Here’s the second update video!
This vlog focuses on the three days I spent tracking electric guitar for the album. Clean and distorted guitars were recorded through two different amp heads but the same speaker cabinet. That’s why I did all the distorted guitars first, then went back and took care of the cleans. Enjoy!
At some point last year, I discovered something called the RPM Challenge. The challenge is to record an album (RPM = Record Per Month) entirely in the month of February. Followers of this blog know I can’t turn down a good musical challenge, so I simply had to participate this year!
I’m also filming sizable chunks of the process. Here’s the first update video, chronicling how I spent the first three days. Enjoy!
Here’s a thing I made!
I thought I’d try my hand at a lyric video…
Originally the B-side to “I Wanna Go Outside”, this is also one of the few Distinct Kicking Motion songs I’ve had the chance to play live. Check it out, hope you like it, and let me know what you think!
The instrumental EP continues!
I knew I wanted to mix it up with something mellow about halfway through the EP. This one really came about after thinking about my favorite Dredg album and all of its little incidental tracks, all of which are less than two minutes. So… why not keep that mellow thing about halfway through nice and short? After I put that chord progression together, the title practically suggested itself. Were I ever able to afford pressing this EP on vinyl, this would definitely be the last track on Side A.
As always, thanks for listening! Feel free to let me know what you think. Enjoy the start of summer and I’ll see you soon.
After seven months, Distinct Hitting Motion finally reaches its end.
From the onset, this tune was going to be the longest one in the project. For one, it seems to make sense that the closing track is the longest… especially with how long most of the postseason games took. For another thing, I fully admit I was thinking a lot about the band Coheed and Cambria, particularly their song “The Light and the Glass” which clocks in at over eight minutes. Of course, I can’t sing nearly as high as Claudio Sanchez, but…
The lyrics were written in one night, the music was definitely not. The first half of the closing riff and the opening bit both came to me while I was at work – the benefits of teaching private lessons for a living! Musically, the biggest challenge was bridging the gap between those two parts. Lyrically, the biggest challenge was just getting started – that “struggle to find the words to say” line was both a snapshot of me at that moment and the catalyst I needed to get the ball rolling. Go figure, huh?
As always, thank you for listening! Feel free to share and let me know what you think. Have a good day and I’ll see you again soon.
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