About the same time we wrapped up our first album, “Something Deeper,” we upgraded our entire home studio to a brand new system. Its not that our previous setup was too bad, but it really wasn’t a professional rig at all. Actually, here’s a picture to show you what we used to record the first album:

Notice the sweet blanket surrounding the table, used as a noise filter for the ridiculously loud self-built computer.  Those computer monitors cost me $5 each at the DI, and pretty much everything else is a hand-me-down from the Nixon Administration.

Anyways, since those good old days of recording on equipment barely able to hang on to dear life, we’ve plunged head first into a Pro Tools setup that is wicked awesome but also has taken a while to get used to.  I’m finally getting the hang of it though, and we’ve started work on a second EP.  I know for sure that “Strain,” a song originally slated for our debut album that got cut at the last minute, will be on the new album.  We’re still writing and experimenting, but so far its been a lot of fun and it hasn’t made us go deaf.

By the way, congratulations to Rob and his wife, they just had their first kid last week, a healthy baby boy!  We’re excited because we’ve been needing lead guitarist.