Hi, Lee here! Well, since uploading the reworks our radio play to download ratio is nearly 2:1 and it wouldn't happen if you didn't listen! I'd like to say thanks for listening to us, I really hope you like what you hear, and judging by the downloads most of you that hear us do, there will likely be one more release of each of our songs, a professionally recorded version.
I'm not going to a studio to do it, I'm going to do it from home, which means building a soundproof booth or room (most likely a booth) recording several different takes (hype tracks, backing vocals etc) and then spending maybe a week or more on the songs to really get that finishing touch the gets the professional artists so well known.
We're focusing hard on writing new material as well, we have at least 6 songs with lyrics that aren't ready yet, we haven't had enough time to record as often as we'd like, and are still nutting out bits and pieces of melody, breaks and some instrument settings, I will say they all sound alot more similair to each other than our current releases, and will probably undergo massive changes before I publicly release them!
We also have a Rock demo available, though majorly incomplete, we may upload it depending on feedback from you all, for those of you that enjoy pink floyd, it would be easiest to say this is our "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces" or "Careful with that axe, Eugene".
If you haven't yet check out our "Exclusive Demo" It's still untitled but essentially it's a song about getting off your ass and making a move if you ever want to make it
We've also reworked our homepage, I spent most of the weekend redesigning our "image" including finally getting a copy of our logo officially onto my PC (it was hand drawn) using Google Sketchup, I may soon release some music clips based out of Google Sketchup and Blender (when I learn to use blender that is, not a very user intuitive program that one)
As for the homepage, check it out, tell me what you think? still a long way to go I reckon, but until I get a 35mm SLR Camera I can't improve the picture quality to the level I want so I'm really pushing to get the music quality good enough to make people wanna stick around .
Unfortunately we can't dedicate as much time to music as we'd like, with Summer around the corner here in Australia our imperative has been clearing the property we live on to minimise risk of bushfire, and with the drought always a problem in this state, we're also setting up better water storage facilities (we have drinking water via mains but can't water the garden - 3/4 acre property....) so I bought some plastic lined 44 gallon drums and linked them to the downpipes on the house!
For anyone with a low budget, google 44 gallon drums, ring your local factories, I get 4 for 30 dollars and that holds 205 litres x 4 = 820 litres water storage, they'll need taps installed in the bottoms, or a good hand winding pump to get the water back out (i use a plastic Syphon pump that I got for 2 bucks, not the fastest way but it works and no effort) and they're extremely heavy when full (around 280 kilo's) but it'll cost you at least $120 for a 900 litre "water tank" that is a white / transparent colour (will grow bacteria easily unless painted etc) however if you keep the drums clean / filter rain water and they're plastic lined this shouldn't happen.
I've also been looking up home made foundrys (extreme fire hazard haha) to make some Rythmik Love metal keychains etc, check out the artful bodgers home foundry (google)
Regards
Lee
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