Black X-mas

I am currently sitting in the lounge at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN where we are working on our new album. We loaded in yesterday and pent the whole day setting up, testing out different gear and mics and finding the right sounds. My drums setup and oversized cymbals gave Joe alot of trouble So we ended up spending a good bit of time on the drums. I ended up going to Fork’s Drum Closet this morning and bought a 24″ giant beat ride and a 20″ giant beat crash. They sound much better in the room than the 2002’s I was playing.
We finally got to tracking today and started with “Black Man”. It took us a while to get out mixes right and fight the right tempo and the right click track but we finally got through it and did a few takes of the song. Joe is currently sorting through them and making sure we have everything we need.
We will probably try and get started on another song before calling it a night.
I lost the cable that connect my camera to the computer so I don’t have any photos to post yet. Maybe I will get a cable tomorrow.
I need to go watch what may be the best film ever. “Black X-mas”.

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