As with all things in life, the first day of recording the album didn’t exactly go as planned. To begin with, a faulty alarm clock contributed to a late start, and once we all made it to the studio, we found many more things to slow us down (including some mysterious disappearing drum hardware).

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