Elementary

Recording Snags

Steve — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:32:59 +0000

So, in full disclosure, the Elementary recording process will not begin this Saturday. The American University studios has not been completely moved to it’s new building and we’re still figuring out if we will be able to work with our producer.

BUT FEAR NOT. We are still trying to get the recording done in the next month or so and are in discussions with our Producer to find a possible replacement if he can’t do it. We will definitely keep you posted, but until then, let’s all keep our fingers crossed!!!

I know, I know

Steve — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:39:33 +0000

Not much activity seems to be reported here, but believe me there is a lot going on with the band behind the scenes. We are now in the month of August, and that means it’s the month that Elementary begins their record-recording!

As to our three-step process, this is where we are along in the process:

1) Record demos of songs (1st round) – COMPLETE
2) Practice recording songs on real drumset and with only one guitar line (either clean-only or distorted-only) – STARTED
3) Record demos of songs (2nd round) – NOT STARTED YET

As an added bonus, here’s a collection of the choruses to our 1st round of album demos. One song didn’t get finished (“Bad Romance”, sorry!) and one was super new it was written after demos so we didn’t even get around to it yet (“I’ll Be Seeing You”). Remember, these were just demo’s folks, so we let a few things slip that we won’t in the studio. But regardless, enjoy!

Click here for 15 Elementary Demo Choruses (4 minutes 42 seconds)

Press the green arrow to get your face rocked off!

Oh, and had to do a little tweaking of the layout because I accidentally deleted the banner pictures while updating. Whoops! These are just temporary as I’m sure we’ll have some new ones when the album draws near.

Recording, Recording, Recording

Steve — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:23:31 +0000

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!

We’ll keep you updated!

Tales of an amp gone wrong

Steve — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:17:20 +0000

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!

Letting loose at the Asylum

Steve — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:00:54 +0000

Roll up, Roll up! We’ve got another Friday show in June. And if it’s anything like our one last week, it’ll be a ton of fun.

We’ll be playing at Asylum with DeVille (our sister-band, it seems) and The Snails (a touring band we’ve never played with before.)

The show starts at 9:30 and it’s only $5. You can’t beat that! Did I mention it’s a Friday?

Hope to see you there!

Wonderland Ballroom Photos

Nate — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:33:18 +0000

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.