The Magic Number

Twelve songs in the bag, my friends! The magic number has been reached as we now have enough songs we deem good enough to record. And, as Erin was away visiting family, the boys were left to take over where they had left off two weeks previous. Once Jesse arrived, we set up shop and revisited several songs we already knew, with comfortable success. During a break, I demonstrated my latest song ("Good In Black") to the group. We tried it and it worked! And then... I blew out my voice. Yes, four hours of anything will take it's toll. It's something that's never happened to me before, and I was.... well... speechless. Okay, that was a bad joke.

Jesse Cripps (John Frum) - electric guitar
Gary Fitch (Planet Roy, Running Erin, Skillet Lickers) - electric guitar
D.J. Jones (Planet Roy, the Spurs) - bass guitar
Dave Rayburn (Buddy, Garage Salesmen) - vocals, electric guitar
Miguel Zuleta (Planet Roy, Shattered Glass) - drums

Songs (in order of appearance):
"I've Got Time" (Rayburn) - Jesse added a few little ambulance-style riffs that I really liked. This one is ready to go.
"In Peace (Dogstar)" (Rayburn) - No new changes. Neil Young couldn't dream it any better.
"Wonder" (Rayburn) - This one's got a nice Radiohead "Creep" pattern going for it. Sure to be a crowd favorite when all is said and done.
"Good In Black" (Rayburn) - My newest song. A song of jealousy and pain. Given a fresh treatment from it's original incarnation in the hopes of breaking the traditional Rayburn songwriting mold. D.J.'s Rush-inspired bass line and Gary's itchy guitar part provide the feeling I was after.
"Phases And Changes" (Rayburn) - This is where my voice decided to bail on me. It's not like I'm fronting Judas Priest! Sheesh.
"Small Midwestern Town" (Moore/Rayburn) - An otherwise perfect take by the band... my voice was in shreds. We opted to call it a night at this point.

Hopefully my voice will recover quickly, and hopefully the boys didn't find too much humor in hearing my Peter Brady impression during the last two takes of the night. afterwards, we all sat down and listened to some of our rehearsal work and discussed the record. The latest word is that we will hit the studio in late November or early December. I still need to bring in two more songs for consideration including the unfinished "Little Lost City", which was briefly demo'd in October's acoustic sessions. Miguel... I promise you... we will take you and Roger out for pancakes soon. Good boy.