2018 Journal
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01/01/18 - Now entering our 19th year of operation.
01/03/18 - Spent the session talking.
01/10/18 - Recorded acoustic and electric rhythm guitars for Breeders. Solos next week.
01/17/18 - Tried improvising some solos for Breeders but didn't get anything. Going to come back next week with prepared offerings.
01/24/18 - Patrick and I added guitar solos to Breeders.
02/21/18 - Back after nearly a month off. Mostly caught up. Manley back from being repaired so we'll do some vocals next week.
02/28/18 - Hooked up the Manely and it sounds great. P and I both added backing vocals to Breeders and I had a go at the lead vocal. Next week I'll have another go and then we'll start on Bossa Nova.
03/07/18 - Sang verses and bridge for Breeders. Patrick sang chrous and added harmonies. P added some guitar noodling to Bossa Nova with a Nashville-tuned acoustic. Next week we'll add bass.
03/28/18 - Worked on the bass line for Bossa Nova.
04/10/18 - While comping Steven's bass line Patrick hit on an especially exciting measure that we squirreled away to mess with next week.
04/17/18 - Worked on expanding the little groove we found last week. Added percussion, bass, vocals and a variety of keyboard bits.
05/08/18 - Spent the sesssion talking and then listening to tracks from one of our team member's new solo record. You're in for a treat.
05/15/18 - Fooled around with bass parts for Dust. Listened to a few songs to see what we should start on next. The Wall.
05/22/18 - Worked on building bass parts for The Wall.
06/12/18 - Finished up The Wall. Just waiting on vocals. Staring on Little Shootin' Elvis next week.
06/19/18 - Started working on bass parts for Little Shootin' Elvis. Marveled that we are still working together.
06/26/18 - Still working on bass parts for Little Shootin' Elvis.
07/10/18 - Finished building Little Shootin' Elvis bass parts. Really came out nicely.
07/24/18 - Rough night with ghosts and machines but Patrick got it sorted out. We still have the new loop song, Miss Majesty, Old Into Young,
another one of Patrck's and Hiding A Slave to do. Also need to come up with another song or two if we're going to release our usual dozen.
08/21/18 - Teamed up on the Hiding A Slave bass line.
08/28/18 - Brought in my scratch vocals and keyboard parts for the loop song. Patrick spent most of the session organizing it. Added some guitar parts.
09/04/18 - Wrote words and recorded some vocal takes for the loopy song for Patrick to work with tonight. Patrick added some additional vocals.
09/25/18 - Steven recorded a bass part for the outro of Hiding a Slave. I think this one is in the can, whatever that means.
10/03/18 - Patrick imported some bits from me for the loop song, Hiding a Slave and Puff Adders. We added some reverby guitar parts to Hiding a Slave using Steven's sexy new pedal.
10/09/18 - Imported my vocals for The Wall. Patrick played his what he has so far for Miss Majesty and Old Into Young.
10/16/18 - Imported my vocals for Little Shootin' Elvis. Steven added some bass bits to Miss Majesty using the P bass and an old Kent violin-shaped bass.
10/30/18 - We added banjo and hand percussion to the outro of Miss Majesty. Neat!
11/06/18 - Worked on bass parts for Miss Majesty. Essentially Patrick and I humming parts at Steven that he patiently transposes into lines.
11/15/18 - Girl for Samson now on ReverbNation.
11/18/18 - You can now buy authentic Girl for Samson CDs on the website.
11/27/18 - We really only record about a half hour a week these days. We talk for the first hour and then record something. Tonight, I had a go at the last part of Miss Majesty still missing a bass bit. Talked about getting Allen Johnston to add drums to this album.
12/11/18 - Patrick brought his homemade theremin and we added some noise to Hiding a Slave and Miss Majesty.
12/21/18 - Hope to start sending Allen Johnston tracks at the start of the year. Everybody is very excited about it.
12/28/18 - Rare Friday session. Patrick made mixes for Allen Johnston while Steven and I watched. Sent Allen 10/12 songs.
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