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The Plan (& the Story)

This is more an attempt to put some stuff down on "paper" to sort my own head out at the moment, but I thought it'd be useful for anyone wondering what our objective is.

 

Originally, we planned to do a full studio recording of some sort, or at least go all-in on something which would have cost us a lot of money to produce. Instead of risking a the expense in the case of failure, we thought for a while about other options.

One of the offices I work in has an apartment upstairs which has been unused for a number of years. I found out that we could use the apartment at no cost, so this was immediately a bonus to us, regardless of the outcome. We decided to spend three separate weekends between July and August in the apartment recording a demo with our own gear and effort.

It was good for us to be able to spend time together somewhere while we worked. We had rooms set up for different purposes, including one which was set aside entirely to function as a studio, and even though not everyone was able to stay, it was still a beneficial experience to stay close to one another while we worked. Sessions lasted as long as we needed them to, and we were entirely in control of what we made.

The only problem with working the way we did was that things mounted up pretty quickly from time to time. We had a place to relax, but even at that, jobs overlapped. As an example, I found myself, on top of the instrumental work I was doing, performing a host of studio tech jobs as well. It was hard to balance things, and more often than not, we ended our days in total exhaustion.

We did get a lot done, though. There was a push towards the end which you can hear in the vocals, because we wanted everything finished on the last day of sessions, with no extra work having to be done outside studio hours. This meant that 4 vocal tracks had to be done in one afternoon, after everything else had been done as well. Looking back, this was probably something worth adding a few more days to, because it's pretty clear that my voice wasn't up to putting that kind of work in after everything else we'd done that day.

When it was all finished, we were proud of what we'd achieved. We were well aware of the imperfections, but we knew we had what we needed.

 

It's not perfect, but it's a series of examples and ideas. With what we've done, we can show people what we intend to produce, and with any money we raise from the (De)Composure demo proceeds, we can work towards buying time in a real studio, with people who can take on the extra jobs which we pulled double time for.

Over the next 12 months, we'll be writing and working on what's to come. There'll be performances, new versions of old songs and snippets of new ones to come. Everything we do will contribute towards buying studio time, and we hope you enjoy working onwards with us.

 

Even though you can buy our demos from the homepage, you don't have to spend money to support us. We're enormously grateful to everyone who's bought our music so far, but there are more ways in which you can help.

Every Spotify play, every YouTube view, and every website download helps us move towards our dream of a serious album release. Our songs deal with things we believe need more attention, so every time you listen to us, you make it that little bit more likely that pained voices will come to be heard.

We'll be doing a lot over the course of the next year, and we hope you'll join us along the way. We're hugely thankful for the support, and we hope you enjoy all that there is to come.

-Ethan

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