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Recording "Road Map to the Soul" Part 2
Well, what can we say! We left you off back in early July when we finished the actual recording of the music for the new album. Since then, we spent pretty much the rest of the summer going into the studio almost every weekend to mix the album. About 50 hours worth of studio time mixing to be exact. LOL. There were definitely some great moments and then there we're times we had to go back and touch this up, touch that up, etc, etc. Needless to say, the reason we did not blog about it earlier, was because, its really not worth talking about. At least that phase.
However, there we're some good parts that did happen in the process. Well as you might of read during the summer we we're selected to open Crue Fest at Blossom Music Center. IT WAS AN AWESOME TIME! Well, what we did not mention was the interview on WMMS 100.7FM (Cleveland, OH) the Sunday before our performance to talk about the show and introduce some of our new songs. We spent quite a bit of studio time to rushing-ly master three (3) songs to feature during the interview. Unfortunately, since we were still in the mixing phase and had not finalized anything, our pre-mature master was not the best! That was not the studios part however! They did a fantastic job with what they were given. We were just so excited about the idea of featuring the songs that we got a little ahead of ourselves. No matter though, we returned to the studio and continued mixing before the final master.
Because our tour thru Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan, the final mixing of the album took place the last week of August! And Oh boy, we were sweating bullets, because we did not think we were going to have enough time to manufacture the CD in order to receive them before our announced release date of September 18, 2009.
Oh by the way, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who came out to the shows in Tennesee and Michigan. All of you rule and we will never forget the awesome time we had with you all!
So, going back to what I was saying, we finally got the final project completed by August 28, 2009. Keep in mind we had to have all artwork and music submitted to the manufacturer by the first of September. And, whew! We just made it. But it became more nerve racking to find out that we would not be getting the CD's until the day before our scheduled performance. And, we all have experienced delivery complications. So, imagine how we felt; the thought that CDs just might not be in hand! Thankfully the CDs were delivered on time! YEAH!
So, finally the day of the show comes (September 18, 2009)! The big day of the release. And what a glorious evening. We in the band did not realize until that evening how many friends, fans and followers we truly have! We all just want to say "THANK YOU SO VERY F'N MUCH" for the love.
The show kicked off with our boys "Theory in Perfect" who rocked out for their fans and early show arrivers. They put on quite the energetic show! It was unfortunate that the drummers kick pedal busted in the middle of their set. But Matt (Lead Vox) and the rest of the band kept on entertaining the crowd like true pros. It was really sweet! Be sure to visit their Myspace profile: Theory in Perfect
It was also unfortunate that Mansfield Park (Captivity Records) could not make it out. But don't worry, we'll be back up in Michigan with those guys soon enough!
Then "Relic" hit the stage and by this time everyone was just about finished with the Free Food that was provided by G-Management (Big Thanks to them). They are so awesome!
It was sweet rocking out on the floor with the rest of my band and our fans and showing our support and love for Relic. They even featured their new song "Apology", which blew me away. If anyone has still has not seen or heard this guys, check them out by visiting their website: Relicnation.
After Relic rocked the stage, "Another Dead Rockstar" wowed the crowd with some serious grooves of rock and grunge that truly brought me back to the era of 90's Grunge rock. It was fantastic! It always amazes me to see the drummer of a band also be the lead vocalist. I mean with as much coordination as it takes to play the drums, and then to sing lead as well is quite a feature. I was most certainly impressed with their set. And, judging by all the head nodding going on, you can tell the crowd was truly into it as well. These guys just recently go together from a combination of other bands from Cleveland and what a great mix. Tom (Guitarist) had informed me that they are looking to hit the studio soon to throw out an EP. We wish these guys the best of luck and can't wait to hear what they have in store for all of us! Be sure to check them out: Another Dead Rockstar.
