We Finished the Recording!

Well, last night we finished recording the album! We were hoping to get a first rough mix to bring home with us because these songs sound awesome... but Tomas needs about a day per song to mix from the data files in Pro Tools to an audio mix. So we are going to have to sit tight for a week or two for the finished product :-)

It was weird to finish the album so much ahead of schedule. We know we worked our asses off to get to this point, but it went by super fast. We achieved one of our joint life goals with this album! It is surreal to say the least.

So because we had zero time to upload some of the pictures and video from our sessions - I'll have to go through the footage when we get home and create a album or something for you guys to check out.

8 am now and we are packing for the drive back to Sac in a few minutes.

Cya then!

Lead Vocals Done!

We finished the lead vocals last night and it sounds crazy good!! There is some really great production elements going into these songs that kick butt. Can't wait to have you all hear the results.

We pick Craig up from the airport this morning and we start tracking his bass parts today. If it goes well, we could even begin laying the backing vocal parts by tonight!

I love that we are kicking ass on our performances and taking half the time Tomas thought it would take -- without compromising or rushing a single thing! We are working super hard to make this album the best we can and it is paying off.

More to come later... :-)

Recording Session Update

Hey everyone,

Well the recording is underway down here in Hollywood and CTM is kicking some serious ass! The 2 months of intense rehearsal is definitely paying off in the studio. Tomas had set aside 2 days for the drums (Mon and Tues) -- well, Eric pounded out ALL 10 drum tracks in 4 hours on Monday night! Brian kept up the same intensity by starting the guitar tracks on Tuesday night and finished ALL the rhythm guitar tracks (and I mean there are many layers for each song) at around 3 am. They sound tight!

Yesterday we started around 2pm and Brian was done with ALL lead guitar and overtone parts by 7pm... the guitars sound huge with these unbelievable hooks that push the songs forward!

I had just flown in from Sac at 1oam and joined Brian and Eric at the studio yesterday for Brian's lead guitar and overtone session. So now we are basically 2 days ahead of schedule and Craig can't get here until Friday mid-day. So at around 9pm we started busting out my lead vocal tracks -- and not to pat myself on the back too much, but I nailed 6 out of 10 tracks last night! We finally wrapped up around 2:30 am - my voice was too fatigued to keep going.

Today we are going to record the remaining 4 lead vocal tracks and start getting the backing vocals going. Craig arrives tomorrow and he is going to be blown away -- just like I was when I showed up yesterday and heard Brian and Eric's work. I'm telling you people this album is going to be UNBELIEVABLE!

We're taking photos and video along the way so stay tuned for some of those... :-)

Thanks again for all the emails and MySpace comments supporting us!