Dear readers,
Michelle, a dear friend of ours allowed us access to her Brooklyn rooftop for our final location in New York. Forboding hints along the way indicated rain but as we were so lucky on weather conditions most of the trip, we kind of took in in stride and Marcin the DP was quite set on making a tent up there so as to get the rain and some instrument shots. As a backup plan, Michelle gave us free reign of her space should the rain continue. We soon realized the rain would not only make things uncomfortable, but could result in possible electrocution. As non-cinematic as this was, the crew set up some lights in the room and we went to town with Toby's brother Christian. En route, we had picked Christian up the prior day at Princeton and he is an eager player on this inclimate day.
Christian's story is interesting in that he basically had to make the decision between music and baseball as he is about to be drafted into the minor league as a pitcher. As it turns out, his window for baseball is even slimmer than the one for music so he will be getting back to music perhaps later in the game. He is a good well rounded collaborator and seems interested in the process that we go into, having a small home studio in his dorm.
The tune today seems to fall squarely into the eighties sort of New Order world so we roll with it. Clark and I are into it but find out that the elaborate setup on the roof has managed to piss off the building supervisor who is now blaming us on an elevator no working. As none of our equipment weighs that much, there is a collective suspicion that he is trying to extort us. This is the same man that Michelle informs us found her missing iphone and not only demanded money, but followed her to an ATM so he could further collect. New Jersey politics . Anyhow, Clark paid him off the next day and we all said our goodbyes as Toby and Jason are singlehandedly driving the RV back to Los Angeles before the insurance runs out.
I am happy to be finished with stage one. It was an exhaustive process to have been involved with. There will be more work to do on the songs back in LA and a hell of a lot of editing.
It has been an amazing adventure! We've managed to develop some really cool new songs with greater texture, variety and scope than before. We hope you enjoy listening to our efforts in a couple of months when it's finally unveiled!
Finit,
Nathan
This is a strange post to write. We have let this blog sit dormant for the past year and a half while editing our documentary. So that's it, no more futzing with it, hands washed, keys given back, done.
