Drum tracking is finished!  After a couple of redos, Kevin has finished recording all the drums.  I’ve recorded bass for all the tracks.  Well, at the very least, they’re scratch tracks.  I reserve the right to re-record bass as I see fit.

Right now, it looks like a running time of 45:39, but that’s not allowing for fade-outs or interstitial oddities.  My goal was to have an album that clocks in at around 45 minutes, so I’m pretty pleased.   The shortest song is 2:51 and, surprisingly, the longest song is only 4:48.  I’m no stranger to epic prog rock long songs, but I’ve tried to keep a focus on tighter songwriting for this, to not let it get away from me.  I’ve written 9+ minute songs without blinking, and I didn’t want that this time around.  I guess this is my version of a pop album.  It could possibly pass as a punk album.  It’s certainly not a pop-punk album.

I still have only one fully tracked song, but James has a rough draft for a song that sounds great so far.  When he’s done, that’ll be two songs done.  There’s one other that could probably be considered done, but I feel like I want to add another part to it.  Everything I’ve attempted hasn’t worked out, so I may just choose to leave it as is.

I can’t wait for this album to be done so I can listen to it.