June 11, 2022
Matt
- First mix of “The Town”
- EQ is off
- I removed his rough drums, they’ll need to be replaced with … something
Elephants of Scotland
- Band meeting to review first 4 songs in their various stages of completion
Author: Adam Rabin
June 5, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Arranging, noodling with “Tempest of Tarragon”
- Trying to fit other instrumental ideas from band jam sessions into the song
Matt
- Mixed “Cake”
Hatchford Hotel
- Got drinks with Nate V to discuss rewrites and possible ways forward
May 30, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Second day of vocal tracking with Chris Titchner.
- “Vanishing Twin” and “Too Many Voices”
- The latter of which FINALLY works now that it’s in the right key, has the right singer, and is wicked fast
- So damn good
May 29, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Guide vocal for “Vanishing Twin” in new key for Chris
- Scratch guitar for “Too Many Voices”
- was originally 128bpm which was kind of a groovy dance vibe
- bumped it up to 132bpm which was a bit more energetic
- did a second version at 138bpm which is borderline nuts
- we’ll decide which tempo is best tomorrow.
May 28, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Vocal tracking sessions with Chris Titchner.
- Complete lead vocals for “How To Do Nothing” and “Tempest of Tarragon”
- So great to have a pro trained singer nailing every take and also not having to be both the producer and the singer.
May 25, 2022
Hatchford Hotel (though this might have been May 24th)
- Was reviewing the rewrites Greg and I did and realized I forgot to remove some of the lines we agreed to remove.
- Also found a couple small logistical issues.
- Script is now down to 96 pages (pending Greg’s sign off)
- Remember when it was 172 pages?
Elephants of Scotland
- Recorded electric piano part for “Vanishing Twin”
- Added in new intro piece “Stasis” that will get reprised in a fuller fashion later.
May 15, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Recorded guide vocal for “Tempest of Tarragon” in new key (F) for Chris
- Re-wrote tab for guitar which, now that it’s above E, can utilize the lower strings.
May 14, 2022
Elephants of Scotland
- Chris Titchner came by for discussion and review of songs.
- He’ll be back in two weeks for recording sessions.
Matt B.
- Reviewed four demos and offered feedback
Hatchford Hotel
- A few more rewrites.
- Handed one of the bits off to Greg that is more in his wheelhouse.
- We asked and were offered a date in June to put it up again (workshop). Woo!