jealous lover

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

early morning blues

This song arguably went through the biggest transformation in the studio. First, it began life in 6/8 time. We morphed the time into a driving 4/4 and things started to fall into place. Secondly, it never really had a chorus. We thought it did, but then Aaron added the high vocal “I’ve got them early… read more

force of nature

This song certainly has overt shades of Stevie mixed with Bowie’s “Fame.” From a production standpoint, this song is a real highlight for me because it was kind of a playground. Freddie recorded the drums for this song on his electronic drum kit. He then sent the MIDI file to me to assign the sounds… read more

the last thing

This song is third on the album. Now we’re really settling into the record. In many ways, this is probably our most straight forward song. It has that acoustic singer-songwriter energy to it. In fact, one of my favorite parts of recording this song were the lead vocals. The original lead vocal for this song… read more