Progress for goodness sake!

Dave and I finally rehearsed some new stuff.

As you know, i've been writing lots of new stuff. So, since all that material's been kicking around, playing our old stuff has gotten, well, old. But Dave didn't want to rehearse new stuff until we had a way to record our practice sessions. You see, when we figure stuff out together, we often forget what we arranged. Maybe it's because Dave's tricky and maybe it's because my notes are less-than-intelligible, but in any case, it's frustrating.

So, one of our plans for our tax-return money is buying a field recorder, and one of the things we could do with the field recorder is record our rehearsals. Then we wouldn't forget what we did. Well, we'd still forget, but there'd be a record. And Dave could work out backing vocals on his own time. You know, like, while I'm at church or growing a vegetable or something.

Our plan was to wait until we got this field recorder. But our tax-return hasn't come yet. And I sometimes play guitar during the day. And Dave was home sick. And we rehearsed.

So, now we have two new Casey/AA songs in the pipeline and two new covers (KT Tunstall and Jars of Clay) in the pipeline. It's fun.

Well, we actually debuted one of the songs at our Autumn Leaves show, but no one was there so it doesn't count.

Recording is also finished for Green Both Ways. If you have a picture of the NYC subway system you'd like us to consider for the cover, please forward it to casey(dot)almostawake(at)gmail(dot)com.

The End.

*C*

Ithaca, here we come

This Saturday (Tomorrow!), Dave and I are headed to Ithaca to drop off some press kits. The winter, early sunset and our distorted perception of the distance between C-town and I-town led us to wait until now to make this much-needed step toward Almost Awake Ithaca Domination.

But now, it is time.

Sure, we are going to be there anyway, picking up my injured and healed Larrivee, but. . .

It is time.

I'll be printing out the press kits tonight I hope. Unless I print them out tomorrow.

As it happens, Green Both Ways only has one thing left to be recorded (suspended cymbal on a track) and a special effect has been added to one of the songs, so it's practically in post-production.

We've just got to get to NYC to take a cover photo!

Also, I've written a butt-load (yep, i said butt-load) of new songs. Listen for them at shows this spring.

The gears of genius involving a possible future open mic in the Cortland-Tompkins County area are turning in the heads of we at the headquarters, too.

And I lost my Capo somewhere in my house.

The end.

*C*

A bit OT. . .

I'm getting a bit off topic with this blog, but I need to update everyone on the CD. I promise that I shall get back to Thanksgiving weekend after this. . .

Alright. We were almost done (and by "we" I mean Richard over at Dick's Digital) mixing and mastering and whatnot, but hit a roadblock. The tracks sounded great, but for some reason they made me sound like I had a major lisp. So, now they are being re-mixed and re-mastered, and we should have new preliminary cut pretty soon. Then, after AA approval, they'll get the final touches and we'll be off to post-production.

Dave is going to be figuring out the order of songs. I don't care too much what order they are in, but I want everything in the world to be the last song. Not to toot my own horn, but it's so beautiful and epic, that it just has to be the last song. Like "Roll it Over" on Oasis' "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" or "The Masterplan" on "The Masterplan". Epics. Mmm...

Anyway. . . I seem to have a problem with overuse of ellipses. . . but it hasn't had a negative effect on my social or personal functioning, so I don't think I have to go into writing rehab as of now.

That's really all I wanted to say, just a little update on GBW (Green Both Ways). . .

*C*