Great News! We’ve set a date for the beginning of the Elementary album! On August 21st we’re going to storm American University to start the recording. Apparently AU is in the process of upgrading their studio, and according to our producer, Cameron, we will be the first “significant recording in the studio”!!
Right now we’re in the thick of demo recordings. We’re doing 2 rounds. The first round is for Mike to finalize his drum parts, and the second is for all of us to mess with the songs a bit (add some weird backgrounds here, throw in a sound effect there, etc.) before we go into the real studio. It’s better to mess around with songs when you ain’t payin’ for ‘em!
First off, thanks to everyone who made it out to the show last night. Adams’ Morgan sure does get crazy on a Friday night, doesn’t it?
Something was just plain weird about playing in that little glass box of a stage they have at Asylum. DeVille mentioned that it would be a good idea to set up our amps AWAY from us, as their rhythm guitarist only heard their lead and vica versa. And maybe you didn’t or maybe you did notice, but my guitar amp lost all distortion halfway through “Far Behind This Game.” I’m still not sure what happened because when I plugged it in at home after the show … worked perfectly! Also, Nate’s vocal mic died sometime during the beginning of the show as well, so we were missing a lot of his Nate-isms. (Good or bad, you decide!)
But we rallied through, and to be honest, I think it turned out pretty good if I can say so myself. We got lots of positive feedback on the show from the audience, and that always makes us feel great!
We’ve got a tentative show scheduled for July 3rd, and it’s going to be completely different from any venue we’ve played at so far. If it works out, we’ll let you know. But until then, keep that day open just in case!
But there are bigger things in store for Elementary – we’re going to record our first album! We’ve found our producer and studio, and are now ironing out the details of when and which songs. We’ll definitely keep you updated, so stay tuned!
Here are couple of shots Brandon was able to get at our very oddly lit Wonderland Ballroom Cinco De Mayo show last month. The sombreros were a big hit; although that was mostly with the girls dancing around afterwards who kept asking to borrow them.
We’ll dig up some video to add, soon — unfortunately, our battery died after two songs at The Red & The Black last weekend, so the selection is slightly limited. But Steve did manage to wrangle together some great audio, including a track you can hear over at our goofy Tumblr site.
