Saturday 16th Feb 2013

Well the rhythm guitarist who was supposed to be auditioning Friday didn't turn up. So another strike out there unfortunately. I'm trying to stay positive about the rhythm guitar situation but it's so frustrating. I'm sure Paul would hit his cues better with a rhythm guitarist filling out the sound. As is it's proving to be a bit of a problem. Last practice went quite well considering we had been off since Christmas. Listening back to the session recording there was loads of energy and the pace was just right for So Far To Hell & Back. Coming out of the chorus into the interlude before the 3rd verse is prooving to be a bit of a struggle for Paul. The turnaround is quite fast and there's a lot of changes. I knew it would be a struggle for any drummer to hit it just right because it's quite a technical track. I'm sure that with a rhythm guitarist Paul would play a lot better. It's also difficult for me because i'm constantly switching between the rhythm and lead guitar parts so the others don't miss their cue's. On a positive note Dave's vocals sound better and better all the time This practice i was standing legs apart teeth gritted, mouthing along with the words In a Steve harris from Iron Maiden fashion :) Violently shredding away on my guitar loving every bit of it. It's starting to feel good to play as it's coming together now. All we need is Paul to get his fills and changes perfect then the tracks in the bag. We can then do a multitrack recording, throw it into the pile and on to the next one. We've got piles of ideas but at the same time we don't want to have 2 or three tracks on the go incase one gets rushed or neglected. As time goes by we're definatley learning to take cues from each other and we're slowly becoming a precision machine. The current line up is still relatively new so we are still learning about what makes each of us tick. As we become more familiar with each other, and the material it'll only get better. It's gonna' be awesome when it's done. I said this practice when we finish this track we're gonna' have a party to celebrate our hard work :) It's taking so long to come together but it's quality material and we all want to do our best.