We did the RPM “write and record a record in a month” thing again this year. We actually needed to finish tracking midway through February because I was leaving town, and because I wanted to give Greg more than a few days to mix.
We set up shop at glamorous Turk Street on a Friday night, then wrote and recorded basics over two long days of gear failure. Things that fucked up: my recording laptop, my backup recording laptop, Pace’s Ampeg, my VTM60, the Laney Supergroup we borrowed, two mic stands, Cubase, a 1spot power supply, my 2-ch A/D converter. On our first afternoon I was sitting in Jeff’s car, installing Cubase on a borrowed Macbook Pro while we drove back to the space. It’s like Abbey Road around here.
Gear problems or no, we got basics done. We spent the next few days writing and tracking vocals and guitar overdubs in my basement whenever we could find time. I uploaded a gig of files to Greg the night before I left town, and listened to his mixes on headphones in a hotel room. I thought the roughs were really good, but Greg just killed on the mixes. Next level shit. How does he do it?
Anyway, here’s the result: Ten songs about bigfoot(s). Narration by Friday the 13th author Victor Miller. Mix desk manned by a genuine Grammy winner. Mellotron. Riffs. Feel it.
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