Had a quick 20 minute phone call with John Hernandez yesterday afternoon - discussed how we plan to attack the material from "Onion" and "The Sound of Thoughts", as well as the very old demo material that pre-dated 2000.
We've agreed that for the most part we prefer a "start from scratch" approach to recording - there are lots of places where the meter can be adjusted to get a better result, especially in the material that was recorded using programmed/sequenced drums, bass and keyboards. Also, we both feel like there are opportunities to update the material to a more modern sound and feel - as I mentioned before, I felt that in many cases I had stopped developing the music and lyrics either in the interest of being more accessible or simply because I had something else in the queue that was more interesting at that time than the song that was being worked on. Anyways, with the passage of time I'm coming back to revisit and rework the material - much like "Mirror Mirror" and "In the shadows..." got serious facelifts, the other stuff left on the shelf will also enjoy a rebirth as well.
We also dug into the technicalities of the recording process - John has his home studio with mic placements and recording gear, and I have mine as well. We've established that we can use either studio, depending on the song and the sound/tone needed. John's kit is also pretty large, so having the kit set up and miked already to his liking is very cool. This should go very well and relatively easily as well.
Last item - we're talking about doing some more interesting Rush cover songs. We'll work on a list of favorites and I'm sure that list will end up here in one form or another.
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