DECEMBER 2015 - PROJECT SOUND - HAVERHILL, MA
ENGINEERED & MIXED BY: JASON DUGUAY & HADDEN STEMP
ALL INSTRUMENTS & MASTERING BY: G. GORDON GRITTY
ALL INSTRUMENTS & MASTERING BY: G. GORDON GRITTY
The set-up
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What Gritty Remembers: I remember seeing Hadden posted something on Facebook about engineering at Project Sound. I was feeling the itch to go back into a studio because it's like a pretty weird experience. Why so weird - well my first three or four years of making music was just homerecording as I'm sure it was for many. I didn't feel like that gave me enough experience to do something more professional but whatever I went for it. So I was having one of those moments again in December of 2015. I didn' t intend to make an album. This was I remember specifically being a Night Before kinda thing. For each of these four, I came up with the first riff or two and the lyrics ahead of time. Went into the studio for a two day session and these four songs came out of that. Looking back I think that was the longest time I've ever spent recording four songs. I really enjoyed recording these sessions. It was my first time playing bass on record and I think these songs are the most bass driven in the Gritty catalog. Also I didn't want to do the verse and chorus thing. The Gritty Band has played 'I Ain't Touchin The Handles' with some regularity, but I don't think any of the others - yet. Don't worry we'll give them a try. Drums were always recorded last. I remember being very self conscious as I had intended to make a rock 'n roll record but these ones are pretty dark by Gritty standards - at least up until this point.
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What Gritty Remembers: I remember seeing Hadden posted something on Facebook about engineering at Project Sound. I was feeling the itch to go back into a studio because it's like a pretty weird experience. Why so weird - well my first three or four years of making music was just homerecording as I'm sure it was for many. I didn't feel like that gave me enough experience to do something more professional but whatever I went for it. So I was having one of those moments again in December of 2015. I didn' t intend to make an album. This was I remember specifically being a Night Before kinda thing. For each of these four, I came up with the first riff or two and the lyrics ahead of time. Went into the studio for a two day session and these four songs came out of that. Looking back I think that was the longest time I've ever spent recording four songs. I really enjoyed recording these sessions. It was my first time playing bass on record and I think these songs are the most bass driven in the Gritty catalog. Also I didn't want to do the verse and chorus thing. The Gritty Band has played 'I Ain't Touchin The Handles' with some regularity, but I don't think any of the others - yet. Don't worry we'll give them a try. Drums were always recorded last. I remember being very self conscious as I had intended to make a rock 'n roll record but these ones are pretty dark by Gritty standards - at least up until this point.
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1. SEASONAL DEFECTIVE DISORDER
Lyrics: It's seasonal defective disorda when no one wakes up next to me! So pissed I changed my breakfast routine from tea to coffee! What's mine is mine, spreadsheets make me happy And I, I play shows - I got the privilege to play shows on Saturday nights!
2. I AIN'T TOUCHIN THE HANDLES (SQUARE ONE MALL)
Lyrics: Oh yeah, sorry Hadden. I ain't touching the handles of the doors at Square One Mall No I ain't Someone might have touched their ass first. Someone might have licked their finger. In general, I don't like to touch door handles; it might not be just a Square One Mall thing. A Square One Mall thing. I don't like touching the handles of the doors at Square One Mall
3. AL'S SLOUNGE
Did all my vintage clothes shopping at Kohl's and still had money left over for a Buttermilk Sandwich. I'm gonna start my own LABEL and sing karaoke at Als Slounge. Slounge. Internally comprehend why the business elite like myself haven't tapped into people like, um, myself.
4. TOPIC OF THE HOUR
The topic of the lunch hour man. Did he kiss her at the holiday party man? I'll take a mozzarella frita for dinner When the waitress walks away, we continue to discuss the topic of the hour The topic of the hour. Did he kiss her, topic of the hour. Let's see the topic of the hour