Finally, around 12:15am, 3SO hit the stage to an audience of pumped up, caffeinated and liquored up fans! We wouldn't want it any other way! WE LOVE YOU ALL! I can definitely say that we rocked out harder than before. In fact, my neck still hurts. LOL! I feel things really got off, when in the middle of our song "Descended", we let Alex take the floor and bust out a mean drum solo which really turned on the crowd. I heard around that time our friend Eric busted his head open attempting to do back flips off the stage. That officially makes two (2) bloody heads that the Roc Bar has claimed. The first as you may know was mine back earlier in the year. I have the dent to prove it. LOL!
Anyway, the party continued and we slowed things down a bit to re-introduce a new song "Rude Awakening". The mix of Marco's riffs with Tyler's Five finger funk licks really brought this song into maturity and completion. We are hoping to add this song along with some other songs we are writing into a EP, we anticipate will be released Next Summer! Will see!
After an hour of a high energy show, we finished off the set with our song "Anti", which was featured on the Metal Sanctuary show on Uncensored Net Noise . But, that was not enough for our fans. Much to our surprise toward the end of our set, we started having shout outs for "Beat You Down". Honestly, we truly had no idea you all love that song that much! So, we encored with "Beat You Down" followed by "Snake", which was dedicated to Shauna of the Roc Bar.
Shauna and I go back a few years and we found out that she is going to be moving to Portland, Oregon in the upcoming weeks. We at this time don't know who is going to run the Roc Bar in her place, but I know she will be missed.
After 4 encores that evening, the band was absolutely spent! Except Al for some reason. That man can play forever. That's why we love him. But after the show, we made certain we got some more to drink and then it was off to the after party's.
So, to find out what goes on at the after party's! You need to be there! To be there, you need to come to the shows more often! And with that, we bid you; till next time! Rock on! Rock Hard! And, hope to see you soon!
Thanks to everyone who has supported us during this long journey and we look forward to what we can bring to you guys next!
Laters,
Justice
3SO
However, there we're some good parts that did happen in the process. Well as you might of read during the summer we we're selected to open Crue Fest at Blossom Music Center. IT WAS AN AWESOME TIME! Well, what we did not mention was the interview on WMMS 100.7FM (Cleveland, OH) the Sunday before our performance to talk about the show and introduce some of our new songs. We spent quite a bit of studio time to rushing-ly master three (3) songs to feature during the interview. Unfortunately, since we were still in the mixing phase and had not finalized anything, our pre-mature master was not the best! That was not the studios part however! They did a fantastic job with what they were given. We were just so excited about the idea of featuring the songs that we got a little ahead of ourselves. No matter though, we returned to the studio and continued mixing before the final master.
Because our tour thru Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan, the final mixing of the album took place the last week of August! And Oh boy, we were sweating bullets, because we did not think we were going to have enough time to manufacture the CD in order to receive them before our announced release date of September 18, 2009.
Oh by the way, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who came out to the shows in Tennesee and Michigan. All of you rule and we will never forget the awesome time we had with you all!
So, going back to what I was saying, we finally got the final project completed by August 28, 2009. Keep in mind we had to have all artwork and music submitted to the manufacturer by the first of September. And, whew! We just made it. But it became more nerve racking to find out that we would not be getting the CD's until the day before our scheduled performance. And, we all have experienced delivery complications. So, imagine how we felt; the thought that CDs just might not be in hand! Thankfully the CDs were delivered on time! YEAH!
So, finally the day of the show comes (September 18, 2009)! The big day of the release. And what a glorious evening. We in the band did not realize until that evening how many friends, fans and followers we truly have! We all just want to say "THANK YOU SO VERY F'N MUCH" for the love.
The show kicked off with our boys "Theory in Perfect" who rocked out for their fans and early show arrivers. They put on quite the energetic show! It was unfortunate that the drummers kick pedal busted in the middle of their set. But Matt (Lead Vox) and the rest of the band kept on entertaining the crowd like true pros. It was really sweet! Be sure to visit their Myspace profile: Theory in Perfect
It was also unfortunate that Mansfield Park (Captivity Records) could not make it out. But don't worry, we'll be back up in Michigan with those guys soon enough!
