So For For Real

        We're on day four straight of resuming recording the new albums. For the record, I say "albums" because though we started with just one, we quickly ended up with more than enough songs for three, so we figure if we whittle down what we have to two different albums we'll end up with two really awesome works of art. One will end up being pretty acoustic and organic, more ballads, and the other will end up being a bit more pop and modern sounding.
        Started with the song "So For Real" which was suffering from some server rhythm problems... Took days and days to rectify and I still don't know if we've totally fixed it.. But last night it finally started to sound like it was coming along. It's a gorgeous song, beautiful strolling melody that goes in a lot of different directions and yet still has "hooks". I loved the song the minute I first started fleshing it out. Reminds me of All Things Must Pass. We've just been adding whatever seems cool or fun or creative and running with it. Mic'd floor toms, 12-string guitar, organ, Rhodes, etc... Pretty cool so far. Hard, challenging, super frustrating, but we're making progress. I can't believe -- nor can I imagine that most non-musicians could -- how long it takes to record ONE song from beginning to end. We're talking hundreds of hours... It's insane. The only reason a person would do this is out of a super passionate love of making music.
        More later. Everyone is waiting for me.