And it's fucking done!

Tonight I got everything recorded, edited, bounced and whatnot for the Sydänpuu single, now all I have to do is wait for Wednesday when we start mixing this puppy with Mr. Kortelainen @ the Tico Tico Studio. And I don't even have any drinks to celebrate with :( Oh well, no harm no foul. I'll do that later :)

This is what music looks like.

Bounce bounce bounce...

Bouncing the Sydänpuu tracks... Still... This takes forever...

Luckily I found this to amuse me while doing this brainless, yet pretty demanding (you have to be aware at all times not to fuck up) task:

How to get your band ready for the studio

It's hilarious, but also sadly pretty fucking true... :)

Almost the final stretch

Today I've once again jogged, and yes, practised the wonderful art of guitar. Now during the night I received some backing vocals from Mr. Petri Aho -who also lent his beautiful voice before for Altaria and Cain's Offering- for the Sydänpuu single. Been putting those tracks in place and doing some final bounces for some software synths. Should still go through the sampled orchestra tracks, but I think I'll save that for tomorrow, as I think I will have to do some edits there to make them sound a bit more "realistic", if that word can even be used here...

Now I've done it...

Today I have gone running again (already 100km+ for this month, way to go me), learned rest of the songs for Railio setlist (sans one, as I don't know what kind of version of it we are going to do yet), and...

*drumroll*

Practised! I have actually practised guitar -electric guitar- today, and I've had fun doing so! Just coming up with new licks and shit, trying to get my technique back together after shying away from the electric and the more technical stuff for quite a while now. I think I'm gonna start doing this on a regular basis, who knows, maybe I'll even start shredding again one day :) Playing the fuck out of the guitar and coming up with new stuff is shitloads of fun, why didn't anyone remind me of that before??? :)

More is More

Oh me oh my...

Victoria Beckham Won't Do An Australian Spice Girls Tour

"Are you disappointed?", the article asks. You know what, at first I thought I would be, but then I remembered I don't give a flying fuck, so I guess the answer is "No, I'm not disappointed".

Every now and then...

Morning coffee, checking the news and emails, 8km run, shower. Now some food and then I'll continue rehearsing the songs for the Railio setlist. Who's a good boy? Me, that's fucking who :) This time next week I've spent my first day at the new school studying the wonderful art of songcraft. The sun is shining and life ain't half bad these days ;)

Sunday funday?

Well, not really. Fairly basic shit to be honest. I tried writing some new music, but for some reason I couldn't really concentrate, so I went jogging and rehearsed a few songs from the Railio setlist. Gonna be pretty fucking hectic for a while, but hopefully -and most likely- I will survive. Been also in contact with some of the other guys I'll be sharing the stage with during the Railio shows, haven't met most of the guys, but they seem to have a great sense of humor. I wrote to the guys saying hi and and asking some actual questions about the setlist. Couldn't resist so I had to conclude my question cavalcade with "Can you get pregnant from masturbation?". The first answer was "Yes, a pregnancy after masturbation is a FACT. Good luck with your first prenatal!" I think we're gonna get along just fine :)