That They One!

Studio update # what ever fucking number we are on now?

So, after roughly 12 hrs of recording over the past two weeks we have completed all 10 drum tracks for our upcoming album. That is pretty sweet. I have to give it up to our tall and lanky, nappy haired drummer Marco for pulling off all his tracks in such short order. Although the tracks are still in it’s raw form they sound really killer. Lets hope Christian (recording guy) can make them sound awesome in the final mix. With the drums out of the way the focus will now shift to the bass. I am looking forward to laying down my tracks as soon as possible. Most likely to start sometime next week. The whole process so far has been enjoyable for all and is moving at a good pace.

On another note:

While we have our gear out of our jam space it has given us an opportunity to do some spring cleaning  that was long overdue. It has come up in conversation that we should rearrange our furniture. Everything has been as it is for almost 10 years. But of course in typical DR style we can not agree on where to put what. I got a feeling it will take us longer to rearrange furniture than it will for us to finish this album.

Desolate Rage, doing things the hard way since 2003 LOL

Anyways, that’s it for me.

Take care !

Jeff

Amber Lamps

To all the chiefs out there,

Well, its good to be back in the recording studio again. Feeling the pressure of being the first one to be tracked and getting a feel for new surroundings is always a bit of a challenge, but a good one. The first practice in the recording studio took a little bit of getting use to, but once we started recording the drums it got easier because lord knows, AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!!

The drums sounded pretty good considering they're pretty raw and no tweaking has been done yet but I gotta say, if Christian doesn't get that a.c. in the studio to work, I will put my sweaty balls on his chin. But for now wearing my headband will have to do:) I don't think its right that I should be in that hot-ass room when its bad enough I have to play with a white-stranded dummy, a goof who pees like a camel, and a hobbit who's ego is taller than he is (lol) but I won't mention any names;) I know, I know, my ass is grass in the next few blogs but I love these guys like brothers so, I can get away with it.

On another note, I was able to get four songs tracked so far and I'm hoping to continue at a comfortable pace and track the next six in decent timing, but I won't get too excited and just hope for the best. When I'm done recording the drums I would like to be around for the bass, guitars and vocals to see how sick everything will sound.............and to break the guys' balls in the process. Once this whole recording is done I'm sure it will be worth it. Christian is so far the coolest producer I've worked with and an easygoing guy, and I think I speak for the boys too, let's just hope he can stand us for a few more weeks!

Until next time,
Marco

Marco

C*$k-sicles & Go Bob Rock yourself

    Let me start with a big cheers to everyone that came out to our debut at the Velvet Underground on April 19th!! It is greatly appreciated and we had a blast playing for you all (no thanks to the 2 bands that pulled out the day of the show.....asshatters!!)

   On a very sad note the metal world lost a great guitar player and song writer on May 2...Jeff Hanneman of "Slayer" passed away from liver failure after spending the last two and half years of his life fighting through necrotising fasciitis and various surgeries to remove the dead skin from his arm. The metal world will never be the same.....RIP Jeff Hanneman.

    So we hit the recording studio last week and got the ball rolling on our first release as Desolate Rage. Marco's drums were all re-skined and setup (they sound great Marco, relax!!) and on Friday we jammed in the recording space to get a feel for the room and sound. So far so good....this week is another week of tweaking drums and getting the right sounds and hopefully next week we start tracking the drums.
   
   So someone (I'm not gonna say who) said that 3 of us were ugly and that he was the good looking "Rock Star"....I sometimes wonder about people cause if anyone is the "Rock Star" that would be me and let's not forget that Mr Drywaller...lol. As for what's next, well Marco's drums need to be recorded before we can play another live show so until Too-Tall-Jones gets his shit together we're stuck recording drums in the studio.

Cheers to you all
J

Well, Well, Well......

Another good show under our belts and we love playing our tunes for all of you! Special thanks to all our friends and fans that always come out to support us. YOU GUYS ROCK!!! One day I'll buy you all a beer, one day....

I'm excited about recording with the band, it's always a blast and full of good memories. I hope everything runs smoothly because I want a good sounding albyum to listen to. I know the guys will do a good job, they maybe UGLY but the three of them are great musicians.

I don't where this rumor of me working for a living as a "Drywaller" came from....I'm a "ROCK STAR"!!! and lets keep it that way. So on behalf of me and the guys in Desolate Rage
THANKS TO ALL!!
Nelson