After completing two days in the studio, 61 North is right on schedule. We have 7 sessions left and are kicking some ass so far. The goal is to finish rhythm tracks (drum & bass) this week, guitar tracks next week and vocals the final week. Yesterday was a particularly interesting day for myself. Ironically, on my 22 Birthday (June 17), we recorded the drum tracks to two of my first original songs, Loaded Gun and Midnight Hour. It feels good to be laying them down in their final version with 61 North. They have been circulating through Riverside, Slick Rick and The Hot Contents, 61 North and other musical acts I’ve pursued for the past three years. For Loaded Gun, this is it’s third time being professionally recorded. I’m ready to put these songs to rest and move forward.

So far we have finished the rhythms for Loaded Gun, Midnight Hour, Find Some Love, Slavedriver, Breakers Point, Funk You, Blackwater, No Time and Doin’ Time. Dave, one of the Gradwell House Studio’s engineers is great to work with and he is really helping to nail down our sound. Also, our producer Brint Ewart is proving to keep us progressing and never settling for less than what we are capable of. We seem to have a great chemistry going, and I’m having the time of my life.

Needless to say, Gooch and I are pumped for guitar week. Dave put it best when he said “guitar week may even be on the same level as shark week” haha. We are getting some of the meanest tones of our lives in the studio and the songs are really falling into their own characters as recordings. I can’t wait to see how the music evolves.

B