ALL TRACKS ARE DONE! That’s right, ALL tracks are done! We’re so pumped right now, we can’t even begin to explain it! Some editing has been started & mixing lies ahead in the very near future.
All that was left to do tonight was the guitar solos for “Egomaniac, That One Song, & Never on My Side.” The solo for Ego was a re-do… it’s a LOT better than the last take… The solo for “That One Song” went really quickly. A couple takes & we had it where we were happy with it.
“Never on My Side” took quite awhile, actually. I thought I had it the in the first couple takes… but Matt Bell said that it could be better… So we tried a few more takes & still, nothing that we wanted to keep. I was willing to try anything by that point… Matt B. said that it “sounds like it starts really well… & that it sounds like it’s building to something… & then just sort of “drops off” & finishes the rest of the solo with some repeated parts.” After listening to the playback, I could see what he meant. The second half was kinda dull & un-interesting. So, we tracked a “few” more times & played the first half like normal & then improvised the last half with some new ideas that I haven’t tried before. It took awhile, but we eventually stumbled across some licks that just “heated” it up a lot!! So, after a few more takes, we had it! AND THAT IS THAT.
-Matt