more from the neverchanger kids

Ryan:
We continued on with "neverchanger" this eve. It's frigid as hell, and since my house/studio has little to no insulation, it get's pretty damn cold. Thankfully the asbestos siding helps keep some warm air in.

The guitar parts are about 90% there, and I think my vox are close, but have tweaked the ambience factor a bit to help giver them some depth. Still recovering emotionally from all the insanity floating around me right now, and this is a great diversion.

"NeverChanger" lyrics

Ryan:
So I stayed up a bit late this eve in honor of the label name to get some lyrics written and vox recorded. It all came out quite easily due to all the stuff happening around me nowadays. Very inspired to write this stuff right now. Maybe it also has something to do with the cold ass weather. Love the direction of the song. Much more electronic, with organic still flowing strong.

LYRICS:
One Sun
Kinda Erases it Whole
One Fall
Makes a Lesser Man Evolve

Never Open Up Your Eyes
Fantasies of Endless Sky

Never Open Up Your Eyes
Fantasies of Endless Sky

BREAK

Never Open Up Your Eyes
Fantasies of Endless Sky
And Moons Are Falling
Salt in Water
Never Want Her Father

Never Open Up Your Eyes
Fantasies of Endless Sky
And Moons Are Falling
Salt in Water
Never Want Her Father

Never Open Up Your Eyes
Fantasies of Endless Sky
And Moons Are Falling
Salt in Water
Never Want Her Father

Co-Producing with Ulrich, continued. . .

Ryan:
So have been talking with Ulrich and also passed "NeverChanger" over to him to preview and all is now solid. We will be co-producing the track with him! Very excited to say the least. Personally, my next step is to get some solid vocal lines put in place before sending him files to work with. Keeping the whole thing very loose and open. More details to come. . .

"NeverChanger" structuring

Ryan:
Started layering in some guitar parts this evening with Erik. We recorded in the main room downstairs, with my new Explorer and Erik's Les Paul. I tried adding in the Tube Tape as well. Song has been stuck in my mind for the past 3 days straight. The main melody line is playing over and over. It's a crazy sounding bass synth sorta thing. It burns a hole in your head. Gotta remember to give it room to breathe. The melody can almost live on it's own and I'm hoping with some magic from Ulrich we'll have something quite solid here. Very much digging where it's going.

Lots of songs in the hopper. "Seattle", "Portland", "Santa Monica", and the list goes on. Lots of work to come!

co-produce with ulrich schnauss?

So here's some really good news. Ulrich Schnauss of all people is in talks of co-producing a track with us! It's not happening yet, but we are talking about it with him to see what happens next and if all works out, it will be happening sometime soon on "NeverChanger" or possibly another track.

To give some background, while on tour with Innaway we found out he was a fan of our music, sending out an email blast to his fans saying he was currently listening to us. It blew us away to be quite honest as we've been huge fans of his epic music since I first heard him back in 2004 from a recommendation from our original drummer Gabriel Ratliff.

So ya never know. It's quite a dream in which I hope comes true.

roxy show!

Wanted to say once again, thanks Filter/Alan for hooking us up with the crazy gig down at the roxy. Will never forget the bum who jerked off right by us while we loaded in! Was a fun night, and we for sure love you all at Crackle/Scrambler for recording the gig and doing an interview. Hope to do some more drugs with you again soon!:

From Crackle: A Shoreline Dream - Revenge of the Sunset Strip

"NeverChanger"

Today is the first posting of what's sure to become a barrage of postings of us, a shoreline dream, recording our new album. We've basically decided to document it all not only for our future enjoyment, but also to show our fans the process behind what goes on while we record our layers of sound. Hope you enjoy, and we for sure can't wait to explain more as it all goes down.

Ryan:
Since it's only days after "pilgrim day", and only one day after "Black Friday" (Isn't it funny how we name something that has been setup to be the day we are lured into spending all our money on xmas gifts as something dark and ominous?!), we have jumped into a new track titled "NeverChanger". I basically started it up as an experiment. I wanted to try some new approaches to recording with our new 16 track setup. Since most don't know, we recorded with 8 tracks here at "shoreline studios" for "avoiding the consequences", which was cool for sure, but limiting on the drums. We basically had to track all that separate to get the right sound, but now we don't have to anymore. We can record everyone all at once if we want to. This is a huge breakthrough, and for sure a dream I've had for years. I can't wait to see how it all turns out.

Technology was a big hurdle to overcome getting it all setup, and I for sure had to invest quite a bit to make it happen, but it's worth it. The house/barn which contains this new "studio" is basically just that. I have a bed upstairs, a kitchen, a bath, and nearly every other room has been setup to either record in, or control the recordings.

The day before taking a trip up to my brothers cabin I started up the idea of what was to come with the song. I figured out some sounds on my micron and with my new tube tape echo, and started producing some shyt. It wasn't perfect, but for sure an inspiration point. And speaking of inspiration points, the cabin is just that. The mountains always have a tendency to get my musical mind prepped and ready for whatever happens next.

The day I came back, I sat down and started up what I felt was one of my best melody lines in over a year. Starting like I used to in Pure Drama, first came the synth, and then came the analog instruments. What was key for me was arranging not only based on the synth line, but also the drums I programmed. I always miss the days when I composed entirely on the Roland 303 and 505, which forced me to concentrate entirely on structure and timing. So this for sure brought me back to that feeling, which I love having. I dropped it all down in a few hours, recorded a few vocal ideas, starting with the second verse to leave the beginning open for now, and left it alone till the morning when Erik and Enoc came over to jam/record.

We all seemed way into it and started immediately working on it. Erik came up with a cool sound to compliment it all, and Enoc had some really good lines to work in for bass. I really feel it's coming together nicely! The best stuff generally flows out fast, as is the case here.

Now, if we could only get Ulrich Schnauss to sprinkle in some love and collaborate on it. I emailed him today to see if he'd be interested. Fingers crossed. . .