John Aselin, Ever Near the Distance
Shortly after moving to Chicago, I realized I couldn’t swing an apartment by myself, and so was looking for a roommate. Mutual friends hooked me up with Tom, future drummer for the “classic trio” version of Zapruder Point. Getting to be friends with Tom was one of the more serendipitous things to happen in my [...]
Track It Up!
I think it was all the way back in April when I sent Aselin and Larry a trio of songs to learn for possible recording down the road. The date we’d set to get together was this past Wednesday. Actually, I thought we were just getting together to tighten up the songs, not to record [...]
Away We Go
Just so you know, I haven’t been posting with regularity due to some work drama. To make a long story short, it looked like I was out of work for a minute…and then suddenly it didn’t. And now I’m not really sure what my employment status is going to be past the next couple of [...]
The Music IS the Fun
Scott’s visit continued to be a whirlwind. We recorded the basic tracks for 7 songs on Wednesday. He didn’t realize that with my set-up I can only record one mike at a time, and he didn’t feel comfortable doing separate vocal tracks for at least a couple of the songs. Fidelity was compromised as a [...]