Then "Relic" hit the stage and by this time everyone was just about finished with the Free Food that was provided by G-Management (Big Thanks to them). They are so awesome!
It was sweet rocking out on the floor with the rest of my band and our fans and showing our support and love for Relic. They even featured their new song "Apology", which blew me away. If anyone has still has not seen or heard this guys, check them out by visiting their website: Relicnation.
After Relic rocked the stage, "Another Dead Rockstar" wowed the crowd with some serious grooves of rock and grunge that truly brought me back to the era of 90's Grunge rock. It was fantastic! It always amazes me to see the drummer of a band also be the lead vocalist. I mean with as much coordination as it takes to play the drums, and then to sing lead as well is quite a feature. I was most certainly impressed with their set. And, judging by all the head nodding going on, you can tell the crowd was truly into it as well. These guys just recently go together from a combination of other bands from Cleveland and what a great mix. Tom (Guitarist) had informed me that they are looking to hit the studio soon to throw out an EP. We wish these guys the best of luck and can't wait to hear what they have in store for all of us! Be sure to check them out: Another Dead Rockstar.
Finally, around 12:15am, 3SO hit the stage to an audience of pumped up, caffeinated and liquored up fans! We wouldn't want it any other way! WE LOVE YOU ALL! I can definitely say that we rocked out harder than before. In fact, my neck still hurts. LOL! I feel things really got off, when in the middle of our song "Descended", we let Alex take the floor and bust out a mean drum solo which really turned on the crowd. I heard around that time our friend Eric busted his head open attempting to do back flips off the stage. That officially makes two (2) bloody heads that the Roc Bar has claimed. The first as you may know was mine back earlier in the year. I have the dent to prove it. LOL!
Anyway, the party continued and we slowed things down a bit to re-introduce a new song "Rude Awakening". The mix of Marco's riffs with Tyler's Five finger funk licks really brought this song into maturity and completion. We are hoping to add this song along with some other songs we are writing into a EP, we anticipate will be released Next Summer! Will see!
After an hour of a high energy show, we finished off the set with our song "Anti", which was featured on the Metal Sanctuary show on Uncensored Net Noise . But, that was not enough for our fans. Much to our surprise toward the end of our set, we started having shout outs for "Beat You Down". Honestly, we truly had no idea you all love that song that much! So, we encored with "Beat You Down" followed by "Snake", which was dedicated to Shauna of the Roc Bar.
Shauna and I go back a few years and we found out that she is going to be moving to Portland, Oregon in the upcoming weeks. We at this time don't know who is going to run the Roc Bar in her place, but I know she will be missed.
After 4 encores that evening, the band was absolutely spent! Except Al for some reason. That man can play forever. That's why we love him. But after the show, we made certain we got some more to drink and then it was off to the after party's.
So, to find out what goes on at the after party's! You need to be there! To be there, you need to come to the shows more often! And with that, we bid you; till next time! Rock on! Rock Hard! And, hope to see you soon!
Thanks to everyone who has supported us during this long journey and we look forward to what we can bring to you guys next!
Laters,
Justice
3SO
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
3SO Featured on The Portal Magazine
Click the link to read about 3SO on The Portal Magazine (August 2009). http://www.theportalmagazine.com/issues/august2009/index.html
3SO Rocks Crue Fest 2 w/ Rev Theory & Cavo
On Tuesday July 21, 2009 after much anticipation by the band and many WMMS 100.7fm listeners, 3SO took the side stage sponsored by Monster Energy Drink to open Crue Fest 2 at Blossom Music Center; along with Rev Theory, Cavo, 16 Second Stare and Shram. And it was a blast!
That early afternoon we met up with the Monster Crew for set up and we have to say by far they were the most professional and easy going stage crew we've ever seen. So, much love and top hats off to Digga, Chris and their entire crew.
