Month: June 2023

Two of my favorite parts of this song were cooked up in the recording process. One is the guitar “hook” in between each chorus, (which was initially played only once near the end of the song but Freddie suggested making it a repetitive hook) and second being the backup vocals during the guitar solo. They… read more

I love all of the songs on this album, but “The Lucky” has remained a favorite for me from production through release. I just feel like there are little bits of musical candy sprinkled throughout. Is this song about the last cigarette in a pack, or a donut? You decide. My absolute favorite part of… read more

I think that one of the reasons I love being is this band is that I was a fan of Freddie and Aaron before we formed this group. And I’m a fan when I’m recording them. I bring this up here because Aaron just sings his ass off on this song. And Freddie is so… read more

Freddie came up with the concept to record each percussive element to this song separately and layer it together. In other words, we recorded the song all the way through with just the kick drum, then the snare drum, then the toms, stick clicks, cymbals, congas, etc. There is no real drum set part, so… read more