Well, last night Dustin and I got together with "the band" - that is to say Marcus on the skins and another way back/high school pal, Dave Auvil, on bass. It was a lot of fun to go through the songs for this first album with a full band, and both Marcus and Dave brought some insights and flavors that gave each tune new possibilities, throwing out suggestions for auxiliary instruments and helping us tighten up a few loose corners.
Though the intent of this get together was to flesh out the songs for recording purposes, hearing everything with fuller arrangements really opened up the possibilities for maybe getting these songs up on a stage.
Dave has offered to record us at his home studio and we're heavily leaning towards this option right now. If this is the route we take, we should be laying down tracks in a couple of weeks with completion...well, as soon as possible.
Of course like a dummy I didn't get any pix or AV, but let me tell you - it was legendary.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Day of the Song
song of the day posted by dustin
im sure mr gladstone will share some of his music interests here in the near future!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Dreams
Last night i dreamed. In that dream i wrote a complete song. I performed it in a live setting a few times in the dream. All day long i've been trying to pull that song from the depths of my consciousness.
Drummer in the House
We’re thrilled to have secured local pizzeria tycoon Marcus Haines to lay down drums and other percussive delights for the forthcoming album. We’ve both played with Marcus in various groups over the years, so we expect this to be an exciting dynamic to our present sound.
He’s got a copy of our demo and will be ready to start putting down tracks in the coming weeks. Until then, we’re considering getting started on a couple of tunes that may not need a full set as early as next week.
Of course you’ll be kept in the loop with all of this, so stay tuned and out of trouble.
Introductions are in Order
Perhaps it’s time to reveal our identities in the Old Florida project. Not that we’ve been keeping it a secret, but we have been maintaining a bit of a low profile in the booming “scene” of Panama City, FL. As alluded to on our first proper post, we’re both local boys, born and raised, and both played in several bands “back in the day.” Way back.
Dustin was bassist for Hall Puzo and Killing Darlings, and more recently helmed Whitelodge. His favorite color is red and he loves a good bowl of cereal.
William Gladstone relocated to Nashville, TN for nearly twenty years, where he enjoyed time strumming with the likes of Rides on Trains and Seesaw Records alum, Heroes and Villains. He likes cats more than people and has a Plants vs. Zombies problem.
Long ago, before you were born, we were in a band together called Early Voices. We wrote about six songs, played two shows and broke up because we were teenagers. This does not embarrass us at all. In fact, we’re thinking about getting the old group back together.
Not true. One of the guys is now a hermit.
As also mentioned previously, we still very much love music, and we spend as much time talking about it (and Doctor Who, H.P. Lovecraft, etc) as we do playing. Again, I wish I could name drop some of our biggest influences, and I’m sure eventually some names will appear, but I’d hate to leave anyone important out – though I will say that we have both been huge fans of the Church for over two decades. In fact, we were the only two Church fans we knew, and for the most part that remains to be the case.
Having said that, Old Florida isn’t really influenced by the Church in any way.
So, that’s us, Dustin and William, a couple of old guys, who like the old school and are really excited about what we’re doing in Old Florida. We hope you will be, too.
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