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Humble tracks / 12 months a year

3/12/2016

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We're releasing new songs as we record them on a collection we call 'Humble tracks' on bandcamp. It's all stuff we recorded ourselves in our basement, so there's no expert around to tell us what to do and what not to do. So we can do whatever we want and we don't have to pay anyone so I totally love that.
​One thing that annoys Jilian is how I tend to go nuts and add tons of layers and overdubs. It actually annoys me sometimes too since I try to be all about keeping things basic. But on the other hand layering stuff up is fun and so easy with digital tools that I usually can't help myself.
A musician/songwriter/studio guy I admire, TW Walsh, wrote a blog post about this - 7 Ways to Keep Your Track Count Down - and ever since reading this I've been thinking "I really need to try harder to do that."
So on our latest song that we just posted yesterday, I tried to remain disciplined and follow both TW's and Jilian's advice to minimize the number of different tracks used in the recording. The song ended up with 1 guitar track, 1 bass track, 1 drum track and 2 vocal tracks and I'm pretty happy with how it sounds. Check it out, it's called "12 months a year."
-curtis

(post edited 08/27/17 to point to Soundcloud stream of song)
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The story so far..

3/11/2016

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Let's just start out with the 1-minute version-
I'm not sure exactly what my wife Jilian was thinking last year when she decided to buy a drum set, but for me one thing was perfectly clear: we were starting a band together. Whether she liked it or not. 
I had already written some songs, and even recorded a few of them on my own, using drum machines or other improvised percussion. But now, with her in the mix, I knew that the fun was really about to begin, and we started rehearsing the the basement.

Our first performance was a private show for friends in our living room last December, and at that point we were hooked to the thrill of playing loud fuzzy music directly into people's ears. And while I really love the concept of operating as a simple 2-piece, it was clear that it would just sound better with some help on the low end. That help is named Alex, who plays bass like he's reading my mind, but then apologizes for mistakes he says he made but I couldn't even hear.

Anyway, we're still new at this, but we're having a blast. Thank you for bearing with us as we figure out how to play however the fuck we like.

-curtis
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