Had another Pillow, Minty, Candy practice session last night...
Kicked off with Superminty since Dennis and Apple haven't arrived yet... Felt a bit disappointed at first since i wasn't able to bring the lyrics of the new song (which i initially planned to give to Soft Pillow Kisses) but still i was able to have an idea as to how good the song could turn out to be... Ripped through 4 other Minty songs... still needs time though... still can't get the right feel although "When We Smile" and "Sink Into Something" are beginning to sound good again thanks to Kel's "steady" beats and Charles' improved guitar sound...
Dennis arrived in the middle of the Minty session followed by Apple a few minutes later... Decided to go for a Pillow session since Charles still had his guitar plugged in... Apple was a bit off during the first few songs dew maybe to the volume that we were at which was ridiculously loud and from too much alcohol that Dennis used to clean up Apple's mic... she kept telling me that she had a hard time singing close to the mic since the smell of alcohol was too strong... After about 6 songs, we decided to take a break and went outside the studio for the usual, yosi/snack time part of the practice session... during the break, Charles and Dennis played PSP while me, Rene, Kel and Apple exchanged opinions and thoughts about the songs, the music scene and Dennis' lips in particular... we even bullied Charles to tell us his "Legendary" bout with a "Locked Jaw" (Pictures will be available at Pillow's Blog as soon as Charles allows me to post them)... went back to practice mode were we did another batch... by this time Apple was a bit comfortable... still she was nowhere near her peak (she did very well during last weeks practice, well enough to impress me)... Called another break and decided to shift to Candy-gear... i told Apple to listen to two more songs, "Louder" and "Vodka" and that i'll have her sing them after the Candy session...
During the Candy part... i was only focusing on two songs "Nearby Town" and "Cellophane Smiles" but since we were planning on re-recording "An Empty You" and "We've Been There", i decided to include both songs in the line-up... We made to runs at "Nearby Town" and told Kel how i want the drums to sound Simple but really Mean... he did what i had told him to and it was really good... "Nearby Town" sounded so good, enough to make us all turn the volume insanely higher... "Cellophane Smile" sounded like a winner, just when i was about to lose my confidence in this song... It just had to be done tight, loud and dirty... "We've Been There" and "An Empty You" rounded out the Candy part of the session... it was so tight that we were so surpried at how tight we executed it... These four Candy songs are well on it's way to being recorded at the next possible recording session...
I called back Apple again to do the last two songs that i asked her to review... i was quite surprised at how easily she learned both song... we ended the whole thing with 2 more songs one Pillow Song "Stolen Flowers" of which i had Dennis play guitars knowing that he was to play Candy's "Better View" since Charles couldn't play it and the last song for the night was a Superminty song "When We Smile"...
Went to Mr. Kabab, where Charles and Dennis continued playing NBA Live in their PSP's, while the rest of us ate... ate... spot... cracked jokes etc... etc...
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