Considering tha last recordin session that ah took part in (otha then some solo stuffs in my bedroom) was tha Mysterious Odors – Dead Homies Don’t Drink Sparks session in April of 2005, I can safely say that it has been a DAMN long time since ah recorded anything. This isn’t necessarily a bad thang, b.c ah pretty much hate recording, but ah think it speaks to how hard it is ta git shit done/play in a band/etc. when you are moving around all tha time (especially if yer stop-ovah includes livin in NoVA).
Howevah, Wee the Band had been planning on recording as soon as possible (meaning, once they replaced their old shitty bass playah n gawt tha new one up ta speed), n that time has come. We spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Studio 401 in Bernal Heights laying down rhythm tracks fer tha upcomin album. Tha location was great, as it was literally half a mile up tha street from my house, n tha settin was pretty relaxed. All in all, tha session went about as good as ah could’ve expected – altho we only gawt through 6 songs (n ah was really hopin fer 7).
Severe in tha studio!
Like ah said, it went about as good as ah could’ve hoped fer – tha stuff sounds good, tha musick is in time, ah love about 95% of my bass lines, n ah feel comfortable that aftah its all mixed n done, we are gaein ta have a solid first album. N it really feels like a first album – tha tunes we did are tha least ambitious, tha easiest ta listen ta, n tha most borin (in a mostly-good way). It also gave us an opportunity ta see how we werk togetha in tha studio, which again, was pretty good fer tha most part.
Andy(engineer), Sean, and Jamie (left to right)
It also means ah don’t hafta play those gawdamn fawkin songs anymore fer at least a couple weeks which is awesome. Time fer tha singahs ta dae some werk fer once!
Also, this picture doesn’t capture it very well, but Dan (drums) on tha left reminds me of Dave Smooth (they have similar mannerisms as well sometimes).
Glass of Wine
Then ah gawt back ta werk on Monday n everythang was crazy, n skipped yoga tonite cuz ah don’t like tha teacher. But – ah might be gaein fer 30 classes in 30 days startin on Thursday (altho ah doubt ahll actually be able ta accomplish that, but 20 in 30 would still be pretty awesome!)