Band rehearsals are kind of funny. Some times, you just wind up rehashing stuff you already know just to prove that you still know it. Some times, you run through a set in preparation for a show. Some times you do a lot of work and make very little headway, and other times you get a whole lot of work done. Those are the best ones.
Today, we learned an original, currently titled "I Am Your Shadow". That's subject to change, but the lyrics are written, song is arranged, and we can start and end it at the same time. It's a bit of a landmark for us, because for the first time since 2007, we are closing the book on working up new original material.
That's not to say that "this is it". There's probably a good 10 or so other tunes that we could work up, and we probably will start on that later this year some time. But, we had decided some time ago that when we had over 45-50 minutes worth of "new" material, it was getting to be time to concentrate on releasing an actual album rather than constantly bombarding our audience with new unfamiliar songs.
So, we've come to a point where we can start shopping for a studio, concentrate on further honing the tunes we have, and start recording later this year - probably around summertime. We have no real plans yet regarding how we intend to do the full release. Obviously the classic "CDs at shows" approach will be back, maybe a few online retailers, probably get it on Itunes and that sort of thing.
Now, on to the schedule: we had been booked to play at JT Cigarro on February 22nd. That won't be taking place, as they got LA Guns for that night. So, our next appearance will be on March 23rd with Red Lamb. For those who don't know, that's former Anthrax guitarist Danny Spitz's band. It'll be at the Nestor.
Until the next update, later gators
Travis
