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My band, Sonic Age, has just released a 14 track all original CD.
I make no bones about it; we are mostly a cover band. Where I live as in most areas in the world, people want to go out and dance and party to the songs they know and love, we give them that. The basic idea is this, we would rather play every night to a packed dance floor and tons of people than play all our own music to 5 guys at the bar falling off their stools. With that being said though, we do still write and record and throw a few of our own songs in here and there to promote our CD and let people know that we still are a legitimate band. It's a healthy balance I think and one I and the guys enjoy and are proud of, kind of sets us apart from the other "bar bands" in our area so to speak.
I joined my current band in May 2004, when their original guitar player decided to leave. They had already recorded 5 songs with him but shelved the CD when I came on board. Once we got things back up and rolling along again, we went back and started working on the rest of the songs they had written and added a few new ones as well. We started recording again in Feb 2006 and finished in October 2006, the CD was just released on Jan 18th 2007, 14 all original songs!
A small and quick back story you may find interesting...this band in its current form started in 1993. Back then we were called Psycho Cafe and had moderate local success; we recorded and released an 8 song tape that sold 500 copies in 1994-1995 which I thought was kind of cool. We finally split in '96 and all went about doing our own things. they go back together and formed the band as is now with a different guitar player in 2002, when he left is '04 it was at a time when I was not in a band playing and it just worked out that we got back together. It's been a lot of fun and I am happier than I have been in a long time, plus we finally put out something that we are all very proud of.
So please go take a listen to the title track of the CD and let me know what you think, be honest, brutally honest, I can take it. I welcome any and all feedback on this and eventually I will post other songs, but for now this is the only one we all agreed to post since the CD is so new and we would love ppl to buy it, hell its only $10!
For the gear heads, I used a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier thru a Marshall 1960A, straight, no effects or processing. The rhythm tracks were laid down with my RGF SL2H with a screaming demon in the bridge. The solo was recorded with my Root beer SL2GX with the original JB/59 combo in place. I used several different Boogies and cabs throughout the recording and 4 different Jackson’s, including my Bengal SL2H with EMG 81/85 which really smokes on the tracks I used it on. I also ended up recording all my solos with the SL2GX, it just gave me a really nice and pleasing lead tone, plus the intonation was just nuts on, since it’s a sting thru, and just really let me relax and play some of the best stuff I have ever done, in my opinion.
That’s my story, thanks for listeneing and please check out the track and let me know your thoughts. Thank you in advance and an extra thank you if you decide to order or download a copy of the CD as well, shameless plug there!
Later!
- Mike
I make no bones about it; we are mostly a cover band. Where I live as in most areas in the world, people want to go out and dance and party to the songs they know and love, we give them that. The basic idea is this, we would rather play every night to a packed dance floor and tons of people than play all our own music to 5 guys at the bar falling off their stools. With that being said though, we do still write and record and throw a few of our own songs in here and there to promote our CD and let people know that we still are a legitimate band. It's a healthy balance I think and one I and the guys enjoy and are proud of, kind of sets us apart from the other "bar bands" in our area so to speak.
I joined my current band in May 2004, when their original guitar player decided to leave. They had already recorded 5 songs with him but shelved the CD when I came on board. Once we got things back up and rolling along again, we went back and started working on the rest of the songs they had written and added a few new ones as well. We started recording again in Feb 2006 and finished in October 2006, the CD was just released on Jan 18th 2007, 14 all original songs!
A small and quick back story you may find interesting...this band in its current form started in 1993. Back then we were called Psycho Cafe and had moderate local success; we recorded and released an 8 song tape that sold 500 copies in 1994-1995 which I thought was kind of cool. We finally split in '96 and all went about doing our own things. they go back together and formed the band as is now with a different guitar player in 2002, when he left is '04 it was at a time when I was not in a band playing and it just worked out that we got back together. It's been a lot of fun and I am happier than I have been in a long time, plus we finally put out something that we are all very proud of.
So please go take a listen to the title track of the CD and let me know what you think, be honest, brutally honest, I can take it. I welcome any and all feedback on this and eventually I will post other songs, but for now this is the only one we all agreed to post since the CD is so new and we would love ppl to buy it, hell its only $10!
For the gear heads, I used a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier thru a Marshall 1960A, straight, no effects or processing. The rhythm tracks were laid down with my RGF SL2H with a screaming demon in the bridge. The solo was recorded with my Root beer SL2GX with the original JB/59 combo in place. I used several different Boogies and cabs throughout the recording and 4 different Jackson’s, including my Bengal SL2H with EMG 81/85 which really smokes on the tracks I used it on. I also ended up recording all my solos with the SL2GX, it just gave me a really nice and pleasing lead tone, plus the intonation was just nuts on, since it’s a sting thru, and just really let me relax and play some of the best stuff I have ever done, in my opinion.
That’s my story, thanks for listeneing and please check out the track and let me know your thoughts. Thank you in advance and an extra thank you if you decide to order or download a copy of the CD as well, shameless plug there!
Later!
- Mike
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