Getting Started - Backstory

some background for first time readers: new black is a rock band in chicago. we've already got a record out on thick records and have played a bunch of shows in both the U.S. and europe. the first record has been out for about a year now, and we're about to go back into the studio for our second record in a couple days. this blog will keep you up to date (or bored) with events as they happen leading up to the release of the record.

to fill you in on the last few months, we've been writing new songs and playing them out at shows to get tighter in preparation for this. we're going to be recording with our long time friend greg norman - the same guy who recorded our first record. we'll be tracking this record at the gorgeous and famous pachyderm studio, outside of minneapolis. our last record was done at the equally awesome electrical audio - which greg calls regular home - but we wanted to get out of town and hole ourselves up in a foreign location without distractions for this record. both places are world class studios.

we've already gone into greg's home studio to demo a majority of the songs we'll be recording for the record. for the first record, we demo'd the songs before going into the studio as well, but i (nick) recorded them last time at our practice space. this time we wanted greg to demo them because:

a) we'd have the tracks on 2" for future use
b) so i didn't have to worry about recording junk, and could focus on playing
c) so greg would have more time to come up with brilliant ideas for the actual record and be more familiar with the songs.