Of Metal bands and Mixing boards...

Okay kiddies, sorry for the late update today. I'm feeling rather under the weather and, consequently, I spent the better part of the day on my couch watching war movies.

So, last night did not go quite as I had planned. We never finished mixing "Patience Guide", K3 and I only shot a couple pictures, and I didn't get home until 2am. I blame this all on the StudioMaster 16x4x2 mixing console that Josh and I purchased last night. The aforementioned mixer is a central component of the recording setup that Josh and I have been attempting to piece together for the past few months so, when the owner was willing to sell it to us for a mere 135 bucks, we naturally jumped at the opportunity.

In this case "Jumping at the opportunity" meant driving to Kenmore in what I can only describe as a fucking monsoon of a rainstorm. In the hour it took us to get there from squad we made four U-turns, got lost at least twice, and sufficiently weirded out a sleeping pregnant woman whose house we mistook for our destination. In fact, while standing on her porch, my inner monologue seemed to break down entirely because I inexplicably exclaimed "Awkward!" when I realized we were at the wrong house. In my defense, It was a tad awkward...Especially after my outburst.

But I digress.

Eventually we did find the house we were looking for but only after the man we were going to meet wandered out into the downpour to look for us. Once inside we got our first look at the StudioMaster. It was big. It looked heavy and, as Josh put it, "it looked legit!. We are, however, professionals...so we tested each channel, asked geeky questions, and were generally skeptical. Finding nothing wrong, we paid the man his money and lugged the extremely heavy mixer to my car and proceeded to drive home feeling very proud of our purchase.

We arrived at the squad, mixer in hand like conquering heroes and immediately set upon the task of integrating our new toy into the recording setup. At first things went well. We removed the old mixer, set up the amps and vocal mics, and connected all the components into the SoundMaster. We rejoiced at the prospects that the 4 new free channels offered, we patted ourselves on the back for such a thrifty purchase...We were pumped.

Then we put on our headphones.

To make a long story short, there was so much buzzing and channel noise that the board, in its current condition, was useless. Josh and I then set a new world record of transitioning from pumped to totally bummed out in under 3 seconds. I'm pretty sure it broke the sound barrier. We are, at the moment seeking outside consultation about possible fixes to the mixing board and, thankfully, the outlook seems promising. Since I know you are all so interested, I'll keep you posted.

At midnight Josh took off and I hung out with Butcher for a while and shot the shit about metal bands and recording studios. At about 1:30 I drove home and nearly wrecked my car on I-90 due to the nearly a foot of standing water on the approach to Issaquah. Good. Freaking. TIMES.

And now, here are the stats for yesterday:

Pictures taken: 5ish

Pictures posted: None!!

New bands I like: My Epiphany,Southcott,and Demon Hunter

New labels that rule: Less Avenged

Reasons I am proud of wife: this video clip in the upper right hand corner is a little promo for her dance company!

also..this is her being featured in an Ad for her company


okay. That's it for today. Hopefully I'll get the new Patience Guide up tonight...We'll see.

later