June 5, 2013 by blood and banjos

A man, a plan, a blackgrass album.

Hidy ho.

Things are moving, albeit slow as ever. I thought planning a kickstarter was intense, but it doesn’t compare to a wedding! Especially when you live in California and will be getting married in Michigan…

Anyhow, Adam and I got together to do some serious planning and re-evaluation. I can’t stress how valuable Adam has been for the project. He understands the mechanics of laying tracks down, and really helped with prioritizing the recording process. It was a productive evening, even if we were buzzed off of this stuff:

black metal beer? i’m in.

So then, the good news? We have a great plan forward, and we know it’s going to work.

The bad news? It puts the release at least 2 months behind schedule. Have a look for yourself.

Adam and I decided that we will be mixing this thing ourselves. However, we do plan to pull in some seasoned professionals for some key guidance here and there.

We’re going to have a great album in the end. You can be sure of that.

May 15, 2013 by blood and banjos

Scratch Tracks vs. Life

Adam and I have been doing our best to meet weekly for this project, but plenty other aspects of our lives have been keeping us busy as well.

For starters, Adam just got married! Very exciting- congrats to him and his wife! And who knew the guy could dance?

pretty smooth for the lord of the underworld

But guess who’s next in line? That’s right… I’m getting married in less than two months now (and I severely underestimated just how much time planning a wedding takes.)

It is extremely exciting, indeed, but it just means that B&B can’t be at the forefront right now. Cannot wait to marry this girl!

“until death do us part” – photo by our friend brett

To add to the mix, Patrick is expecting his firstborn in July. Crazy…

Anyhow, we’re moving forward and have made some considerable progress on track 10, Kings. Here is the scratch track with some MIDI drums. Not the cleanest take, but it gets the job done.

The ending progression is actually going to be a few minutes longer this. We have grand ideas!

April 18, 2013 by blood and banjos

Don’t you worry

I’m still here, and we’re still working. But life is taking us on a wild ride!

Just a few of the things that are going on:

Satan is getting married THIS WEEKEND
Abram Stone is having a kid in August
I am wifing my life up in July

Holy shit…this is nuts.

That said, we’ve already been brewing ideas and working logistics. Song development is also moving along. I just finished up the click track for the last song of the album, and I predict it will be around 8-9 minutes long. Very excited about that.

Anyhow, I want to let you all know that that a post every 2 weeks is probably going to be the norm from now on. We’ll be working hard on planning and writing, and putting forth less effort on the social media end.

Don’t worry though, I love sharing progress and giving you insight into the project. That will continue!

April 1, 2013 by blood and banjos

WE DID IT.

Amazing. The final number was $11,619. I never thought I’d see this:

Hard to believe, and we owe so much to all of you. THANK YOU!

This year is going to be an amazing journey, and we’re glad to have you as part of it.

For now though, I have to a break from all forms of social media. I can’t explain how taxing this has been, but it has not been good to me. I’ll return in a week or so with some updates!

Thanks again everyone, this is going to be awesome!

March 28, 2013 by blood and banjos

3 Days Remain

I usually post early in the day, so I thought I’d throw you all off by posting right now. WHOA.

So then, we’ve been making great strides with the Kickstarter, and the support has been inspiring, to say the least. Thank you everyone!

That said, we’re still not at 100%. Please help us out any way you can! Sharing the link with friends is a good way to go, but pledging $1000 helps quite a bit too. Here, http://kck.st/13nLhm5

Keep in mind that I won’t be printing t-shirts again (I’m not really in the merchandise business) so this is your last chance to grab one of these bad boys!

Same goes for posters, so get on it! This Sunday (appropriately, Easter Sunday) is the last day of the campaign, don’t be late.

I think this will be my last post until after the Kickstarter ends, so next time you hear from me I’ll either be ecstatic or deeply, deeply depressed. I’m counting on you all!