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Guitar tracks done; most of Minstrel in the Corner roughed out

Guitar tracks done; most of Minstrel in the Corner roughed out

It was another productive week for the band again, as Chris got all the guitar parts for I, Awake recorded on Saturday, and redid some parts of Crippled by Fear that he wasn’t happy with on Tuesday. This means that all the guitar parts for the album are done, and there now remains only a few keyboard parts to finish up, plus the vocals for I, Awake.

We also got through just about all of one of our new songs, Minstrel in the Corner, at rehearsal this week. There are still some segue sections to finalize, but we jammed through most of the song several times and came up with a lot of ideas for how to arrange it.  This is a direct contrast to I, Awake, which took weeks before we finally decided on the arrangement! Hopefully our progress will continue on this one.

 

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I, Awake update

I, Awake update

Steve spent a couple of days this week recording most of his remaining I, Awake keyboard parts. Things went fairly smoothly for the most part, and we got some great performances. Keyboard recording always takes a bit longer than the other instruments, largely because Steve has so many different sounds spread throughout his keyboard arsenal that it takes a long time to decide on the best sound for the part! He’s planning on finishing up his last few parts next week.

With the keyboard parts largely done, Chris is planning to record the remaining guitar parts on the weekend, which would then leave only the vocals.

We’re getting there…

 

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Busy Week…

Busy Week…

With a few more sections to go before finishing Minstrel in the Corner, the band spent a good deal of time at rehearsal this week working on it. Sections that we had previously worked on were firmed up, and harmony vocals were added in a couple of sections. Although there’s still some work to do on earlier parts of the song, we began work on the next section as well, so this song is moving along quite nicely.

Jim got all of the bass parts for I, Awake recorded on Tuesday, delivering some great performances throughout the entire song. With the bass tracks out of the way, Steve plans to record his keyboard parts next week.

 

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