In the Studio
I wont tell you how many years but lets just say it's been a while since the day I brought home my first bass guitar. I had no idea how to play it and no idea that it would become such a defining part of the man I would grow to be. Every "dude" with a instrument, driving their parents crazy in the garage (I've had the cops show up to my rehearsals plenty of times) dreams of being "signed". It felt a little different than I always pictured. There were no bottles of champagne, no one showed up to work the next day wasted and faxed pics of their ass to corporate and we didn't smash any of our equipment. Instead, it just felt like a step in a long journey, like it was supposed to happen.Little Brother Project signed a contract last week with Houston based Second Floor Records and we are very excited. We have been expecting this move for a while and have been working out details of our deal. Both sides of the table are very happy with what was decided and looking forward to a great and long lasting relationship.
They put us to work right away and we started recording for our second album on Saturday the 22nd at Clark's Recording Studio downtown. Those of you who have heard our first record "Urban Ocean", you probably have noticed that it's kind of "songy" compared to our stage show. Although we love that CD, this time we wanted the record to better reflect what we do live. To accomplish that, what we decided was to go into the studio and treat it like a show. We wrote a set, started it and kept going until we had recorded everything. For anyone who doesn't know, that is very out of the ordinary. You usually spend a day or more just getting the basic tracks recorded for each song and then come back and overdub all of the solos, vocals, fills, fixes, ect.... We are trying to be bold enough to have our record tell you exactly what we sound like. So we went in, we improvised, we wrote new parts and the songs were just part of the whole experience just like a LBP show.
We now are waiting for a rough mix of what was caught on tape so that we can each individually take it and see what we are happy with and what we would like to add or take away. I've heard a very little bit and am very happy with it.
On a personal note, I am still awaiting the right heart for me and to be totally truthful, I'm quickly declining. I have went from feeling like they were going way overboard to hoping transplant will come soon so that I can start on a road to feeling better. I am becoming a prisoner of my house and getting out to record on Saturday would have been great for me even if we had sucked. Luckily Second Floor Records believes in us as well as me and are willing to be doing the behind the scenes part of all of this until I am ready to come back at full strength (Thanx).
So we will keep you informed on everything, we are expecting the entire process of releasing the album (it needs a name, anyone with ideas, please feel free to email me coy@littlebrotherproject.com ) to last a few months and specifically where it goes from there is still being worked out (stores, websites, ect..). In the mean time you can see pics of the recording taken from what will eventually be a video at www.sevenandahalfseals.com
Thanx to Second Floor, (we are very excited to be part of the family and we are bringing a lot of LBP family with us)
Thanx to Eric-we thought you were great, (recording engineer at Clark's recording studio)
Thanx for all of your support,
Coy - LBP Bass
posted by Coy - LBP Bass @ 4:51 PM
