Same Old

Today I did exactly what I did yesterday. 8 more minutes of drumming, 4 or 5 more minutes of guitar. My goal is 24 minutes of drum parts my Wednesday -- I figure I can come up with 6 minutes of material that doesn't need drums to hit 30.

I still love where my record is headed. I've got kind of a retro guitar sound going -- really raw and dirty, but not all that distorted. Sounds a little White Stripesy on its own, but put in the context of my music, it almost sounds heavier than the ridiculous Meshuggah tone I've been aiming for for years.

I figured this record would turn out as some kind of experimental metal thing, but it's becoming much more punk than metal, which is strange and wonderful.

I love the raw sound of this stuff so much that I almost want to avoid using keyboards altogether. I have plenty of acoustic instruments lying around: acoustic guitar, melodica, kalimba, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele, toy piano, some homemade percussion...I could certainly get by without keyboards. But so many of the parts were conceived with a piano in mind...hopefully the sampled sounds won't ruin the charm. Haven't decided what to do yet. Also may record vocals with an SM57, just to go with that brand-new feel. Never recorded vocals with a dynamic before.

I am also carbo-loading, because the drumming and guitaring is taking a surprising amount out of me. Here's my dinner, some baby raviolis! Feel free to post YOUR Record Time fuel as well...