What's New

here's what is happening music wise in nate-land...

i finished mixing the first song i recorded with that drummer i told you two about back in early january. i'm pretty pleased. while there's still room for improvement, i feel like i'm getting better and better at this recording thing all the time. of course, that fancy compressor i bought REALLY helps. with it, i've been able to get some high end analog compression on every single track except the close mics on the drumset. and wow what a difference. the digital plug-in compressors are good, but they just don't pack the punch this thing does, nor do they impart their own little bit of magic. plus, when i get around to compressing the master bus, half the peak-and-valley grunt work is already done for me and i can push the overall volume harder. micah, i alrady sent a cd to your sister who was asking me for a copy of anything recent i had done. the mix i speak of is on there if you want to take a listen. it's called "around you". i thought the cd would be going to you, too, but it looks like she must have moved out or something cause the address i sent it to seemed different. do you want a copy hibbs?

as far as grynch music goes...

i played with those lyrics micah sent me for quite a bit this past week. micah, i don't know if you had a tune in your head when you wrote them down, but it was difficult for me to put music specifically to those words and phrasings. BUT, i really liked the idea and the theme...and in particular, the first line stuck out to me. i rephrased that line a little and made it a chorus and then wrote a 1st verse around your main idea. i think you might dig it. we'll see. i plan on recording a scratch track of just the verse and chorus i wrote and sending it to both of you. your mission, should you choose to accept it:

klotz: maybe you can take my starting point and write another verse or completely different part of your own. i know a verse AND a chorus is already a big improvement for us, but just think how awesome a BRIDGE would be!

hibbs: start writing one of your sweet ass guitar parts

me: set up some mics and start recording what i've got down so far and send it to you guys