Self Storage
2005
Favorite tracks: Are You Right, Takes You Away, Bend You, Make This
Sleeper tracks: Behind, Feelin' Strange
I worked with this band at A440 Studios. They came up from Iowa a few weekends in 2005. They would spend 3 or 4 days up here, record and then drive back. I really enjoyed working with these guys and I'm really happy with how the album turned out. There are some songs that I really, really love and play them quite a bit.
The band was a 3 piece. The drummer and the guitar player were brothers. I'm being totally honest when I say this: the band drank more beer than I have seen a band drink in my 10+ years of recording. They would buy cases and cases of beer up here and would go home with a handful. They loved Grain Belt Premium and took a bunch back home with them. I couldn't believe how much they could drink and still function.
They also turned me on to Team America. They were kind enough to buy me the DVD after finding out I never saw the movie.
There was one song on the record that included a bass drop. They wanted me to insert an 808 bass drop into the intro of a song during mixing. They kept asking for it louder and louder. I mentioned that I thought it was too loud but they said keep it at the high level. I printed the mix, made them a cd and saw them off. They were driving back down to Ames, IA after 3 days of mixing.
I received a call about 35 minutes later. It turns out that when they got to that song on the CD I make, the bass drop blew out both rear speakers in the car. It was hilarious. We were all laughing.
I really miss those guys. Haven't seen them since 2005.
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