The Swagger Sticks “Mix It Up”

Here’s a quick studio update from The Swagger Sticks regarding our debut EP, “Stick it!” which is scheduled for release March 1st:
Today I spoke with my producer/engineer, Jeff Lewis. I’ll be back at Moonlight Studios Monday, January 12th, to polish up some vocal tracks and finish mixing the three songs we tracked drums for last week: “CCTV”, “Here Comes The Cougar” and [...]

Video Clips from “CCTV” Vocal Session

Here is a video clip from my vocal session at Moonlight Studios last week (We did the drums earlier that same day). The song is called “Closed Circuit TeleVision” or “CCTV.” 
This is a rough mix… Soooo, unlike all those MTV videos, where the singer hops in the vocal booth and everything sounds PERFECT, here’s a sneak [...]

Drum Session Results!

Today we tracked drums for my upcoming EP with my new band, The Swagger Sticks. The session went absolutly awesome…my buddy Simon Hancock, the drummer on the session, did a fantastic job!

Here’s what we worked on:
    “Closed Circuit TeleVision”
    ”Here Comes the Cougar”
    “She Wants Everything”
I was a bit nervous since I’ve never had a live drummer work on any my songs [...]

Drum Roll Please

Ok! I’m getting ready to do a drum session later this week with my new band, The Swagger Sticks.  Up to this point I’ve recorded all my drums on Reason using Protools but I’m finally to the point where it’s time for some live drums. A buddy of mine, Simon Hancock, is an incredibly talented drummer [...]