So last night we began rehearsals for the record over at Stevie K’s house in Frederick, MD.  The evening began in high spirits as we set up all of the gear throughout the basement.  The walls are lined with wood paneling…AWESOME.  No seriously, it really brings the room together.

We dove in head first and began with “Skyward” a song Max and Peter were already somewhat familiar with.  Right off the bat I felt great about this entire project.  I’m working with friends and musicians who really get the feeling behind the music and that’s HUGE.

As the evening progressed we slid into “Limb” which is really shaping up.  Peter and Christian have a really great vibe going on in the rhythm section, they have been playing together for the better part of 15 years now.  From there we decided to tackle “Shine On” which I think is going to carry very well, Max has a really awesome picking part in the verse that really fills out the sound.  We also did a little rearranging and I’m really pleased.

We decided to close the evening on “Lily-Ann” which took on a new life of it’s own.  I’ve been playing that song for a while now and had grown a bit tired of it.  Injecting a full band sound and making it rock a little more has brought an entirely new life to the song and I’m excited.

With that Max had to leave, he was feeling a bit under the weather, so we all decided to jam out some covers of Miley Cyrus, Wilco, Drive By Truckers and Nirvana.  All in all I’d say it was a successful night.  I’m really looking forward to Sunday’s rehearsal.  Check back here that evening for more!