Production on the album has been coming along quite nicely. Slow, but I am happy with the results. At this point in the recording process, I am laying down basic drum and guitar tracks for songs, in which I will go back over when I feel like I have a collection of tracks that I want.
The writing process has been both exhilarating and confusing. This is due to the fact that unlike previous albums, I have been writing some with a bass guitar. I never would of seen that coming, but that’s music for ya. So there are some tracks I have in which I am playing some bass lines, then going back over with drums, then layering the guitars over them. At this stage in my writing, it is wild coming up with songs using anything other than my guitar.
There are also a couple tracks that originate from a piano or synth effect. Using my synthesizers after I record an initial drum track, then building upon that.
The guitars are still a focal point, however not “the” focal point.
It took so long to build the studio, and the tracks that are out now, “Slap-Stick” and “the Unsettled” were litmus tests to see what I needed to build on musically, and what I needed to polish up on recording-wise. As I have mentioned before, these tracks are only demos.
The album is dark, but not too dark. I hope everyone has an open mind to this album, as the more time I spend in the studio writing it, I’m realizing that my writing is going into a direction I have never been musically.
The interesting part is that my guitar rig has changed, I have changed as a writer, and to fully pull off the album production live, we will need to implement computers to pull off the extra instrumentation that is on the album. So I’m not sure I will go out as a 3 piece band. The band will need to expand.
Thank you all for the continuous support this past year. Looks like I’m #1 on the Reverb Nation Alternative charts for Florence, SC. which is amazing. Also, special thanks to Swede at FatCat Radio for the continued support for Sundrown as well as the solo album. And last but not least, thanks Will. It took a long time to trust someone with the Management aspect of my music, and you have been kind, have had great input, and most importantly have been patient!
I’m not much for facebook promotion, since that site is more a social site, and not a band site. However, please click the Facebook “like” on the homepage of vanhartsell.com, reverbnation.com/vanhartsell.com, or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Van-Hartsell/183591644988863?sk=app_2405167945
I’ll explain later, but I am putting something together for anyone who clicks “like” on my profile.
Van
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