Name: Cartoon Movies
Date Written: 5/2/09
Date Recorded: 5/8/09
Written for: Carbon Footprint
What better way to celebrate 10 weeks of The Process than with a song you probably already know? I know, this always happens… The Process used to be cool but then they changed it up and it was never the same. Another band that couldn’t just stick to what worked for them. Sister City is dead to me.
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Name: Dead Center
Date Written: 12/28/10
Date Recorded: 4/7/11
Written for: LP4
Kids, today we are going to talk about types of songs. At the base level, there are two main categories: singles and album tracks. Look at Blink-182. Their setlist is 19 versions of “All The Small Things,” and “The Rock Show.” There’s no “Zulu” or “Lemmings” and there never will be again. So just get over it and stop expecting impossible things. Do you really still care about Blink that much, Adam? Jesus.
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Name: Faith Healer
Date Written: 11/13/08
Date Recorded: 11/18/08
Written for: Carbon Footprint
There are those guys at the open mics that really only have the one song they wrote—probably for their girlfriend—a few years ago. They dutifully play their song about standing under the streetlight in the rain, or whatever, week after week, along with the requisite Oasis and ironic pop/hip-hop covers. It’s a decent song. Some people from the audience probably go up to him afterwards and tell him how much they liked it. A year later, he’s still doing the same songs.
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Name: With Impunity
Date Written: 1/24/09
Date Recorded: 2/16/09
Written for: funsies!
Name: California Death Bed
Date Written: 10/22/11
Date Recorded: 11/21/11
Written for: LP4
Name: I Can Still Write Self-Referential Songs That Center Around Tired, Overused Themes
Date Written: 8/2/08
Date Recorded: 8/13/08
Written for: Carbon Footprint
Okay, fine. You want to make an album. Well, no, hold on. Before you book 3 weeks in the log cabin or lug all your gear into an abandoned church, make sure you’re prepared. As a 22 year old with a couple progressively better-sounding records under my belt and ever-growing equipment related debt, let’s pretend I am qualified to talk about this kind of thing. Let’s use the album I happen to be making as a case study. Read More…
Name: Plays Ball #4
Date Written: 10/5/10
Date Recorded: 10/7/11
Written for: Plays Ball
If we weren't recording an album, why would there be 8 inputs going into this Firepod?
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Name: 5-1
Date Written: 5/1/09
Date Recorded: 5/8/09
Written for: Carbon Footprint