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The fires are lit now. It sounds like we’re going to proceed with the EP, entitled “Strangeforms”. I feel like we’re close to nailing down a tracklist too - only need to make a couple of decisions… Strangeforms itself is of fairly considerable length, so 4 total tracks may do it. Planning on working on editing Tabla Jam tonight, see what happens.
Day one offered only a little bit of warmup jamming, along with the important post-roadtrip chillout.
Day two is beginning with Matt playing me a live set using sounds from The First that I had submitted - he and Omar took elements and made a nice spooky ambience out of it - great for a segue, perhaps. It’s becoming really obvious that we have a LOT of material to go through - a lot of it strong or with great potential.
Working titles
Labrat B (from our Laborday session)
Strangeforms (Drones by Ryan and Matt) (DONE)
Duke’s Puppy segue into Matt+Omar
The First
Glory to God - Matt to finish
Delay Drum Fun - Matt to finish
Recite - Ryan
The fucking Fury - in two parts, Ryan to finish one half, Jeremy the other
fruited planar
frances e dec
tabla jam live - just needs edit
scary noises - matt segue piece
Should we proceed with an EP, or go ahead with a full album’s worth? We have the material for a full-length, but we also have numerous versions of a couple of the tracks (Delay Drum Funn and The First come to mind) - I’m leaning towards going ahead and setting a short turnaround date for an EP and using alternate versions of those tracks on the album release. Our arbitrary cutoff date for work on these tracks is May 1.
Of course, none of this counts the new stuff I just got from Matt and Ryan. There’s so much good stuff! Also, doesn’t take into account the fact that there are a lot of gems in the Labor Day sessions that could be edited out. Hmmm….
We finish by telling ghost stories. Will need to get the recording from Matt.
Now, it’s 1:22 Sunday afternoon - everyone else is asleep, but I need to get going… But I definitely leave with a full load of stuff to work on. Within the next 24 hours I’ll refine some of these ideas, and explore further some of the possibilites.
A glimpse of future history, improperly understood - Like a blurry image in the distance on a daguerreotype from the future.
This weekend, we get down to business. Leaving this afternoon to make the drive down to ATL to convene a full weekend of Harmaline work. Personally, my goals are to nail down focus on a group of tracks for EP release as well as to have another full-on dimension-bending brap of a jam (the kind of which we are known for).
In terms of the EP, I hope we can come away from this weekend with a set of 4-6 tracks and a firm idea of what needs to happen to each of those tracks in order to bring them to completion. My initial thought is that we’ll divide the tracks between us for final touches then each bring final versions to the table to make a group decision on those that are best, then proceed to mastering. It will be an interesting experiment to go into this more focused phase of the project - especially since I know how quickly I like to work. I know we have enough material on the cusp that it shouldn’t be hard for us to get a feel for what this first EP will be, even at this stage.
One also can’t understate the importance of our jam sessions - Personally, I’ve only hit the tip of the iceberg in working with the sessions we had on Labor Day, so we could be generating a wealth of new material in one go this weekend. I’m especially excited for us to be having the added dimension of Omar’s involvement this weekend - having him involved adds another dimension, plus for me that thrill of working with someone whose style you don’t know very well - I love being in that situation. It really makes you listen, and things are a constant surprise…. Not that Harmaline isn’t consistently surprising to me anyway! Okay, so maybe it elevates it to a level of shock.So, good things on tap for the next few days. I just have to finish getting ready and try to get out of town before traffic hits. More updates, details and perhaps even samples as the weekend progresses.