"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Day II

Our plan for yesterday was to start working around 10am and work all day until we had solid drum takes, then move on to the bass guitar and finish that up. We spent the most time on the drum sound. Dave and Adam jumped in right away talking about gear and mic placement that was well beyond all of us. We referenced a few recordings/videos that we all felt would be a good starting point for these tunes. We ended up using some drum mic'ing techniques that were new to all of us (including the engineers) and came out with something that was close to what we had in mind, and also sounds very unique. We were happy about that. All in all, we used 9 mics on "I'll Wait" and 10 on "Don't Rush". That's a lot more than we typically do, but the time and effort and extra stuff definitely seems to have paid off. I'm afraid I don't have many great pictures of our drum set-up because not only did we close mic EVERYTHING, we built a small fort around Burke with blankets and foam baffles that made photo taking kind of difficult. I think Bryant may have gotten some video and additional photos that wil probably surface before too long. Once we got two drum takes we were happy with, we moved on to the bass guitar. One thing that Bryant did that we've never really tried before was running his bass through two completely different and separate amp set-ups simultaneously. Dave and Adam also mic'd them separately. So, we effectively had two different bass sounds going at once that were totally in sync. It sounds great, and Bryant knocked both of those songs out in just a few takes. The only problem we ran into (which set us back about an hour...) was that Burke and I had miscounted a part (or two...) during the drum take. Keep in mind, we didn't discover this until we had already destroyed Burke's fort, and taken down all 10 mics and put up five or six more for this bass rig. LUCKILY, it was a very easy edit to make, so after some deliberation, cussing, and blushing Dave was able to fix it and save the day. No harm, no foul. Today we're recording guitars and vocals. More about that tomorrow. k, luv u, bye.

Here's Adam, fooling with me and hopping around between dimensions while I'm trying to take his photo. So annoying...

Here's what breakfast looked like. Weird. Breakfast was weird.

"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Executive Producer, Werner

Tim, catching the fade during drum set-up.

Here's Adam with a microphone we borrowed from a friend, who got it from a pedophile. Ask us about that in private...

Burke didn't know I was taking this picture. Here he is getting in the zone.

This is what recording looks like while you're not the one who is doing recording.

Or, it can also look like this...

It was Mexican food for lunch. Have you ever noticed the mondo B-A-B-E-S on Univision? We did!

Dave and Adam in a daze after realizing what they've gotten themselves into...

Public House Recording Studio

I had a short break yesterday, so I went record shopping/free arcade game and pinball playing at Logan Hardware for about an hour. If you're ever in Chicago, DO NOT MISS this national treasure.

Like the stars say in Hollywood, California...slappin de beeaaassssssss

Bryant's bass riggs

This is Dave right after he said "Hop Thesis" to the waitress and we all laughed at him. Ask us about that in private...

"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Day I

We packed up our duds last evening and headed for Chicago. We're very excited to begin recording for this new 7". In fact, we're just getting some microphones on the drums now and we're having a great time. The trip was great, we had a nice opportunity to hang out with Adam and Dave last night and get a plan together for the weekend. So far, so good.

Twenty Twelve

It's been a little bit since our last post....I warned you, though. 2012 is half-gone. We got booted out of our secret rehearsal space and moved into what turns out to be a much more comfortable, cheaper, and more productive working environment for us. Who knew? Sometimes, you don't know what you've got til it's gone. And sometimes what you had was an albatross. We're busy now, steadily pecking away at new material. I still can't say what exactly we're getting ourselves into, but things are taking shape and being revealed to us a little at a time. We're planning a couple of things, loosely. For one, we'd like to release a 7" single soon(er than later) that has two new songs on it. We've been playing these songs at our live shows recently and feeling pretty good about them. More info on this soon. other things we have in mind are even more abstract than that. did you ever notice how easy it is to accidentally type "thongs" when you meant to type "things"? When we're not on tour (like now) this blog is kind of slow. I'm sorry. The real action is happening at our newly minted twitter handle which is found at @hubndubs. Do i need to say "at", or do you guys read "at" in your brain when you see "@". I know i do. lots of recording photos, weird ideas, limericks, and that kind of thing are happening from us on twitter. the writing is brief, but it's frequent and pertinent. there are some new wearable husband&wife things for sale at xrarecords.bigcartel.com. it's the only place to get most of that stuff at the moment, so head on over there and spend yer dough. maybe soon we can post some mp3s that will serve as a progress report, or at least a taste of what we're working on. I don't know. I just thought of that and i'll have to run it by the others. stay tuned, i guess!!!!!!