of the recording (not that I was expecting otherwise), and I’m excited to hear the final version after a few slight changes are made.

At this point I want to get some of the new recordings uploaded onto the MySpace so everyone can finally hear for themselves, but I’d rather wait until the final product is ready. Patience!

2 photo galleries added.

electricdynamite — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:10:57 +0000

I have created two new photo collections for your viewing ease and pleasure. One has most of the pictures from the studio sessions, and the other has photos from the last show in February. Eventually I’ll add more, but this will do for now.

A better update.

electricdynamite — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:41:12 +0000

Yesterday we accomplished the following:

Trent added a new keyboard part over the end of “Headhunter.”
DJ, Ted, Trent and I recorded the group vocals for “Headhunter” and “Charge The Fields.”
Sara, who is Ted’s wife, came in later in the evening to record a short speaking part over the album’s intoduction.

If you’re wondering what group vocals consist of, it’s when a group of people shout lyrics in unison in order to emphasize the vocal line. For example, Finnish metal band Children of Bodom uses the technique often, and the results can be seen in this video about 2 minutes in:

A few pictures from yesterday’s session:

Trent at his keyboard.

Shawn at HIS keyboard.