It was very mutual to meet up with Rich and the rest of the guys from Rev Theory; this being the 3rd time we have played with those guys. We all jokingly said third times a charm, might as well just take us on the road. It was a nice moment to be shared. I (Justice) definetly have to say it was a pleasure to share the stage with all those bands; for the simiple reason that each one of them are busting their humps just like us to live the life of music and we applaud them all.
I think the only real issue of the day was that originally we were informed that our set would begin at 5pm; but that afternoon we were informed that it was pushed forward to 4pm. So, we scrambled to get the word out so that our fans can get to see us play. We want to apologize for those fans that did not get to see us that afternoon. We do hope that you did enjoy the rest of the concert for it was awesome.
Despite the last minute time change, all went very well. They did scare us though when they mentioned that we may only get to play one (1) song. And they weren't kidding. But, Digga (Da Man) let us rip for 20 minutes. We hope he did not get into too much fire for that call he made. But we thank you for it.
Getting to socialize with touring bands is always inspiring and lesson learning. One thing I definetly learned was that for most, not all, but most bands on tour are like ducks in the water. Everything appears great, relaxing and calm on the surface, but down below there is a whole mess of things going on (Both good and bad). So my comment to all bands on the road; Keep pushing my brothers and enjoy the journey regardless of the ending! The journey may not be the purpose, but its definetly an important factor.
The best part of being apart of Crue Fest was witnessing the love and support from our fans and followers. If not for you, we would have not played to such a great crowd, especially because of the change in performance. Many thanks and much love and respect goes out to our managers G-Management and the entire crew of the Iron Saddle (Gina, Devan, Tonya, Bree & Haley) as well as Mike, Eddie, Katie, Jenn, and Kurt (Condom Boy), for getting the people and distributing all those CD's for us. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Of course, because of our awesome time at Crue Fest, a last minute decision to have an after party at The Iron Saddle went off without a hitch. The best part was that both Shram and 16 Second Stare showed up as well. It was killer! 16 Second Stare even took the time to jam with us at the saddle. We hope to be able to tour Florida with those boys in Spring next year! So, be on the look out! All in all, the day was spectacular, the opportunity to be seen and perform at Crue Fest was amazing and we are so looking forward to our own little tour beginning in August. So keep posted 3SO fans and we'll be in touch!
That early afternoon we met up with the Monster Crew for set up and we have to say by far they were the most professional and easy going stage crew we've ever seen. So, much love and top hats off to Digga, Chris and their entire crew.
It was very mutual to meet up with Rich and the rest of the guys from Rev Theory; this being the 3rd time we have played with those guys. We all jokingly said third times a charm, might as well just take us on the road. It was a nice moment to be shared. I (Justice) definetly have to say it was a pleasure to share the stage with all those bands; for the simiple reason that each one of them are busting their humps just like us to live the life of music and we applaud them all.
I think the only real issue of the day was that originally we were informed that our set would begin at 5pm; but that afternoon we were informed that it was pushed forward to 4pm. So, we scrambled to get the word out so that our fans can get to see us play. We want to apologize for those fans that did not get to see us that afternoon. We do hope that you did enjoy the rest of the concert for it was awesome.
Despite the last minute time change, all went very well. They did scare us though when they mentioned that we may only get to play one (1) song. And they weren't kidding. But, Digga (Da Man) let us rip for 20 minutes. We hope he did not get into too much fire for that call he made. But we thank you for it.
Getting to socialize with touring bands is always inspiring and lesson learning. One thing I definetly learned was that for most, not all, but most bands on tour are like ducks in the water. Everything appears great, relaxing and calm on the surface, but down below there is a whole mess of things going on (Both good and bad). So my comment to all bands on the road; Keep pushing my brothers and enjoy the journey regardless of the ending! The journey may not be the purpose, but its definetly an important factor.
