Black Wing Sessions - 1 (Patreon)

(NOTE: I wanted to put this video up for everyone, but the rest of this series will be locked to the 5$ supporter level - mostly because I think this kind of thing is a pretty deep cut that not too many folks will be into). 

I thought it would be interesting to document more of our recording process, so we'll start here - with Black Wing.

I'm really not sure how other people record or write song. That sounds somehow like I'm trying to sound "cool" or something, but I'm really not - I actively have no idea how other people make electronic music. I bought Logic back in the day because it was one of the few recording programs that worked on the Mac I owned. It was similar enough to Garageband that I "got" it relatively quickly, and - like I do with almost every instrument I've ever played - I immediately jumped in and started fucking around.

There are probably hundreds of functions in this program that I would use if I knew they existed - but whenever I sit down to try and master the actual program itself, I just end up making music instead.

As such, my recording process is messy, frustrating, and inefficient. But I like it - sometimes, that kind of approach produces interesting mistakes, the kind of stuff I never would've written had I known what I was doing. Many of those mistakes - the off-kilter bass loop in "Bloodhail," for example - are some of my favorite bits and pieces, now.

So, I still keep my mistakes and fuck ups, and record around them. It makes things unpredictable, more "alive," - keeps me from being too boring.