Today was the second day of vocal recording for Containment Failure, and we’ve now laid down tracks for 9 out of the 10 tracks on the album. A few of them will need a few more takes to make sure we have all the material we need, and then we’ll be spending some time on backing vocals and other miscellaneous bits and pieces.

No photos yet, but I will make sure to have the camera working correctly next week so we can get some pics of Rob’s awesome set up!

A lot of discussion (mostly between Trevor and I) has also focused on getting our tracks into Rock Band via the new Rock Band Network which will be released in the coming months. We’re looking forward to seeing our tracks in game and having another method of getting our music out there.

Day one of the vocal recording for Containment Failure is complete! Rob has set up a remarkable home recording studio, graciously disrupting his hallway walking space for the period of recording, but it’s worth it because the sound quality is fantastic! We managed to do 4 full tracks on Saturday, as well as a couple of takes of our party song (which will require a few weeks to do because it tires my voice out so much). We got through more than we expected so at this rate we will have all the tracks done in one or two more sessions, and we can move on to backing vocals and a few other bits and pieces.

Because of the way we’ve been recording the tracks, Saturday was also the first time I’d heard the final guitars for all of our tracks, and I’m pleased to say they sound awesome! I think we’re going to have a great sounding album on our hands once we’re finally finished.

That’s all from me, if we’re lucky Rob will pop on and post a few photos of the recording setup!

Well, Rob is away on his trip to Japanaland, but the guitars are all recorded so as soon as he gets back (actually, more like 3 weeks after he gets back due to scheduling conflicts) we’ll be ready to record my vocals, the final part of the Containment failure puzzle.

I’m pretty damn excited, I must say; I’ve been practising the songs over the past few weeks to make sure my performance is top notch and I’m pretty happy with the way it’s been going. Hearing it recorded on top of everything else is going to blow my mind, I’m sure (Hopefully yours as well).

Of course, even after we record the vocals there is still a lot of production work to be done, and the cover art still needs to be finalised. We will hopefully be able to do a small run of physical copies as well, depending on whether we can find a cheap printer.

With any luck, the album will be out by the end of the year! (But don’t hold me to that)

Hi fans, just a note that I have fixed a minor mp3 encoding glitch with the ReInitialise audio files. This particular issue was causing some minor stereo problems and slight treble emphassis. Free free to hear the new fixed files here and you can also re-download the mp3s to update your ipods etc.

I’d also like to add what a great job Ben has done on the new site design, three cheers to you brother !!!

Rob