Finally, the epic clash between man and machine has begun. The struggle between the will of humans and the might of computers and microphones ensues in California. Soon, there will be only one victor, and it must be us, the shining warriors of Centrevol!!!
As many of you have heard, we have crawled into the hibernatory state of album-recording this week. We began tracking our much anticipated album at Infrasonic Studios, a tracking, mix, and mastering studio in East LA that has hosted artists such as Beck and The Mars Volta. We have had many many months of preparation and writing in anticipation of this studio time, and we are pushing for this album as if it will be the one to give us the national attention that we so desire. Interestingly, when I was interning at Universal I worked on promoting The Mars Volta’s first major label release “De-Loused in the Comatorium,” 2003. Now I’ve come full circle and am working on (hopefully) my first major label release.
The cover to their album "De-loused"
We have the honor of having a large budget and working on this album with producer Eric Palmquist. Also on board with us is Dan the Drum Tech and Ian the engineer. The studio is quite impressive, with tons of character. I’ll start with the best part: a custom Neve board with the pre-amp God’s signature all over the dam thing. In addition, there is a huge selection of vintage drums, basses, keyboards, and amps:
The security
We began tracking “basics” which means focusing mainly on the rhythm section (specifically drums and bass). We set up so that we could all be in the main room with Nate, Pete’s amp was in the iso-booth/hallway, Jon’s in the bass closet of doom, and mine in the kitchen. We tracked basics for 4 of your 7 soon to be favorite songs: “Don’t Hear Me Wrong”, “On a Roll”, “Save Yourself”, and “Walk the Line” (by Johnny Cash). Things are going smoothly and we are ahead of schedule! Check back soon for some vids of our antics in studio!
