This past Wednesday and Thursday I started recording my next album, along with Eric Lense, the drummer for the album, and Jake Skolnick, the producer. It went really well. We started out by tracking the drums along with a scratch rhythm guitar. We had a lot to get accomplished in a short amount of time, since we had about three hours on Wednesday and up to five hours on Thursday for drums, before Eric would be booked for a longer amount of time (he’s currently in three different projects, is about to record a full length with his main project, The Instant Classic, and is also planning a tour for them). Still, we had 13 songs on the roster, and three of them would be percussion only. The other ten we needed to get good drums on, and quick. The only problem was that Eric hadn’t heard and of the songs until two nights before, when I sent him 4 songs. The majority of the tracks he hadn’t heard at all before stepping foot into the studio. Still wee performed admirable and got the ten drum songs completed in seven hours over two days. Plus they sound really kickass. So even though I had July 4th long weekend in between then and now, I’m still feeling the after effects of a couple of great studio sessions. The next session is either this Tuesday or Saturday, and I can’t wait to get back to lay down some drums and guitars.