Teloitus... and how it all came together
Welcome to our studio blog! It certainly has taken us a long time to get this far, but yes sir, we're finally recording our second album. First songs were written two years ago and the last one came together only this June. For the past year song-writing has been our main priority and as a result we've spent countless hours at rehearsal room working on this material as a band. It's been a long and hard road, but it was definitely worth it. We can't wait to let you guys hear what we've got to offer!
—Mynni Luukkainen, Kosti Orbinski, Pete Lapio, Tomi Otsala, Timo Häkkinen.
Executed on 23 July 2007, 21:59
We are a team, no doubt about it
Mynni came here yesterday and we watched The Village together. Mynni had hard time trying to get someone to join him for a few beers at some bar and eventually left on his own. What a trooper! You really know you have that special team thing going on when everybody has been kicked out from the same bar within a few days (except for me, but I don't count seeing I don't exist, haha).
Minä lähden sitten baariin, kun kukaan ei kerran puhu mulle. —Mynni faces hard reality
We got to the studio at 9:30 AM and waited for Hannu to arrive. He had had fun time in Germany and brought us some bratwurst - what a hero! He briefly listened to what we had recorded over the weekend and then fiddled with Pete's guitar sound a bit.
Hirveetä pörinää. Et säkään ole tätä helpoks tehnyt itelles. —Hannu has a special liking for Timo's drum parts on "Verellä kirjoitettu"
After Pete tracked few additional parts for a couple of songs it was time for Kosti to start tracking his parts. Hannu gave us a killer guitar sound (once again) and we started tracking. As I type this, another 12 hour day is behind us and Kosti tracked seven out of nine songs (all songs doubled). Apparently his special weekend training did the trick. Pertti on hirveä nöitä!
Ootteko pelannut Pleikkaria koko päivän? —Mikki checks in on us during our dinner break
Right now we're just chilling out, playing some Playstation and trying to rest. Not really sure if Playstation is the best way to chill out, seeing Mynni got hostile earlier on today when Pete was kicking his ass on NHL like it was nothing.
We're actually a bit ahead of our schedule, which is nice, and we have a special guest coming in on Wednesday to do some vocals. Can't wait for that to happen!
Tomorrow Kosti will track the two missing songs, throw in some additional guitar foolery where needed and then it's time for Mynni's vocals. More than likely, we will also record some guitar solos during the evening... Only wimps and posers work less than 10 hours day, roit?
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in General, Guitars, Recording
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Executed on 22 July 2007, 19:18
This week we have been mostly...
Pete has finished tracking his share of the guitars (except for solos and some additional parts) and things are sounding pretty damn good! We were meant to start tracking at 11 AM yesterday, but due to certain reasons I believe we started recording around 2 PM. Pete was almost dead, but he was a brave little fellow and tracked three songs. Afterwards we had sauna with Mikki and spent the evening chilling at our flat. Mika from Rotten Sound came here and then we headed to a bar with Kai Hahto. It was the same bar the guys visited (and were kicked out from) the night before and we didn't stay there long this time either.
Asterix on muuten vittumainen jätkä. —Kosti doesn't like the producer too much
Today we got up around 10 AM and headed to the studio after getting some breakfast and watching silly videos on Youtube. Pete wasn't feeling too well today either, he's getting sick, but he managed to track the missing four songs. What a champ!
Kaidop-biisissä meni vire kun joutu vödläämään. —Pete is a hilarious fellow when he's sick
Kosti on the other hand has been on a rather hilarious mood since he got here... I believe it must be the water he drinks. He's been writing his first solo album/stand-up set. Here is some of the stuff he has been entertaining us with since this morning:
- Pertti ei syö omenoita, Pertti ei syö päärynöitä, Pertti on hirveä nöitä!
- Pertti ei kuuntele riffilöitä, Pertti ei kuuntele klikkilöitä, Pertti on hirveä nöitä!
- Pertti soittaa kitaröitä, vetää hirven papanoita pitkin öitä!
- Pertin maksa vinkuu harmoniassa sustainerin kanssa!
- Jäkä jäkä!
What a funny guy indeed! Mynni will get here in few hours and tomorrow it's time for Kosti to start recording his share of guitars. All in all we're in schedule and everything's sounding killer!
Executed by Timo Häkkinen, filed in General, Guitars, Recording
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