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By far the grandest scope for a project that we've ever undertaken! 1 Live Dvd, 1 Live concert on CD, and a batch of BRAND NEW C?M songs written for this project and recorded in the studio. We aimed to put together the ULTIMATE C?M collection that put every aspect of the band, message, and music in one package. And unlike anything we've ever released before, this includes all the cover songs, medleys, and fun interludes that you would see live in concert! But the part that is most exciting to us is that this is all written and recorded after we have had over a year to really put together our DUO performances and arrangements. We have had the chance to work together to put together something special and because of the outpouring of support, the two of us have been able to focus primarily on only the music for this set, while leaving the recording and editing to guys who were friends and fans of the band first and then wanted to be professional partners on this project. So this project is "The Evidence" of everything we are and what we stand for. Pick up the complete package or just the Mp3 downloads! |
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Song by Song: The Evidence
The two of us, Denver and myself, are two very blessed guys. We don't forget that. Ever. I'm not saying that we have a glamorous life. There's a thousand stories we could tell of the hardships and humbling moments that beset us each and every time we're on tour. But that's just it. We're able to take this music and the message it contains ON TOUR. Not only that but each and every time we've been brought home safely to loving arms and healing …
Song by Song: Bought the Lie
This song was a battle ground from start to finish. There were two different demos done of JUST the music and even with that we went into rehearsals knowing that we needed yet another version before we'd be happy enough with it to even record it . The lyrics were the roughest to get out and finalize on paper and because of the subject matter it wasn't the sort of song that you celebrate when it's completed. So lets just say this was a dark horse to make the album. …
Song by Song: Idea Song
This song was one of the three songs from my solo album that we decided to integrate into the C?M setlist. It took on such a fuller and more carnal feel that I felt it was an even stronger song than ever before. We felt like we really wanted to hear the C?M version of this song in the studio and so we used these sessions as the opportunity to make that happen. However, the message hasn't changed and I'm posting here the original journal that I wrote about the song, …
Song by Song: Glorious Forgiveness
In Memphis, late 2010, we came to a church to play a concert and despite playing, the thing we remembered most from the night is being introduced to Celebrate Recovery. CR is a ministry that is for anyone carrying any kind of burden who would like help learning how to either have that load lifted, or how to acknowledge that there's some burdens we carry for life and we need to learn how to carry them. CR does an incredible job of ministering to the hurt without enabling …
Song by Song: Take Back Again
When it was first written in it's demo form, this was the first song that we both gravitated towards. Even in that demo state, with no lyrics or vocal melodies, it was something that we felt captured who we are and what we want to sound like. What was equally as exciting to us is that we noticed we were able to pack the same dynamic range we wanted into a structure that suggested the longer musical interludes that we're known for but in a more efficient 5 minute package. …
Recording Day 3: Vocals
Whereas guitars and percussion have tangable dimensions of difficulty that one has to be aware of when recording, I find that vocals are all about the intangables. Emotion, performance, and confidence are the 3 main aspects of recording vocals that I try to focus on. Now... that being said, confidence is not my strong point when it comes to singing. It's the least confident thing I do. Tapping into emotions are also not really a strong suit of mine either, but …
Recording Day 2: Guitars
Can I admit something to you? I HATE recording acoustic guitars. I LOVE playing acoustic guitars, but I HATE recording them. They will forever be the bane of my studio existance because no matter how one may try to compensate for it, acoustic guitars will have tonal issues, string squeeking, intonation problems, and mic phasing that will inevitably happen during the course of a recording session. Electric guitars are SO much easier because the mics get placed …
Recording Day 1: Drums
Up to this point, I (travis) have always been either the engineer or the producer (or both) on our albums. One of my drawbacks is that I have limited experience in making drums sound the way they should in the mix. The most difficult part of mixing is getting a tight low end sound, and that's exactly where drums sit. So my (and I'm sure Denver's too) excitement level is pretty high to work with an engineer who's primary instrument are the drums. The first thing …
Rehearsals Complete and Songs are Ready! (well...)
We underwent two days of rehearsals to make sure that we're ready to play the songs up to speed and as flawlessly as possible during our time in the studio. The first major downside to recording in someone else's studio is that we have to pay for every minute of studio time, whether it's productive or not! On our prior projects we were usually able to expiriment until our puzzlers were sore, but this week needs to be an exercise in efficiency. So that was our mindset …
We're ready to rehearse!
The songwriting chapter in the preproduction of this project has come to a close. We ended up with 9 demos, and two rewrites of those demos, so a total of 11 seperate ideas plus 1 song we knew we would be recording that was already written. I'm very excited about how cohesive these songs are and how they truly have an "album" feel to the collection. I think there will be a pretty seamless vibe to the listening experience of these songs, which hasn't happened on our other, more …
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