Last Night at Orion Sound Studios…

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…was an awesome experience. We’ve been so busy with the new album, I hadn’t realized that last night was the first full band gig that we’ve played since December. Luckily, our first show back was to a great audience that was very receptive and forgiving of our rustiness. Gron, one of the engineers from Big Blue Meenie… [Continue Reading]

We have arrived…

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…Orion Sound Studios looks cool so far, there are disturbing sculptures hanging from the ceiling and tons of tour posters. Our good friend “Earl Grey” set up our new and improved merch table… The guys from Beardfish seem like very nice gentlemen! Their bassist also bears more than a slight resemblance to a young Rick… [Continue Reading]

Mini-Tour Begins!

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  On our way to Baltimore for the first show of our mini-tour with Beardfish!! Unfortunately, The Tea Club van (aka “The Cat”) has taken a turn for the worse… But the Rizzolos were kind enough to let us use their van, so we are now ready to embark on our journey!!! Orion Sound Studios,… [Continue Reading]

Recording “Odds and Ends” – April 13th-16th

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Here is a short post about the most recent trip that me and Patrick took to Big Blue Meenie Studios from April 13-16th. The nature of this session was to listen back to what we had collected for the past month, then see what needed to be added/ improved upon. I will keep this brief… [Continue Reading]

Becky’s Cool Keyboards Recording-ness!

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On April 5th, me and Becky took the van up to Big Blue Meenie for 3 days of recording keyboards. I drove… and immediately messed up the very first turn I was supposed to make. While circling around, we realized that Becky left a valuable gift that Kendra had given her for recording strength in… [Continue Reading]

Recording Bass – Charles’s Big Adventure

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March 30th, 31st, and April 1st were spent recording the bass for the new album with Charles Batdorf. We got there late on the 30th, so most of the day was getting sounds for the bass. But Charles was well rehearsed and confident, managing to knock out a sweet version of Lava Dome before the end… [Continue Reading]

9 Days at Big Blue Meenie -OR- How “Clue” (1985) Saved My Life

Since my last post, me and Patrick spent 9 days in a row at Big Blue Meenie Studios and managed to get all of our basic guitar and vocal tracks recorded. We began on March 18th. The original idea was for Patrick to record all of his parts during this 9 day recording spree, and… [Continue Reading]

Jalapeno Business

I thought about writing a blog describing our cool recording experience last night, but since I don’t possess the camera containing the cool pics and videos, you probably wouldn’t believe me anyway. You’d say, “Becky – pics or it didn’t happen,” and I’d say “yeah.” So now I’m writing a blog about nothing in particular…. [Continue Reading]

Big Blue Day 4, 5, and 6 – Drums

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We just got back recording at Big Blue Meenie Studios for the weekend. The focus for this session was Joe Rizzolo and his drums.     Friday was “setting up day”. Geebo, Noz, Gron, and Vus constructed a drum barrier and hung up gigantic curtains with chains in them.       Jesus Candles and strange… [Continue Reading]

5 Star Review of “Rabbit” from Indie Music Reviewer!

Here’s a 5 out of 5 star review of Rabbit from Indie Music Reviewer by Kirby Franklin! In the words of Dr. Steve Brule, “Check it out!” And while you’re at it, check out Indie Music Reviewer on Facebook and give them the ol’ “like”. They’re giving a lot of great exposure to DIY bands Thanks to… [Continue Reading]