Day 7

Recording: Bass
Warm-up: “Gemini” by Division

Tim

With an ice storm looming down upon us, I decided now would be a good time to record bass. I used the same weapon I use when I play bass in Division: a 1994 Jackson 5-string concert bass. It’s one of many red guitars I have. The bass lines I played were a mix of those performed by our previous bassist, Aaron, and some of my own concoctions. I’m particularly proud of a section in Part 2 where it gets all proggy. You will know the part.

Recordingwise, everything went rather smoothly. Well, actually, let’s just say I got it all done for the time being. And, look, no ice outside…. Perhaps it was frightened of the sonic destruction taking place at ground level.

Day 8

Recording: Bass & Fretless Bass
Warm-up: “Dracula” by Iced Earth

Tim

It’s time to get down to business. Part III opens with a very slow build with a lot of atmospheric guitars and vocals. It was the perfect place to break out the fretless, which, by the way, is also red. This section of Part III has never really come together on bass until now. With a lot of trial and error and many many takes, we ended up with a pretty solid fretless part for Part III.

Once that was done, I sifted through all the bass parts recorded yesterday and cleaned up anything that needed cleaning up.

Now with the rhythm section out of the way, we can move forward with guitars.