We're Here!

Wah! It begins!

Eric and I are really excited to be back again for Record Time VII. Last go-round's theme was "Chicago" and we used a mix of field recordings from around the city, ridiculous pop songs about newsrooms and job-searching, and a couple of hip-hop tracks featuring our free-styling friends.

This year's theme focuses around the idea of "white trash." Just some gritty, down-home tunes played by (hopefully) a bunch of random friends and fellow musicians. I'm expected to learn the spoons..........,and Eric is incorporating his old, banged-up banjo. I'd also personally love to get my hands on a washboard.

So far Eric's sketched out some ideas on guitar/banjo, and we've each written lyrics to our songs "MaryAnn's Havin' a Baby" and "Secrets They Keep " (respectively).

ALSO: we're SO excited about our recording space! We moved into a new apartment over the summer that came complete with access to the abandoned "coach house" on the back of the property. We moved over there last night, and here's a little bit what it looks like:

(From outside) (Tools. :) ) (More tools.)

(Eric's throne.)