Studio: P H O TO S

Made That Good Drive. Back up Ninety-Five ... Well 485-85--95-395....

I made it 30 minutes away before realizing I forgot my new winter coat, considering we have 2 feet of snow at home, it was a must that I turn around. Oh well, A second Good-bye. I was confused however, about how it took ONE full tank of gas to get from DC -> Charlotte but TWO full tanks of gas to get from Charlotte -> DC . Is the east coast one giant hill?

Anyways... I was able to listen to a rough bounce out of the full album in the car, it is still very unbalanced, and you can hear me laughing a lot, and Justin saying " Cool" when a song is over... oh charming. I must say, at this stage, Be your girl, Stay, Just be friends, and Pancake Song are my favorite... I also spent the ride pondering album titles, and I think I got a good one. ;)

Now that I made it home, I can upload studio photos, I wish I had taken more... And while i upload them and settle in, I swear my kitten is just sitting next to me, and will NOT STOP meowing... Is she asking me about my week? I wish I spoke cat talk.






...more fun pictures to ensue.

DAY 3: in the S T U D I O

DAY 3:

Rough day. Well, wonderful results, but a s l o w start, and a slow me. To be honest, since I am away from home not being in my own bed at night and other factors have made me grumpy today. I recorded the entire day in my redskins pajamas, I really do look like a homeless person, Mrs.Huey said I smelt good though so that's promising... I was a little better with cofee & Excedrin.

Mr.Dean dropped me off in his grand daddy's 1972 all blue pick up truck.... We caused a scene.

We set up sound boards to catch the acoustic guitars better. (Justin made them recently - such a handy boy he is ) We also set up two different microphones, an "elroy" which is a condenser mic(borrowed from Alex Johns) and a "Sm57" which is dynamic. They are set up right above each other to help catch on different frequencies and ranges from the guitar strings.

When we started the morning, we were using Miss.Emily's beautiful Martin guitar, but it had a slight rattle when playing in the G frequency, so in order to switch to Justin's Gibson guitar we needed to go get more strings and change his so the sound was more fresh. So off to guitar center we went. [We also stopped and got JerseyMikes... My favorite thing in the world]

By the way...Harmonicas were $4.95, I was tempted to purchase one and am already sad that I didn't. I want to learn how to play it ( I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT EVERY INSTRUMENT...except brass/horns)

Once we got home, we started off okay with the first 2 songs, both strumming tracks. We re-tuned in between every song. Especially because all but one of my songs are capo-d. By track 3 however ( Sad Little Boy) I tried to play it and was miserable at staying on the click. It's a beautiful song but a pain to play. Justin had to take over, and he too had a hard time with the structure since the song is fairly redundant but the small changes are a big deal. - if that makes any sense- Eventually we wrapped it...

And just-in time ( ...haha) - Justin got great news, but it's top secret. And no, he isn't pregnant. I'll tell you soon.

Once we got on a role, things went much smoother, I got to play sound engineer today and manage the pro tools, which was fun and educational. It looks intimidating but it is fairly user-friendly.



by the way we tracked this song today, and it's stupid crazy awesome how much cooler it sounds a) When justin plays it and b) with tim's drumming... oh god its gonna be sweet.