This song started its life as a little loop I wrote on guitar with my looper pedal. Basically the first half of the song comes from that idea, and there’s even a little bit of that original loop buried there in the mix. A year or two later I tried to record the song, and…
Tag: metal
Circles of Light
Every time I record a song, I both get better and feel like I’m relearning everything I used to know. With this track for instance, when I had most of the tracks laid down, the ending guitar riff felt so… weak. So I re-recorded the riff, 6-tracked it instead of quad-tracking, changed amp sim, but…
You’re Going to Want to Move Faster
Last weekend I started messing around on guitar, trying to come up with something simple. And after about five minutes, I had most of the parts to this song put together. I started laying down scratch guitar parts and programmed some basic drums. After practicing the song a bit, I re-wrote the drums, added some…
Return to Deerhead Trail
Around 2011 I joined an instrumental post-metal band called Deerhead up in Mankato, Minnesota. It was four guys–three guitarists and a drummer–looking for someone to handle bass duties. I stepped in, and it turned out to be my favorite band I was a part of. We had a small following in town and played some…