» When you know what you're doing...things get done fast - Day 4

In our 4th day at the studio there was a lot of overdubbing scheduled for the guitars . We decided to push the fixes for Monday and go forward with recording most of the bass and drum tracks. The day went so well! We tracked four other songs! So all that is left are Gann's guitar parts for half of the album and Joshua's guitars and vocals (which will be done at the WoodShed Studios)... So basically I am done!. I got all my parts done and with a day to spare. Joshua was so happy he wrote me a little song:

Why Giovanni shouldn't eat a burrito

» God forgive me...What am I supposed to do? - Day 3 continues...

So, someone asked me to see a picture of our drummer. What am I supposed to do?

And here is another sinful picture:

» We are on a roll - Day 3

Day three went by smoothly. We tracked three songs and guitar arrangements for songs recorded the day before. We also played some basketball...video games...and had mexican food. The album is starting to take shape and it sounds great!

Click here to see our control room at the end of the day (That is, if you can see anything, of course...)

» Still on Schedule - Day 2

It took us from 9:00Am til 2:00Pm to get most of the drum tones set up, plus the bass (dialed in). "Man of me", was the only song planned for the day and besides a few minor mistakes everything went well. Right now I'm dead tired...after getting out of today's recording sessions, I had to go to work for 7 hours. Here's a pic of our producer Ian Hlatky:

And here is Gann inside Studio A (live room) through a TV monitor:

» Tonight it all started - Day 1

We arrived at the famous (well, sort of) Time Capsule Studios around 8:00PM. This recording facility is one of the last full-featured 16 24 track analog recording studios in the state of Colorado. The place is a bit ran down, nothing fancy. Beside its looks, the studio has a great staff and equipment. We loaded our gear during this first night and worked out some kinks on my bass amp, set up the drums and most of the mics. Tomorrow we'll get the guitars set up and we'll put some work on finding the right tones for everything. So far so good.

» The things I do for fun

I realized I'm becoming to old to understand computers. I went out and bought a new hard-drive for a Sony Vaio...Ready to install it, I found out there is a new ATA interface series: The SATA. Although much better looking, it won't work with my interface. The suck ass part is that it only costs $39.00 dollars for a 100Gb. Now I have to wait another week to get the right drive, since I'll be in the studio (recording Joshua's album) for the rest of this week. Bummer.
PondPatrol.com is now being shot with 35mm film, instead of digital. The depth of the images shot with film is amazing. It brings a "live" feel to the scenes. Next on the list will be a whole episode shot with a Holga Camera. A little too expensive to do it but it can be totally worth it.

» Cleaning up the cobwebs

It's really sad. This site has been forgotten by me and possibly by many of you who used to come by every once in a while. But here I am, trying to keep things alive, making sure this site is worthy of your visit.

It has been a long winter already. Denver has seen some cold weather in 2006. I lost two turtles this season. During times like this, I wonder why I started to raise turtles in the first place. Bill Bob didn't make it in the pond. Hibernation was too stressful, with temperatures going up and down like crazy through out December and January, she just couldn't take it. Harvey also died. He was an old man and unable to flip himself, he died upside down under his basking light. A horrible death. Everyone else is fine. Guadalupe and Danny got Respiratory Infections but are doing great again, after a visit to the vet. Goodbye guys!

Joshua Novak is going to record his first full length album (or CD) and of course I'll be on the studio with him, playing my mean bass. Feb. 24th through out the week. I'm excited but sad that Gann (our guitarist) is leaving to NYC in May. It's going to be tough to play music without his nice licks.

I also scheduled my first art show. PondPatrol.com is going to be showed and sold this next September 2006 at St. Mark's Coffee House Sweet!

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