| NelsonL wrote on Thu, 06 March 2008 15:45 |
This reminds me of an old adage that I think makes a lot of sense "quit worrying and record with what ya got."
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two things to that.
1. we (as in all four band members) really wanted to make this record entirely ourselves. we knew we would need grant for some tracking, and that was as much external presence as we would allow till mastering.
2. wagner and i have cut a handful of EPs and records in his basement. all have turned out really cool, and we've really learned the room.
a handful of crappy mics, a couple good ones, a decent sounding basement room, and pro tools M Powered..........a hard rock record was born.
lyrically.....all i can say is that the face value is one thing, the metaphor is another and the intent is yet another.
i tried to step up to the plate/mic with something to say........perhaps shrouded in a bit of hard rock cliche......perhaps not.
a big complaint of ours (the four members of the band) is that so much of this kind of music (being more current hardcore or emo-core......to which we are not either) has little to nothing to offer lyrically and even vocally.
there was a big emphasis placed on actually having something to say.
typically we end our songs around the time i tell the guys i've got nothing else to say on that topic. AND, why on earth should a hard rock song be any longer then 3:30. i think the longest song on this record is 3:57
four tunes are under 3 minutes.
make your point, kick some teeth in and go home.
