Barely Blind’s EP, The Way We Operate, was recorded at Innovation Studios in Steubenville, OH in the winter and summer of 2007. Both sessions were engineered by Mike Ofca and produced by Steve Soboslai from Punchline.
Bobby Vaughn from The Promise Hero is demoing new songs for their NEW record. It’ll be here in 2012.
Take a look back in time and watch behind the scenes footage of The Promise Hero recording Wait for the Sun.
Barely Recording
May 10, 2011
Barely Blind enter the studio this weekend to begin demoing songs for their upcoming full length! If you’re like me, this obviously can’t come soon enough. In the meantime, download their two most recent singles now. One is completely free and the other is only $0.99¢.
”Love! (Isn’t Everything)” - Download free at barelyblind.com
”Nature of the Beast” - Buy on iTunes
From Barely Blind’s blog:
Check out this video of Will Smith messing around on the drums during the recording of “Nature of the Beast” (out now!) and “Love! (Isn’t Everything)” (out Valentine’s Day!). Yes, we are hitting the V-Day thing, hard.
“Okay, Cool” Track-By-Track: Part I
November 11, 2010
So we want to give everyone a little insight as to what went on during the recording of our new EP, Okay, Cool, these past few months and decided to do a track-by-track analysis, which we will be posting one track at a time on our blog!! Here goes…
“Fall”
We came together on the first day with very few ideas about what we wanted this EP to sound like, let alone where to actually begin. Luckily Bobby had one song nearly finished so we decided to jump right in and start recording. We recorded the acoustic guitars and followed with the vocals, since they were already finished. We still had no idea what we were going to do to fill out the rest of the song and thought about leaving it at that - just acoustic guitar and vocals. Originally we thought maybe the whole EP would sound like that, with no drums, bass or other instrumentation. We recorded some percussion (at the beginning of the song) to keep it moving but still weren’t satisfied with the sound. I remember a few days passing, wondering what we could do to really make the song stand out. When we decided to record drums we weren’t sure what they might add to the mix but after hearing it we knew we were on the right track. Bass followed and then the rest of the backing vocals.
Throughout the EP, we focused in on the vocal arrangements and tried to create interesting harmonies and thick vocal pads to fill out the sound but still adhere to the natural element of everything. We wanted the acoustic guitars to stand out along with the vocals and for everything else to serve as support. We feel we succeeded and this song is a great example of the sound we were going for. While it remains upbeat and catchy, there is a rawness to it that highlights the honest and open nature of the lyrics. This rawness and openness (lyrically and otherwise) is a recurring theme throughout the EP as well.
So “Fall” became the first song we recorded and subsequently the first track on Okay, Cool. We felt it was an appropriate opener as it jumps out at you instantly and is a good measure of what is to come. Speaking of what’s to come, check back soon for the next song, “See You!”
-Bobby & Jeff
The Promise Hero Studio Update #3
October 6, 2010
Hey everyone, we are so excited to announce that we finished recording and mixing our EP Okay, Cool today!! It was a fun and creative process and we hope that all of our ideas are reflected in the music. We feel that each song has a definitive stance and each is important to us for different reasons. Beyond the writing of the songs we tried to make the production unique and forward. As an acoustic EP we felt it important to feature the acoustic guitars (obviously!) but wanted to add various other instruments to construct a solid arrangement. The production is inspired by older jazz and rock records from the 60s in that most instruments, including drums, are panned so that each has its own place in the mix. This allows the vocals and acoustic guitars to carry the songs, which was one of our primary objectives. We can’t wait for everyone to hear what we’ve been up to and look forward to playing these songs live very soon!!!
-Jeff & Bobby