The best part of being apart of Crue Fest was witnessing the love and support from our fans and followers. If not for you, we would have not played to such a great crowd, especially because of the change in performance. Many thanks and much love and respect goes out to our managers G-Management and the entire crew of the Iron Saddle (Gina, Devan, Tonya, Bree & Haley) as well as Mike, Eddie, Katie, Jenn, and Kurt (Condom Boy), for getting the people and distributing all those CD's for us. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Of course, because of our awesome time at Crue Fest, a last minute decision to have an after party at The Iron Saddle went off without a hitch. The best part was that both Shram and 16 Second Stare showed up as well. It was killer! 16 Second Stare even took the time to jam with us at the saddle. We hope to be able to tour Florida with those boys in Spring next year! So, be on the look out! All in all, the day was spectacular, the opportunity to be seen and perform at Crue Fest was amazing and we are so looking forward to our own little tour beginning in August. So keep posted 3SO fans and we'll be in touch!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
3SO @ Crue Fest 2 - Blossom Music Center
Come Check out this blog about our ticket giveaway contest and our performance during Crue Fest 2 at Blossom Music Center on Tuesday July 21, 2009.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Recording "Road Map to the Soul" Part 1
Well what an accomplishing weekend. We all woke up and arrived at Ante Up Studios (Cleveland, OH) around 10am Saturday morning (June 13, 2009). Marco was all hungover from the Tequila him and Alex pounded the night before. It was great! You can just see the buzz on his face. Alex, was fine! Must be nice to have such tolerance! We met up with our Engineer Jimmy and began loading our equipment to set up and begin recording our new album "Road Map to the Soul".
It was a slow start at first because Jimmy was flying solo on Saturday. No interns to lend him a hand in the studio. It was no big deal because it only took him about 2-1/2 hours to get the gear and drums properly mic'd. Recording got underway and I (Justice) spent most of the morning posting details to our twitter site.
John our Marketing and IT guru from G-Management came along to video record all the hilarity's and craziness that would take place over the weekend. Unfortunately Kim our manager could not make it but she made sure she cooked Meatballs on Saturday for us and they were AWWWEEESOME! Just before we began recording we all had to set up in different rooms because their weren't enough isolation booths within the studio. What was funny as hell is we set up Tyler's rig inside the women's bathroom. We we're expecting him to play in their to just for laughs. Either way, the whole rig in the bathroom produced a killer tone and sound for recording. So, now if you ever need to list the uses of a bathroom; of course, why in the hell would you make a list! But, if you do, you can list the following uses (doing your business when nature calls, sex, and great location to mic an amp for recording). Ha! Go figure.
Well, 7 hours later on day one, we managed to record all the bass and drum tracks for the record. It felt like we we're in fast forward. We packed up and left around 9pm that evening. Not too bad. Marco and I decided to celebrate one hell of a productive day with a few of our fans at the Hi Fi (Lakewood, OH) that evening. By now Marco had all ready sobered up, so he was cool to party. We enjoyed ourselves listening to some good stoner rock bands. It was nice to be reminded that night that I don't have as much of an alcohol tolerance as others. My brain was in quite the frenzy! Man, gotta love Astro Bombs. Believe it or not, they went well in between all the Guinness I was drinking. Don't worry I was safe, the bartender (Our Cover girl Leah) made sure she sobered me up before I left the bar that evening. Marco however was in much better condition than I was. He did not drink as much this evening, especially after getting plastered the night before! He even got his but whooped by Yoda on Friday night. LMAO! Oh, I'm sure he'll tell you the story if you ask. He He He.
So, the next morning we arrived back at the studio, except this time I was the first too arrive. Shocking as I was the one who drank the most the night before. Well, correction, John showed up first, then me! :-). Day 2 got underway, and we started off by listening to the tracks from the day before. Inspecting them for any errors. Once that got done I went back to posting on Twitter and Marco got underway with doing his touch ups. Soon after, Alan started working on his. Well around 2pm on Sunday, we took a break to let Jimmy and his band perform at the Cleveland Police benefit show at the Hard Rock that afternoon and got back around 4:30pm.
