After a long hiatus of recording and being away at two different colleges, JP and Fus decided to try to put a cover band to play at the local bars.  Living with Matt Rier, JP and Matt were able to jam freely for a year before actually putting their talent to work.

After posting an ad in Craigslist seeking a lead singer, the band met Steve Waldron.  Turns out he lived right down the street and was able to fill the slot for vocals and provide the use of proper recording equipment.

Each track was recorded live in Matt's room in Statesboro, GA.  The room was tiny in comparison to what we had in there; full drum set, PA system, googles of cords, microphones, stands and not to mention all of Matt's personal belongings like his bed, dresser, nightstand, and such.  It became our recording sweatshop for 3 days when we finally were able to record.

We ran everything into our Behringer PMP 4000; Lead vocals, guitar, bass, and drums that were mic'd with only 3 microphones.  We regret that we did not take the time to properly mic the drums, so anyone interested in recording take note of that.  The Behringer recording output went into Steve's 8 input multi-track recorder.  For the first time, we were able to finally record everything at the same time onto different tracks.  We split the mixer headphone output into 4 separate headphones and luckily I had just bought a pair of wireless headphones so Matt was free to move behind the wheel of this drums.

Unfortunately, since we recorded everything live, Steve's lead vocal microphone was able to pick up Matt's drums in almost every recording.  This can be heard when the drums volume will suddenly increase or decrease throughout the song, like in Rock and Roll.  We tried to isolate the two but it was too difficult.  When it came time to EQ the tracks, balancing the actual EQ'd drums with the ones heard in the background of Steve's vocals became a challenge and a huge recording flaw.

Besides that one flaw, these tracks mark a new era in how far we came in learning how to record and produce music on our own.  The fact that we recorded all these live in Matt's tiny room and got this type of sound is a feat unto itself.  Aside from a 1 or 2 redone tracks redone for guitar and bass, what you hear is essentially how we sounded live.  And we only played one show to an audience of maybe 30 people after learning over 25 covers, months of practicing, and 3 days of recording another chapter in our musical endeavor.