Well, the recording kicked off yesterday and I got started with the drums. Recording drums is always a time-consuming process, but I had done some prep for the drums already, and managed to get through pretty much half of the songs yesterday.

For this recording I am doing the drums right - first recording them live, but saving them as MIDI into the computer and then separating them out onto a bunch of separate audio tracks as opposed to a general mix, which I have done before - this gives me the opportunity to properly mix each of the separate drums. This has already made the drums sound much bigger, even in the preliminary working mix.

I also spent some time finishing off some additional prep elements of the general recording - getting some guitars re-strung, re-stringing a bass guitar (not the faint hearted, I can assure you) and getting the main project for the recording all set up. I also spent some time getting mics, and other studio set-up fixed up. I think the studio is in good shape, which bodes well, considering I am locked in here all day and all evening for the next five days.

Unfortunately, today was a bit of a set-back in terms of getting into the studio, as I had to tend to some other things, but I am in here now continuing to work on the drum tracks, and I want to get the majority of the existing drum tracks completed before I hit the hay. So, a busy night of drumming ahead for me! Stay tuned to the Twitter Feed for updates!

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