Sunday, 23 April 2023

Rehearsing and preparing for the big GIG!

 We've gone a bit dark for the past few weeks because we have been rehearsing and preparing for this gig, We have now got 10 original tracks to play at the show, and also have agreed on a set list and how to promote the EP by playing the tracks on it!


Here's our set List!


completely unrelated content but funny! (we created this during this week)



"Make a Stand"
"Are We Alone"
"Call to Adventure"
"Doom & Gloom"
"Enigma"
"Return Home"
"Mystique Papier"
"Another Man"
"Final Departure"
"Conquest of Courage"


Thursday, 6 April 2023

GIG ALERT!!!

 GIG ALERT!


We have managed to book a gig with the promoter "Uncover" to play at Drummonds on the 27th April, we are so happy to have managed to snatch this so we can use it to promote our EP release, together with some other tracks we have been working on.


See artwork below






Tuesday, 4 April 2023

Final Departure Recording session

Today we recorded our 4th and final track in our EP "Final Departure", we had a slightly different approach with this track as we DI'd the guitars directly to the interface and then modulated using logic plug in for amps, pedals & effects. The bass was plugged in directly to the interface, because there seems to a be a fault with our bass amp, and there's a static frequency that is getting picked up in the recordings.


This is the 4th and final track in our EP, and its composed by 3 different sections, an initial guitar lick that follows into the first verse and returns during chorus, the verse with a clean guitar that gets played twice and an outro solo followed by a portion of the verse riff.


Please see below photos of the recording session for drums below.










Evaluation & Conclusion

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