We finished up Al's tracks and proceeded to do vocals. Well, things were going great until my schnoz touched the mic and screwed up one hell of a good take on one of our songs. I got so pissed at the moment that I decided to skip the song for the day. Thankfully the rest of my recordings did not have any flubs. However, due to our extended break we had to end at 8pm as scheduled because another band was booked for the studio. So in short, we successfully recorded all the music and we're able to get the vocals done for 5 of the songs for the album. All in a matter of 2 days or 16.5 Hours to be technical...
We shall return back to the studio on July 5th. We wish everyone a safe and fun 4th of July weekend coming soon and hope to see as many of our Ohio Fans at the Wheels of Steel Benefit on June 28th at the Nautica (Plain Dealer) Pavilion.
Keep Rockin
Justice
3SO
It was a slow start at first because Jimmy was flying solo on Saturday. No interns to lend him a hand in the studio. It was no big deal because it only took him about 2-1/2 hours to get the gear and drums properly mic'd. Recording got underway and I (Justice) spent most of the morning posting details to our twitter site.
John our Marketing and IT guru from G-Management came along to video record all the hilarity's and craziness that would take place over the weekend. Unfortunately Kim our manager could not make it but she made sure she cooked Meatballs on Saturday for us and they were AWWWEEESOME! Just before we began recording we all had to set up in different rooms because their weren't enough isolation booths within the studio. What was funny as hell is we set up Tyler's rig inside the women's bathroom. We we're expecting him to play in their to just for laughs. Either way, the whole rig in the bathroom produced a killer tone and sound for recording. So, now if you ever need to list the uses of a bathroom; of course, why in the hell would you make a list! But, if you do, you can list the following uses (doing your business when nature calls, sex, and great location to mic an amp for recording). Ha! Go figure.
Well, 7 hours later on day one, we managed to record all the bass and drum tracks for the record. It felt like we we're in fast forward. We packed up and left around 9pm that evening. Not too bad. Marco and I decided to celebrate one hell of a productive day with a few of our fans at the Hi Fi (Lakewood, OH) that evening. By now Marco had all ready sobered up, so he was cool to party. We enjoyed ourselves listening to some good stoner rock bands. It was nice to be reminded that night that I don't have as much of an alcohol tolerance as others. My brain was in quite the frenzy! Man, gotta love Astro Bombs. Believe it or not, they went well in between all the Guinness I was drinking. Don't worry I was safe, the bartender (Our Cover girl Leah) made sure she sobered me up before I left the bar that evening. Marco however was in much better condition than I was. He did not drink as much this evening, especially after getting plastered the night before! He even got his but whooped by Yoda on Friday night. LMAO! Oh, I'm sure he'll tell you the story if you ask. He He He.
So, the next morning we arrived back at the studio, except this time I was the first too arrive. Shocking as I was the one who drank the most the night before. Well, correction, John showed up first, then me! :-). Day 2 got underway, and we started off by listening to the tracks from the day before. Inspecting them for any errors. Once that got done I went back to posting on Twitter and Marco got underway with doing his touch ups. Soon after, Alan started working on his. Well around 2pm on Sunday, we took a break to let Jimmy and his band perform at the Cleveland Police benefit show at the Hard Rock that afternoon and got back around 4:30pm.
We finished up Al's tracks and proceeded to do vocals. Well, things were going great until my schnoz touched the mic and screwed up one hell of a good take on one of our songs. I got so pissed at the moment that I decided to skip the song for the day. Thankfully the rest of my recordings did not have any flubs. However, due to our extended break we had to end at 8pm as scheduled because another band was booked for the studio. So in short, we successfully recorded all the music and we're able to get the vocals done for 5 of the songs for the album. All in a matter of 2 days or 16.5 Hours to be technical...
We shall return back to the studio on July 5th. We wish everyone a safe and fun 4th of July weekend coming soon and hope to see as many of our Ohio Fans at the Wheels of Steel Benefit on June 28th at the Nautica (Plain Dealer) Pavilion.
Keep Rockin
Justice
3SO
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