DETERIOR

I don't know what song is going to be the single yet, but I do know that there are going to be two exclusive B-sides along with it. One of them will be a remix (of a previously-released song) done by Rubb. , whom you may recall from the Spire remix single. The other one will be a cover of the band Fugazi.

I was planning to post some pictures or video or something, but that's not working out yet ... I'll try to do so in the future. Right, so, I've officially begun the recording process for the new album. At this point, I have recorded all the guitar for the first of seven songs, and I'm probably just going to progress straight through and then do bass and vocals after. Seems simpler that way. So about my equpiment: I've been using the same guitar for a long time now, an Ibanex EX 370 that I got used in 2005 or so. I don't like it very much. The main problem with it is the fact that it has a floating (Floyd Rose) bridge, meaning that where the strings attach at the bottom just kind of goes up and down whenever it wants instead of staying put. Apparently there are professionals who can string guitars with floating bridges. I can't. When I restrung my guitar for Antimonument , I tried to use regular drop D tuning, resulting in so much tension that I just broke th...

So apparently Blogspot launched this "pages" feature without telling me. I've taken advantage of the situation to post a more detailed discography page all in one place. I'll probably put download links in it eventually. Oh, and it also contains the tentative tracklist for the new album.

Well, all my tabs are done and that means song arrangements are pretty much finalized... all that remains is a bit of rehearsal and I think I'm going to start recording this weekend. Exciting. I'm thinking of doing some sort of picture or video updates when I start recording because that sounds cool. Who knows.