So, today was dedicated to listening back to a few things and mainly to finish recording “Toxic”. Off we went with the fattest rhythm guitars on this side of the Spree, the lovely Paulina plugged into a wall of Mesa/Boogie to call your tinnitus back. It was so loud at times that we had to biuld a “wall” in front of the amp to prevent brutal feedback leaking out. Pity it was done so fast, sometimes it’s got a therapeutic effect on me to turn up the volume to the maximum and let loose. Not that I (or anyone) can stand it for too long, but sometimes you just need it to be L-O-U-D. And it fucking was.
After that we had ringing ears and a silly grin, so we turned our eyes to the acoustic guitar so rest a little bit and did two tracks of a grooving, driving and quite percussive acoustic with my ever-faithful Songwriter axe. I love that guitar (if you didn’t notice). Sounds quite nice together with the full-blast guitars behind.
Only one thing was missing to get the guitar tracks ready: a Tele. Yes, you heard it right, for once I left the Gibsons aside and used a Fender Telecaster that was lying around in the studio (what does Jürgen not have?) and it was exactly the kind of sound we were looking for. I was quite surprised how easy the Tele was to play, in comparison with the Strat and Jaguar I have at home. A really cool guitar. Hmm, I want one. I always want another guitar, do I have a problem, doctor? Yeah, probably I do, but what the hell, I still want one.
So there we were, with the basick tracks finished and ready to put the vocals on top. “Toxic” is a bitch to sing, by the way, as we bloody put so many up and downs in our version of the melody. But still managed to get it done before 10 o’clock, the planned time for this the last session. I still had to pick up all guitars and shit lying around, and there’s still more stuff to take the next time we reconvene in the studio to listen to the rough mixes.
It’s been four weeks of rock, roll, loud guitars, driving drums, grooving bass and a lot of fun. Working with Jürgen again has been really incredible, this guy knows his job. I’m looking forward to his mixes as well, as he always likes to put little hidden things on the records (probably me talking about hamburgers before the take, cursing and swearing, Tobi screaming before banging drums, coughs, Timo laughing, etc.) We believe this is the best bunch of songs we’ve done in a while, and are really keen to share them with you as soon as possible, although that never depends on us, but more on the label and those people in ties. And for all of you who have read and suffered this sessions diary, go get a life and search for friends on MySpace or wherever! Don’t you have anything more interesting to do than to read the mental diarrhea from this guy? Still, thank you, good night. Stone.
Songs done:
“Toxic”: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
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