Hurry up and Wait…
By bartryan | July 15, 2010
Well, it’s almost done. All the guitars are recorded, and all the lead Vocals. Now we have to finish up a couple of details and do the mixing.
This just takes time and patience. You make a mix, go live with it for a few days, decide to change a bunch of stuff, schedule new studio time, and do it again. This all happens along with all the other daily craziness of living in L.A during the toughest economy in generations, but you just keep driving on. Should be done in a couple of weeks.
Bart Ryan at The Grand Ole Echo on 07/25/10
By bartryan | July 15, 2010
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Bart Ryan at Harvelle’s on 07/28/10
By bartryan | July 15, 2010
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In the Mouth of Madness…
By bartryan | July 7, 2010
I spent about a week like a wild animal in my place recording guitar tracks. The upstairs of my hipster Silverlake condo has a small studio in it. I ran a bunch of cabling out to the hipster laundry room so I could isolate the sound of my amp and work on guitar parts. I would get up in the morning, go into the studio, mess with ideas, record, decide it was terrible, record some more, throw my guitar out the God Damned window, record again, play it for a couple people, Try to sleep, decide to quite music, smoke a cigarette, eat something, drink Tequila, record some more, and finally abandon all hope. This is the standard process for me in writing, recording and producing…
Chasing the Devil’s Keys
By bartryan | July 3, 2010
These are pictures of me over at Jamieson’s house. I went over there to work on Keyboard parts a little while ago. We Banged out ideas and actually put a few final parts down. Then we went into the studio a few days later and finished it all up. Jamo is a ridiculous musician… RIDICULOUS. He also makes a smokin’ margarita.
You may wonder why there are no pictures of us actually In the studio… Well the guy who owns it is a bit eccentric and he doesn’t want anyone taking photos inside … Maybe he’s afraid the photos will steal his soul? I’d go somewhere else, but this is my favorite place to record, ever. Now we work on Guitars…
Bart Ryan at First and Hope on 06/24/10
By bartryan | June 22, 2010
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Give and Take
By bartryan | June 10, 2010
I could spend a bunch of time telling you how incredibly shitty this week was. How Earth-shakingly,
Mind-numbingly, God-cursingly, let’s-just-drink-Drano and be done shitty this week was, but I won’t.
What I will say is that we started recording the project two days ago and it went brilliantly. I couldn’t be happier… about the recording. Everything just worked. We recorded five songs and they all came out great. Fueled by coffee, adrenaline, nicotine and youthful angst, we seemed to find the perfect place for every groove and every note. Some days in the studio are like pulling teeth and some are effortless. This was the latter, and then some.
You don’t always get what you want, but sometimes…
Love to all.
Through the Dim Tunnel
By bartryan | June 1, 2010
Well, I know the blog disappeared for a few weeks, my apologies.
After Laura died it got a bit crazy. Everything was murky for a while. My money, my energy my optimism and my attention span all seemed to slip down a dark hole. I won’t go on about those weeks too much, not everything should be spilled out all over the internet.
Things are looking up now. We have 5 songs picked for the EP, we have had one rehearsal and we have dates set for recording. The rehearsal sounded great, and I am hungry to get into the studio. We go in to do basic tracks in about 2 weeks. The band is Christopher Allis on drums, Ted Kamp on bass, Jamieson Trotter on Keys, and Me. You probably know all of these guys but if not be assured they are all sick musicians. More about them next time.
Sometimes it seems like it takes a second for shit to fall apart and forever for it to fall back together, but the sun rises every day whether you like it or not.
Back to work.
Interview Available
By bartryan | May 24, 2010
Thank you to everyone that tuned in to my interview on Kelly McGrath’s Music Evolution Revolution last night. I hope you all dug the new songs. If you missed it you can listen to and download it here http://www.latalkradio.com/Kelly.php.
LA Talk Radio Interview
By bartryan | May 22, 2010
Tomorrow, May 23rd make sure to visit latalkradio.com and click on the show Music Evolution Revolution w/ Kelly McGrath at 7pm PST, we will be on the air until 7:50pm. Fans can even call in to the show and talk to us LIVE! I’ll be playing two songs live.
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