March 2006 Archives
March 12, 2006
Busy as Hell
Man, has it really been almost three weeks since I last posted? Shit, time flies.
Me and Carl have been laying down these tracks like muthafuckin’ mad bombers. Just every fucking thing. I mean, Carl’s okay—he learned how to play bass and a little bit of guitar, so we’re just attacking everything and having a lot of fun. It’s just like the old days, and I gotta say—the tracks we’re cutting sound 10 times better than anything I cut with the old band, those motherfuckers.
We’re recording at the studio I’ve used for a long time with Carlos Ueberschaer: the Paint Shaker, right in Hollywood. It’s a pretty kick-ass place to record shit, and Carlos pretty much owns it, so we have the run of the place when we’re recording. It’s a sweet deal.
So Carl and I record shit all day long, then in the evenings we hit the fuckin’ Strip, or sometimes we go way the fuck out to Santa Monica or into the Valley. Last week, we went to a fuckin’ surf thing on the beach. It kicked some major ass.
I really just wanted to check in with you all—the fans!—because we haven’t been on MySpace much lately. We got some cool stuff coming to our site, including a full (that’s right, way back to ‘92!) tour history, so keep your eyes peeled to our website for that shit.
In the meantime, rock on!
Posted by Girth McDürchstein on March 12, 2006 4:03 PM
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Recording Girth McDürchstein's 'The Return'
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March 16, 2006
The Ides of March
I stared down at the concrete floor, the fingers of my left hand flailing wildly, my right hand picking with an intensity I can rarely match. Sweat poured from my long, jet-black hair as I listened to the rhythm track on the phones. Plowing myself through a universe of musical possibilities that are simultaneously limitless and constricting, I seared through the solo on a track from the middle of our new album, The Return, entitled, “You Taste Like Lighter Fluid.”
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Posted by Girth McDürchstein on March 16, 2006 10:19 AM
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Recording Girth McDürchstein's 'The Return'
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March 28, 2006
Still Workin’
Leading a band is rough, man, even when the only members are your best friend and your wife. But we’ll keep on keepin’ on. Here’s a short update before I’m back to work:
- We’re chugging along on rerecording the album from scratch. We’re recording it in sequence, and we’re almost to the end, laying down the basic tracks. Then it’s vocals and overdubs. Then we mix and master, and deliver it to you!
- We’re prepping a short tour that’ll happen immediately after the album’s out. We just don’t know when or how long it’ll be.
- Last week, Carl caught the flu. That’s put us a little behind, but he’s well again.
- I, personally, have spent the past few weeks fending off former bandmates. I have the horrible feeling they’ll invade MySpace soon enough.
—Girth
Posted by Girth McDürchstein on March 28, 2006 3:30 PM
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Recording Girth McDürchstein's 'The Return'
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