Final recording phase...!

Hey hey hey!

We have been lazy regarding the blog and have just made temp updates at our facebook page for the past month but now its time again, hey ho! What has happened in the M.O.B studio? Since the last time we wrote here, there has been a couple of weeks of minor retakes and changes AND then a couple of weeks of computer/technology TERROR. Our computer gave up, and of course, being the irresponsible bastards that we are, we had forgot to backup the work that we had done for a couple of months or so, ha ha...  Some guys just never learn..?

Anyway, our dear dear friend and tech wizard master supreme deluxe Björn helped us out, as usual. He not only helped us with buying/building/configuring a new computer, he also managed to save all the data from the old crashed one. So, a major depression and grown men crying through christmas was avoided, thanks a million Björn....

Today, me and Peter finally took our places again in the studio and began to work on the "changes and addons-list" and im happy to say that most of the stuff on that list were fixed this very afternoon. I have a feeling that we might have only one more recording session left, almost there.. Yeeeyyyy! Some 15 changes or so regarding bass and guitar were done today, Peter is da man! Soon, its time to come "Out From The Dark", finally!!! Cheers! /Fredrik and da boys..

The man and the guitar in perfect harmony.

This might make the dance charts?!? 

Finally, vocals are done!

Ok.. I´ve had a couple of rough weekends in the studio, plowing my way through a lot of tunes, but as a result of that hard work, the lead and backing vocals for all 12 songs are now in the can. I will do one or two more vocal sessions and really listen through all songs, trying to find faults and errors and try to redo stuff if i find anything that needs to be redone. As always when it comes to a large recording project, the songs have really developed and  changed (for the bettter i hope) in the studio and im quite pleased with the result. Next weekend we will do a rough mix for everybody in the band that we can dissect for a week or so.

Today we adjusted the lead vocals on a couple of tracks and Peter also sang some backing vocals on a couple of songs. Its not that much to go now before the album will be shipped away for mixing, a couple of retakes regarding bass and some guitar addons, and then we're completely done! Cheers to that i say! Rock on! /Fredrik/Peter/Richard

 Ho ho ho, its the M.O.B santa!

Brothers in arms..

Peter asked Fredrik today if he could add some last minute harmony vocals and Fredrik of course gave it a shot!

The jolly trio all present!

A rare session today as all 3 of us were present, ha ha. I spent last night alone laying down locals for "Among The Wolves" and today we dissected that performance, made changes, added background vocals, harmony vocals and so forth..

We also sat down and went through all the songwriting credits for the album as Richard is in the midst of collaborating with the cover design in union with M.O.B:s very good friend Janne Kjellin.

A good day i must say. Tomorrow, ill be back in there, taking on the song "The Legacy". Cheers! /Fredrik

Peter sings like a choir boy!

Hey hoo and a bottle of rum!

Richard questions why he wont get to sing!?!

-Now WHO wrote that riff? Hmmm...

Vocal rehearsals all night long....

Yup, just like the header says, im in the studio alone shouting away to keep the voice warm during the weekdays and im recording with Peter on the weekends. Last night wile rehearsing  i recorded some snippets for the blog, so, a small piece of some songs are now "Out From The Dark", hargh hargh... This upcoming weekend i will focus on recording "Among The Wolves" i think.. Cheers people! /Fredrik

Vocals taking off and some chair adventures!!

So, time to do some singin´, eeehhh?! Yup, sure is! Peter by the computer, me trying to perform, the roles have changed! We started off today with "When All Is Said And Done", which is your basic rock tune really, nothing fancy or complicated about that one, just a nice groove and a lot of melody. I think it went ok. After rehearsing on my own for quite a few weeks, it feels great to have some input from someone other than myself, ha ha.. Peter seemed quite pleased afterwards and if he says it´s ok, then i say its ok i guess.

We also added some harmony vocals, sung by both me and Peter and they turned out quite nice if you ask me. "When All is Said And Done"  is in the bag, at least vocal-wise..

