SESSION DIARY
first demonstration of our skills and talent in creating music, year 2006
26.5.2006, 20:49
"leaving yesterday behind"
Hard training should now be behind, and studio session starts
tomorrow with Jani's drumming. Jani has been training like a
madman. His superb drumming will rule the asses of us all.
Yesterday we had an acoustic jam with Mikko, pondering and
wondering the acoustic parts of the pieces. Everything went
well, and hopefully goes even better during the weekend.
Small adjustments to sounds and gear (a new set of strings
etc) tonight and we are ready.
The recording is going to take place in K-Sound Studio, near
Oulu, Finland and the pieces that are going to be recorded
are "A Shrill", "Dearth", "Stowaway", "Weave" and a bonus
instrumental by the name of "The Storm Outspread".
Hails and hy's,
Jari-Pekka "Jarru" Kanniainen
27.5.2006, 23:06
"buzzing with speed of light / prog rock hallelujah"
Well, the first studio day is over and feeling is a bit relieved.
Drums were recorded as well as some guitar parts. Jarru played
some guitar tapping for The Storm Outspread (sorry Mikko :( ),
which is now called Outspitstormspread..? And Mikko of course
did great job on A Shrill and Weave.
Then something about my part.
I was having slight problems with the drum chair so we decided
to use Jarru's bass ampfilier instead. And it worked well!
Drums were recorded in a couple of hours, and it went just fine.
Maybe tomorrow I'll try some parts again if there's time..
We hope to get the bass and rest of the guitar stuff recorded
tomorrow. There will be also some cowbell and bongo action in Weave!
Beware!
- Jani
28.5.2006
Today was our second and last recording session at K-Studios. After Jani
had exposed his drumming skills (although he had no experience), Jarru and
I took the atmosphere pretty slack. Of course this was due to hard
training. (which I didn't do until last night... ever in my life) All the
song are at least 95% ready for the mix table. Ruffles were shred, tears
were shed.
I enjoyed recording the acoustic parts to both Weave and Stowaway because
most of my parts were improvised. I just like the idea of taking things
loose because music is meant to be fun in every way. We already set a
date for tomorrow (29.5) with Antti... vocals be brought forth rapidly. As
we wait for the demo to be ready-made, I strongly recommend K-Studios if
any of you readers are willing to try to compete with our material. :P
P.S. I'm not being cocky, it's called counter-sarcasm. xD
Mikko Logrén
30. 5. 2006, 23:45
"Are you whistlin' the Moomin -tune?"
Two days of returning to rutines and the recorded material
_still_ sounds good!
Yesterday we entered another studio to record Antti's vocal
stuff. We had lots of ideas, and most of them were used and
improvised to fit the music. For example, Antti was kidding
about some growl-thing, singing it in a major tune, and we
thought he was serious. We got surprised when Antti stood up
to his microphone and shouted his lungs out while we were
waiting for something deeply mellow. Sudden blast struck us
listening there! We decided to do the growl-thing AND the
mellow thing on top of each other making the part of the song
even more interesting! Antti really is a very multitalented
singer, we are lucky to have him recording with us!
Today I got a message from Antti; he had re-done some of the
vocal parts and added more voices to make them sound more
rich. Rule stuff, I've been enjoying the pieces all evening!
Ready for the mix-table at this moment are songs "A Shrill"
and "Weave!".
Now there is only one song left for vocal recording, and that
is Mikko's "Stowaway", the silent relaxation of our album. Of
course theres a bit of a "prog shrill" fixed in it, but
nevertheless, it is a very beautiful song. Mikko and Antti
are going to enter the studio one more time tomorrow.
Laters,
- Jarru
12. 6. 2006
Mastering the demo!
Today we mastered the demo with Antti. Some fixing,
cursing and sweat, and it was ready for Mikko and
Jani to listen. Few mastered versions were listened
through and one accepted.
The feeling is more than nice, for the demo "Soledad
In The Gale" is finally ready! The whole construction
and preparation of it took more than we had expected,
but the wait is worth it! We decided to add one free
downloadable song now, and more one by one as time goes
by. One song is going to be left as a demo bonus
instrumental piece, and it will not be available through
our website for a very long time. Maybe some time around
our next recordings!
Enjoy the SHRILL for now!
Uues,
Jarru