A return to new music!

Hey howdy hey people of the interwebs!

After a very eventful last few months, Matt and I are slowly getting back into working on songs! These two new songs had working titles of 5/2 song (Orwell's Warning) and 5/8 song (Stagnant In Park)respectively. They were likely written in April, and so finishing them up and getting them to you all is pretty awesome considering that time frame! So, like I mentioned, Matt and I are getting back into things full swing and in fact have something like 4-5 additional tunes we're working up as I type. Matt's taking a much deserved vacation over the next week but he tells me when he returns it's "game on." We spoke the other day on the phone and both feel like we're just getting started on this whole music collaboration. I sure am excited and I hope you all are too!

Orwell's Warning

Chris: Fender Acoustic Guitar, Fender P-Bass, Drum Kit, Shaker, Mixing
Matt: Lyrics/Lead & Backing Vocals, Fender Strat Rhythm Guitar & Lead Guitar

This is the first Cluthe/Lee song I have mixed! As we mentioned in previous updates, Matt and I are both now running the same version of Garageband and made a decision that whoever brings a song to the collaboration will be the one who does all the mixing. Matt has done all the mixing up to Orwell's Warning and it should be said that he has and will continue to do amazing work. Mixing this one was a little daunting for me simply because my musical mind ran wild with ideas on how it all should be represented sonically. I had a ton of encouragement from Matt along the way and can say that I feel a sense of relief getting the first one finished! Phew! The song has a nice laid back folky sound to it I think and Matt was immediately struck by it. His guitar playing on it is just stellar! The leads he plays are very mellow and fit the tone of the song. I'm biased when I say that this song sounds so great! Having the same recording equipment and Garageband has brought up the sound in our tunes and I know this one will come across as a nice example.

Stagnant In Park

Matt: Lyrics/All Vocals, Fender Strat Rhythm & Lead Guitar, Fender J-Bass, GB Drum Loop, Mixing.
Chris: Les Paul Lead Guitars.

As Matt posted below, this song just might be about moving ;)
I could relate as I was going through a huge move into a house at the time this song was being worked on. When I first got the track from Matt, I had this little staccato part running through my head but wasn't sure if I could keep pace with the drum loop and everything else. A few practice runs and the record button went on. That part you hear along in the verses was a first take. Pretty proud of my time keeping abilities! Ha! The solo went through several incarnations before settling on this little number you hear in the song. Matt and I both think our guitar interplay in this song is pretty darn good considering we still have never met before, jammed together live. That's one thing that keeps blowing my mind with this collaboration.


So there you have it! 2 new ones with SO many more coming! Can't wait to share what's around the bend in Cluthe/Lee music land. Go check our myspace page or reverb page for all the songs! As always, thanks for listening! Lots of love!

Chris

www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling
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Stagnant in Park

hey everyone...

just wanted to let you all know that Chris & I have been getting back into writing/recording/mixing some new tunes! the first one of these is called "Stagnant in Park" & we should be posting it in the next couple of days. it's a song that i wrote about a month ago when i was in the middle of packing/moving. i was fiddling around with an open chord progression when the opening lines/melody came to me....

can you fit your life inside a box?
full of every memory you've thought....

moving inspired? you betcha.

like i said, it should be posted soon! thanks for reading/listening.

Matt

recording is fun

Laurel took these while I was recording some lead guitar for Chris' song called "Beautiful." I had a blast recording it & we're looking forward to sharing it with all of you!

Cheers,
Matt

Getting back to soundzzzz!!

Happy Wednesday evening Cluthe/Lee music fans!

It's been a nice long break since we posted new tunes and I'm happy to announce the release of 2 new songs; Tick Tock and Hands.

Tick Tock is a great bluesy number that Matt wrote and sent me just after the new year I believe. I had just gotten a very basic hi-hat + snare set up going and Tick Tock is one of a batch of tunes that the drum kit was used first used on. Matt has a real love for bluesy rock. His growl on this one is in fine form, as is his rhythm guitar and bass playing! I had a blast trading bluesy guitar licks with him 700 miles away. I'm pretty sure Matt agonized over trying to mix this song. It seemed to get pushed to the back of the line as we were writing quite a bit early 2010 into the spring time. Just in case anybody was wondering, Matt has been responsible for all of the mixing since we began work together late last summer. It's a big deal to me because he has worked VERY hard to get all 60 + of our songs sounding good and I'm sure he's a bit relieved when I say that he and I will be splitting mixing duties going forward. Software compatibility was hampering our efforts to do this from the start, and it's going to be fun for both of us to get a shot at mixing.

Tick Tock

Matt: Lyrics/Vocals, Fender Stratooocaster Rhythm/Lead, Fender Jazz Bass, Mixing
Chris: Epiphone Les Pauuuuul Lead guitar, Hi-Hat & Snare with brushes


The second release is called Hands. Another amazing Cluthe composition that he sent in a fairly complete state. I'd worked up a few leads and a drum track when in the process of both of us upgrading our Mac software, the tracks were lost! When it came time to revisit Hands, I had decided to be bold and use drums sticks on the kit as opposed to the brushes. I think the drums come across much stronger than in any previous song we'd used drums on. As Matt put it in an e-mail last week, the drumming was "badass." Hands is the first song where both Matt and I used the same version of Garageband which made putting the song together much simpler! I'll spare you all the nerdy tech-talk on this one :)

Hands

Matt: Lyrics/Vocals, Fender Strat-rat-a-tat-tat-ocaster Rhythm Guitar, Fender Jazz Bass, Mixing
Chris: Drums + Sticks, Epi-ET-phone Les Paul Lead/Rhythm Guitars


As always, thank you for listening!


Much Love

Chris