Put what right was wrong ...

Friday night we got together to nail half of the remaining lead vocals. It was a somewhat surreal atmosphere as we convened at Grahams and Kate's house which had become a sort of NFL Grotto. It was bitterly cold, that sort of cold that you can sense even when you inside in the warm ... we'll nonetheless we did the vocals for If This Is It, I Know Your Name, Bring It On and All Or Nothing. 2 old ones and 2 new ones, Bring It On and If This Is It having both been recorded for the original demos, it seemed strange to have down the "definitive" versions of songs that we have been playing for so long - in fact If This Is It predates my joining the band and was, I think, possibly the first song of the band.
With recording old songs like this it poses the difficulty of trying play it as energetically as the newer stuff, to avoid all the "live cheats" as it were and try and find some new bit of creativity. I have been mixing the tracks since and can say it is a pleasure to approach them from this angle though...
All or Nothing and I Know Your Name are quite the opposite though in the sense that they have never been recorded, and its nice to hear them "for the first time".
A long trip back due to road closures completed my Friday night. I always though Friday nights were for partying. Guess I was mislead...
Viva la Derci

Chris gets distracted by a wall full of cheerleader photos. Those are balloons above his head by the way, not thought bubbles