You know, Peter is quite a tall guy and after today´s session, we came to the conclusion that the chair we had by the computer really sucked and sitting in it for several hours really did a number on Peter´s back. So, what to do? Well, off to IKEA of course! Not the brightest idea on a saturday afternoon but we managed to complete the purchase within 10 minutes without seriously getting hurt or hurting someone else for that matter, we bought the office chair "Markus" and headed back to the studio where Peter assembled it in a flash. Great day! Ill be in the studio again tomorrow i think, working on another tune, cheers people, have a great saturday evening! /Fredrik and da Pete man.

Tea, water, chewing gum, lyrics, let´s go!

 Roaaaar!!

 Fire alarm nr 1!

 Peter finding vocal harmonies on da guitar.

 Oh yeah, lets get down!

Fire alarm nr 2!

 Oh no, arriving at IKEA, eeewww..

 Comfy, sir? No? Lets try another..

This is what we ended up with, 

our new friend MARKUS..

 Peter moving through IKEA like a scud missile,

me trailing along behind..

 Houston, we have a problem.. Naw, Peter 

knows his way around IKEA products, and the chair

is great!

Bye for now! /Fredrik, Peter and Markus.

Final guitars (almost) and M.O.B on the move...!

All three of us have been quite busy these past few days with M.O.B stuff. Saturday saw the completion of the guitar solos, we have one more guitar "thingy" to record, we were planning on recording it in the same session as the guitar solos but another band then started to rehearse in that hellhole we´ve been staying in for the past month and when another band plays in that facility, the earth shakes in the room we are in, so we canceled those plans.

Such good news then that we spent all sunday moving, again! We are very confident and happy regarding our new "home". The place is perfect and the guys that we are sharing it with seems to be great guys the lot of them, we are looking forward to many hours of writing and reheasing in this place. First thing´s first though. The recording train will stop at the next station this upcoming weekend and its time for me to wail away, and im so looking forward to it! I´ll be in the studio a couple of evenings this week, warming up the voice and i also have to do a bit of troubleshooting with the recording gear tomorrow as we have encountered a bit of a problem with one of the songs, its some form of technical mumbo jumbo error with "The Beast In Me" but hopefully ill be able to straighten it out, positive vibes is the name of the game ! Catcha later ladies and germs, stay rockin! /Fredrik/Richard/Peter

Ready to do some lifting!

Cables, cables, everywhere,,

So long Årstaberg!

 Mista Rille!

 Yeah, move that stuff, ill take some pics instead!

 Peter wants to make a final check, have we forgotten

anything?

 Setting up the computer in the control room area, where everything 

a rock band needs is provided. Comfy couch, fridge, nice atmosphere, the works,

Soon Richards kit will be up, and the pa, and eventually our whole gear,

and hopefully a new bass player will emerge also, so we can get out there

and  play you some "Out From The Dark" songs this winter, yeeeehaw!!.

Aaaaaaaaaand, the guitar solos is a wrap!

Peter and me have spent the last two saturdays working on and recording guitar solos, and now, it´s DONE!

We sat back after todays session and listened to all solos and we were satisfied with all but one, which will not need any major rework, it will be done in 5-10 minutes next weekend i reckon. After that, it´s one or two small things left to record regarding guitars and whats next after the guitars?

Thats right, it´s time for yours truly to step up and do "ma thang"! Fredrik "the broken fire alarm" is up in the studio. Holy shit, am I ready for this? I dont know, but we will soon find out I guess. Im looking forward to record with Peter by my side though, we have a great push and pull, bouncing ideas and making sure that the best efforts will end up on the album. Im quite excited about this!

We might move again though and it might happen quick, so maybe i´ll record my vocals somewhere else, we´ll see! Cheers people!

 We wanted to buy some stuff here today, but we couldnt, because M.O.B

 is a rock band and not a restaurant, hmmmm...

  This technician is starting to look a bit grey I think, I´ll have to do something about that beard soon!