Now the dust has settled from our week at Studio Litho, Seattle WA. we can fill you in on what went down. Sit comfortably and we'll begin...
After Mike arrived from England we headed to Barrett Jones' legendary Laundry Room studio for a little pre-production. It was time well spent and after we played through the songs a few times we formulated a plan for the studio the next morning.
Studio Litho in Fremont is kind of special place. Homely yet geared for hard work. In-house engineer Floyd Reitsma made us feel so welcome. He's a super-quick worker and before we knew it we had three songs down. We'd only booked five days thinking we'd get the very basics down so things were off to a great start.
Music continued flowing for the rest of the week with everyone chipping in ideas and bringing the raw demos we had to life. We have such songwriting and musical talent in Erin Tate and Kathy moore, it's a wonderful melting pot. For the most part we tracked live bass and drums in the same room, Kathy in the isolation booth and Ty singing guide vocals.
After getting the heart of the songs down we had a blast experimenting and overdubbing keys and guitars. We even kept some demo tracks for some of that raw flavor.
Seattle is a music town so often when we listened back to our takes someone would say, "Hey some horns would sound great here" and then a call would be made and it'd happen. We were honored to have the amazing Bill Jones, Jon Rÿser, Tracy Ferrara, and Dave Marriott (not pictured) stop by and weave their magic. They knew exactly what was needed and they elevated our music to another level. Total professionals. We were in awe.
Our last day at Litho was spent nailing the last tune, revising tracks and making rough mixes.
Barrett Jones had popped in and out of the sessions throughout the week, adding a little insight here and there and put a beautiful guitar melody down on one of the songs.
We were all kind of surprised we'd tracked nine tunes in five days and it'd been such a breeze. Put this down to Floyd's engineer/producer experience and the inspiration we found working at Litho with such incredible players.
There'll be much more info to come soon. We can't wait for you all to hear what we've created.
Welcome
aboard to all the new supporters - we've had a sudden spike in 'Likes',
which is nice. Hope you're all not Russian bots! If you really want to
help us on the next leg of our voyage with our forthcoming album Like
Shadows then please visit our online store - http://www.karvemusic.co.uk. If you pre-order the album you'll get a personal credit in the artwork. It really does help us.
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Studio Report
Hey all,
Now the dust has settled from our week at Studio Litho, Seattle WA. we can fill you in on what went down. Sit comfortably and we'll begin...
After Mike arrived from England we headed to Barrett Jones' legendary Laundry Room studio for a little pre-production. It was time well spent and after we played through the songs a few times we formulated a plan for the studio the next morning.
Studio Litho in Fremont is kind of special place. Homely yet geared for hard work. In-house engineer Floyd Reitsma made us feel so welcome. He's a super-quick worker and before we knew it we had three songs down. We'd only booked five days thinking we'd get the very basics down so things were off to a great start.
Music continued flowing for the rest of the week with everyone chipping in ideas and bringing the raw demos we had to life. We have such songwriting and musical talent in Erin Tate and Kathy moore, it's a wonderful melting pot. For the most part we tracked live bass and drums in the same room, Kathy in the isolation booth and Ty singing guide vocals.
After getting the heart of the songs down we had a blast experimenting and overdubbing keys and guitars. We even kept some demo tracks for some of that raw flavor.
Seattle is a music town so often when we listened back to our takes someone would say, "Hey some horns would sound great here" and then a call would be made and it'd happen. We were honored to have the amazing Bill Jones, Jon Rÿser, Tracy Ferrara, and Dave Marriott (not pictured) stop by and weave their magic. They knew exactly what was needed and they elevated our music to another level. Total professionals. We were in awe.
Our last day at Litho was spent nailing the last tune, revising tracks and making rough mixes.
Barrett Jones had popped in and out of the sessions throughout the week, adding a little insight here and there and put a beautiful guitar melody down on one of the songs.
We were all kind of surprised we'd tracked nine tunes in five days and it'd been such a breeze. Put this down to Floyd's engineer/producer experience and the inspiration we found working at Litho with such incredible players.
There'll be much more info to come soon. We can't wait for you all to hear what we've created.
The Little Ships
Hey all, we're super-pleased to unveil the cover artwork and title to our second album...Like Shadows.
Ty is finishing up his vocals at Studio Litho (where the photo was taken) on the 16th and 17th so we're getting close to the mixing stage.
If you so wish, the album is available to pre-order from www.karvemusic.co.uk and we'll throw in a few goodies too.
The Little Ships
Day two of finishing up vocals and when you want to knock it up a level then who do you call upon?
The Little Ships
Welcome aboard to all the new supporters - we've had a sudden spike in 'Likes', which is nice. Hope you're all not Russian bots! If you really want to help us on the next leg of our voyage with our forthcoming album Like Shadows then please visit our online store - http://www.karvemusic.co.uk. If you pre-order the album you'll get a personal credit in the artwork. It really does help us.
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PJ Cuyahoga Flalls OH 8/26/1998
PJ Noblesviile IN 8/18/2000
PJ Cincinnatti OH 8/20/2000
PJ Columbus OH 8/21/2000
PJ Columbus OH 6/24/2003
PJ Hamilton Ontario 9/13/2005
PJ Phiadelphia PA 10/3/2005
PJ Cleveland OH 5/20/2006
PJ Columbia SC 6/16/2008.....
e.V Chicago IL 8/21/2008
e.V Philly PA 6/11/2009
e.V Bailtimore MD 6/14/2009...
PJ Chicago IL 8/23/2009
.PJ...Philly PA 10/27/2009 PJ.Philadephia PA 10/28/2009.
PJ Columbus OH 5/6/2010
PJ Cleveland OH 5/9/2010.
BRAD Columbus OH 10/5/2010
e.V St.Louis MO 7/1/2011
.PJ.. East Troy WI 9/3/2011..PJ..East Troy WI 9/4/2011
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cleveland OH 10/8/2012
RNDM Chicago IL11/13/2012
Alice In Chains/SoundGarden Columbus OH 5/19/2013
AIC Fort Wayne IN 5/21/2013
PJ Pittsburgh PA 10/11/2013
AIC Cincinnati OH 5/17/2014
AIC Cleveland OH 5/19/2014
AIC Indianapolis IN 8/19/2014
PJ Cincinnati OH 10/1/2014
AIC Cincinnati OH 8/06/2015
RNDM Chicago IL 3/15/2016
PJ Columbia SC 4\21\2016
PJ Lexington KY 4/26/2016
PJ Chicago IL 8/20/2016
Soundgarden Columbus OH 5/20/2017 Canceled RIP Chris
AIC Columbus OH 5/18/2018
PJ Chicago IL 8/18/2018 PJ Chicago IL 8/20/2018
PJ St Louis Missouri 9/18/2022
AIC Cuyohoga falls Oh. 8/16/2019
SHAWNSMITH Rip 2019Mark Lanegan Band 5/18/19