5 guys in a tight little space means we’ve become really good at not stepping on each other’s toes….which is great practice for when we’ll be recording with Chris Ryan (current owner of a healing broken big toe). What will also be great practice is our newly taken avenue in the world of recording ourselves. An 8 track and other items are being tweaked and prodded. Marshall and I individually have a history, like most guys, of 4 track recordings. For me it started about 10 years ago, but really BDM over the years has really gathered a qualitative understanding of…The Recording Arts (insert mountain echo: arts…arts…arts..) So it’s really inspiring to be a sort of co-pilot in that realm. It was also very inspiring to hear Kilian Sweeney’s Disclexington, 8 track release.

I had a chance to visit Kilian’s basement recording set up in Chicago. To see that and then listen to results of his 8 track recordings was enough for me. So now we are striving to become more and sound more “recording aware.” I’ve never been able to record add-ons like guiro, maracas, egg shakers within a matter of minutes and then have them battle. (egg shakers won) And with this process we should be able to work out ideas in the space, or record add-ons in the space to fuse with the recordings with Chris Ryan.

Rock for Rise, and the KPFT performance went without a hitch. For me, the latter was a very cool way to meet Rad Rich for the first time. He surprised us by popping in real quick to promote his upcoming Japanese band showcase.

Oh here are some recent pictures!