Day 3 : : Tracking Drums

I arrived at the Kirk today around 12:45pm to find the room that we usually pray in before Sunday morning service starts completely transformed. It is now the control room complimented with candlelight and a luminescent LED light in the corner. The worship center is now the room where we track the drums. The walls are lined with guitars, amps, mics, cymbals, and snares.

It’s now 2am on Thursday morning and we’ve been tracking since yesterday at 11am. Mic placement and tuning adjustments took about 5 hrs. Now we’re tracking one of our songs. We’re making progress with every take. Im getting quite sleepy. It’s a fun, yet long process.

: : josh

Dness tracking drums

Day 1-2 of RFB Record : : Set Up & Scratch

We officially began recording our first, full length, worship record on Monday. Set up is done and we couldn’t be any happier. Tonight we laid down scratch guitar and vocals for three of our original songs: A New Day, Set Free, and You Are. We wrote a new chorus to the song A New Day that we hope will be powerful in cooperate worship gatherings. Tomorrow, Dness and Josh arrive to begin tracking drums. Chris Pyron is also helping out with the record. He’ll be filming the making of the record in 1080p with his new HD camera.  We’ll be making blog updates here at ryanfitzband.com almost every day.  You can also follow us on twitter @ryanfitzband for day to day updates on how the record is coming along.

: : ryan

The control room

Finishing the Writing Process

We’ve been on a big push to finish some songs lately — it seems as though they’ve been floating in mid air for a while now. We’re determined to pull them from the stratosphere before we start recording in less than two weeks. A song that we’re really excited about is a song called “A New Day.” The song is an anthem shouting “Praise be to God, Almighty.” Focused around Lamentations 3, the song speaks of a new day, light, and life. We’re excited for you guys to hear it. You’ll be able follow how the record is tracking along right here at http://ryanfitzband.com.

: : ryan