Goin' Down

Another week has gone by and we find ourselves slithering down the sand roads to Henry’s backwoods studio. It was a rainy evening but for me, it added to the swampy vibe that I was hoping to relate in our music. Bob the drummer was all ready setting up his cymbals on Henry’s Dirty studio set of cans. We set up all the equipment and jumped right into a vibe, running through “Going Down” for the first time. After several times through we started laying down some scratch tracks; just raw recordings that we can listen too and work on. We got one we could live with about an hour later. It was getting late, but I wanted to try a quick take on “Garden of Love.” The rhythm pattern changes several times in this song, so it was no easy task. After two or three attempts we recorded a few scratch versions and called it a night. Bob and I packed our gear, the rain had stopped and we snaked our way back out to the hard road for the long drive home. It felt good to reminisce over creating art in the past few hours with the camaraderie of good friends. Life is good!