Beware the Sophomore Slump
So the Easys started recording our second record today. . . Basic tracks for 10 songs. We tracked the first album over a weekend, and then took several long months to finish vocals and mix. We don't have a timeframe set yet for completing this one, but I wouldn't be suprised if we began, completed, and released the new boondogs record before finishing this one!
In any case, we'll post reports here from the various sessions. The big news today is this record belongs to Rob. Synth-heavy, and (gasp) featuring electric drums on some tracks. They (the powers-that-be) have promised me more ELO than Wham! and I think that's what we'll end up with. I do like that New Order electric snare sound. . .
If you haven't heard the first Easys record, jump over to the Loudmouth Mastering site for a free download. If you like it, go buy it at boondogs.com.
posted by Unknown at 9:40 PM
4 Comments:
Hey J.W.,
I need some serious musician help. If you have Dylan's new book I was wondering if you could explain what he's talking about p. 158-162. He's talking about working in odds rather than evens. Pull out the teacher in ya and explain it to me in plain english. Dylan tries to but ends up, as is his natural way, being too ambiguous and vague. Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, your my only hope! Have you heard the new Gourds album? Unbelievable work, much better than the last two albums, which only produced some really good Jimmy stuff and some so-so Kev work. This album really makes me get into Kev again. Don't worry Indy's comments belong to a different world.
Some comments about earlier comments
Yeah, you should get up here to Chicago or Milwaukee. Maybe Summerfest next year?
Jocks can be alright if they're brought up right. With me and you at the helm, however, this could be questionable.
1:29 PM
Dr. Sax-- I know the passage you're referring to, and it went right over my head, too. I have a suspician the reader is being messed-with, but who knows. He is Bob Dylan, and I'm. . . well, NOT.
I'll pose the question to the more potentially informed in my circle of friends and let you know if there's something we can learn about using 3 instead of 2 or whatever the hell he said!
3:29 PM
Thanks,
Bob Dylan seems to be very candid in this book (of course it's really easy to lie with words), I don't know if he's messing with us. I have tried playing along with live recordings and it does seem like there is some type of discrepency between standard time and his. This is really apparent on his arrangement of "I Remember You" on the "Masked and Anonymous" soundtrack, and in his work on both of his early 90's straight folk albums. He mentions Link Wray doing it on a track called "Rumble." I am unfamiliar with Wray... I'll check it out.
By the way beautiful work on the "Lost Boys" poster.
4:47 PM
He does have a history of trying to create an image of himself, in fact he speaks directly to this point in the middle of the book. It's hard to know.
12:47 AM
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