Executed on 17 July 2007, 10:55
Vaasa so far
The coolest thing with this album is that we don’t have to rush everything. We decided to drive to Vaasa already on Sunday – one day before the sessions would start. This made everything more enjoyable. We had good time at rehearsal room packing the drums and started driving towards Vaasa at 7 pm. First stop came pretty soon and it was coffee and ice cream time! While enjoying these simple pleasures of life we were approached by a foreigner trying to sell us a (stolen) gold ring. We had noticed how this guy had given another person next to us hard time and thus wasted no time in leaving. Those people are known to get really pushy with their shit.
Eiköhän me ensimmäinen viikko vedetä ihan rennosti kuppia? —Pete at rehearsal room while packing the gear
Driving was cool, although there was a bit of rain for the whole journey. Our second stop was at Seinäjoki for another coffee session. While getting our coffees we were approached by a lady who told us Jesus loves us, even though we didn’t want her brochures. Outside the gas station we noticed that Hitchcock must like us in a special way: I swear, there were so many birds sitting on a tower crane that it had The Birds written all over it (and we’ve got photos to prove it). Eventually we reached Vaasa close to midnight and found our way to Midas Studios, where we’ll be recording drums and bass. An amazing studio with a huge recording room that sounds just amazing! We carried all the equipment in and spent a few hours talking shit before hitting the bed.
Yesterday morning we started putting the drums together. The plan was to spend the first day just setting everything up, changing and tuning the heads and micing the kit. Kai Hahto was the man responsible for the tuning part and we picked him up in the afternoon. After some healthy pizza, we started working on the drum sound. Good times hanging out with a friend. After we got what we all thought was a goddamn amazing drum sound we called it a day. We headed to the city (the studio itself is located in the middle of nowhere) to meet Mikki from Woodcut records and check out the apartment where we’ll be staying for the rest of our time here in Vaasa.
Oh yeah, we were pulled over by cops yesterday, but that’s another story altogether.
Today is when we start tracking the drums and bass. So far everything has been smooth and things are going nicely. Hannu will be arriving here in about an hour and then we start soundchecking the drums and then it’s blasty time. Pics, vids and more rambling coming along eventually. For all the drummers out there; I swear, the Pearl Reference snare is the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life! Now, we gotta go do some important stuff like watching silly videos on Youtube…
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in General
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Amazing Zicks drumming Timo!!
— Mick · 17. July 2007, 12:19 · #