In Eagle Rock at the studio finishing the last track (“Bullet”) for the Steel Train record. In retrospect, the six-month process of exiting our record label was all worth it … had we not had the time, this song wouldn’t have made the album and it is without a doubt my favorite track.
Two more days in California and then we’re back home! Emily and I have collectively been away since the first week of August … I can’t wait to be home to spend the holidays together with our families. Rehearsal starts for the Seahorses! CD Release Party in a couple of days. Also excited about that …
More later … time to work!
A new awesome design that Joel Hopler did for us. Joel and his wife Emily are doing the artwork for the limited edition pressing of our EP.
Speaking of which: Seahorses! “Musical Beds Vol. I” comes out NOVEMBER 24th! A limited pressing of 400 CD’s with hand-screened artwork will be available on our online store and at our CD Release show on November 27th at The Evening Muse. It will also be released digitally on iTunes.
I’ve been so busy, I never post anymore. I’m sorry! I’ll do better. Starting this afternoon. Emily too.
Currently listening to Justin recording some sick vocal tracks for our newest hip/hop track which will be featured in the newest edition of “YO! Raps”
In other news… Our newest producer Ducky, or as we call him “Sir Duck” has been playing an integral part in our recording process.
Get back to you with more news later.
Emily on tour with “Fun.”! Check out the new tour dates!!! On tour with hellogoodbye, Limbeck and My Favorite Highway.
Aug 14 2009 Chic’s El Paso, Texas
Aug 15 2009 Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico
Aug 18 2009 Club Karma Victorville, California
Aug 19 2009 Chain Reaction Anaheim, California
Aug 20 2009 Downtown Brewing Co. San Luis Obispo, California
Aug 21 2009 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, California
Aug 23 2009 Stockton Empire Theatre Stockton, California
Aug 25 2009 Chop Suey Seattle, Washington
Aug 26 2009 Hawthorne Theater Portland, Oregon
Aug 27 2009 The Boardwalk Orangevale, California
It’s been such an interesting year up to this point … I’m not quite sure how we got all the way to July (which reminds me … hope everyone had a happy 4th!). It has just been so off and on. Out for a few weeks, back home, work, no work, ect ect ect. Next thing I knew, it was already 90 degrees outside and half the year was done.
I’ve been having a lot of difficulty making sure that I’m best utilizing my time while here in NC. Finding the balance between creative work and practical work, for instance. No one is making me do either of those. I don’t have very many deadlines but they’re all things that need to be done. I don’t know. I’m just the type of person who always needs to be seeing tangible results from my work. Unfortunately most of the things I’m involved in don’t produce those immediately even after working like crazy.
Anyways. Working on a few really cool recordings lately. The Seahorses EP Musical Beds Vol. 1 is well on its way. I’ll be recording some electric guitar this afternoon. Alex will be back in town this weekend to finish the last bit of the percussion. Also, our friend Hope Rollins came in and tracked a few of her songs with me. We are mostly using all of her vocal tracks and then I’m going to build the music behind those. It’s kind of a backwards approach to recording, much like Chris Walla implemented on the Tegan and Sara record, but I think it lends itself to some really cool results.
Well, I’m going to get back to work. Tetris doesn’t play itself. Okay, that was a joke. But I do love Tetris. Please continue to pray for our friend Kate McRae. She was diagnosed with a very rare brain tumor. She’s five years old. A week ago she was energetic and vibrant. It’s hard to understand how these things happen, but the Lord can heal her. Please, please, please pray with us. To hear more, watch the video in the previous post on this blog.
Love one another abundantly.
J
Please join us in praying for Kate McRae. Her condition is very rare, but he Lord hears the prayers and pleas of His people, whom he loves. We believe and trust in His divine power and compassion and love for us.
http://www.themorningnews.org
Pretty interesting op-ed on The Morning News today … It’s easy to forget that the one’s who are speaking the loudest (in any scene) rarely speak or represent the voice of the majority … thus, dismissing everything “hipster” as materialistic, pretentious and downright stupid just because a lot (a lot a lot a lot) of that stuff exists makes it easier to overlook and dismiss the possible genius that could be lurking within it.
Interesting perspective …
“As Pandamonium illustrates, there’s no shortage of hipsters worthy of our mocking. But our challenge is to make the distinction between the artists and the pandas. Otherwise, when the next generation finds its own Jackson Pollack, John Coltrane, or Dorothy Parker, we’re likely to stifle their talents with our misappropriated cynicism. Or worse, we’ll turn them into a joke.”
