Alright! Now that we got that out of the way we can get on to the good stuff. The Jumping Fountains full-length is coming along nicely. All of the primary instruments (drums, bass, guitar and synth) have been tracked and await the nimble fingers and finely tuned ears of our sound engineer (and fearless leader), Chris Bigley. JF should be hitting the vocal booth, as time allows for it, over the next few weeks and beyond that, and a few other small instrumental parts, the CD should be finished. We are all starting to get very excited about the way the songs are coming together and are absolutely giddy with the thought that we will be able to share them with you in the not so distant future.

Until that day arrives, however, we will be sure to maintain a higher rate of "postage" on the VREX main page. Many thanks to all of you that have been checking back for updates, we will do our best to keep you fully supplied with the stuff you crave. For the time being, enjoy these shots of JF bassist, lovingly known as, "da beej".

Pendulum clock rock,

Jake

To help meet the world's need for quality music-themed photos, we are introducing a new "Photos" section to our website. This new section will have pictures of bands we work with, events we go to, changes we make to the studio, and more! For now, we are only featuring photos of Walla Walla's, The Blast, but expect many more categories to be introduced over the next couple of weeks. So what are you waiting for? Go check out some pics!

As Always... Rock and Roar,

The better part of the day was spent tuning up the drums and developing tempos for scratch tracks, after which we were finally ready to hit record on some drum tracks. I don't know if it was the KFC bowl he ate for lunch or the hours of listening to a monotonous tone generator while we worked on the drums, but once it came time to lay down his tracks, Zach was a one-take machine. He powered through five of the eight songs in about two hours, making up for a lot of the day's lost time. In the end we came out with some rockin' drums tracks and a great start on the album.

Stay tuned for daily updates throughout the process of recording the album. Next up, more drums and then on to bass and guitars.....

Chris

Today marks the first day of tracking for Jumping Fountains at VREX Studios. Jumping Fountains is made up of four Walla Walla natives with a love of rock and an even stronger love of not taking themselves too seriously. JF will be recording a full-length over the next couple of weeks with the help of Vicarious Rex Studios and the expertise of our very own Chris Bigley. JF is planning to produce a limited number of CDs and the album (currently being called, "Jump This") will also be released for download through the Vicarious Rex website. More posts/photos documenting Jumping Fountains studio time will be put up as they become available so don't be afraid to check back regularly. Also be sure to check out JF's "Rock 'n' Roll Coyote" to get a taste of what the band is all about.