The “Undercover” project proceeds apace! There are now around 17 songs recorded in at least a preliminary way–some more preliminary than others. And not all with make the cut. But still, that’s a lot of work accomplished and the consensus is we’re still on target to release around May. There are a few more to record and then a whole lot of polishing, rerecording, mixing and mastering before that can happen.
No, you cannot hear what we’ve done so far. These songs have never before been heard by human ears–nor will they until release day.
But oh how I’d love to let you. Some of this stuff will blow your mind!
Problem is, trying hard can be inhibiting. I find I play it safer, use fewer notes, take less chances. Doing so can really help lock things down. But it can also stifle the music. Worse, sometimes the red RECORD light can be as frightening as the flaming eye of Sauron. It can lead to excessive errors and multiple retakes. Once I start down that path it’s easy to get rattled.
It’s an exciting project to be part of. It can be a viscerally rewarding thing to make honest, rootsy rock music with nothing but attitude, poetry, tube amps and wooden drumsticks. But it can be another thing entirely to engineer a piece of aural shock and awe using modern studio magic. Endless Blue is the latter.
