Monday, December 13, 2010

A Great Week

Last week was a fantastic week for The Backyard Still.

On Tuesday we went to Blast House Studios to lay down tracks for the E.P. It really couldn't have gone better. Head Engineer Landan Arkens did a fantastic job of bringing out our best. Spud's vocals were fantastic and Landan was able to capture his smooth raspy voice in one take. The band played with that sense of urgency and energy that you feel at a live BYS show. So whats next with the E.P. We still need to go back into the studio and clean a few things up, then we turn it over to Landan to do his magic in the mixing room. Then the final step is to master it so it sounds uniform. Then we release it into the wild. Again thanks to Mike and Landan at Blast House for such a great experience.

The root of BYS has always been about song writing. The band started as a collaboration project between Jason “Spud” Glomp and Wolfgang Lochner. In this vein on Wednesday night Wolfgang headed over to the Alchemy to compete in the Madison Song Writers Guild Song of the Year contest. The song of the year is all the winners of the song of the month contest ( Wolfie won the August edition). Nine fantastic Local song smiths showcased their songs. The caliber of talent was fantastic. In the end Wolfgang's song MC Hammer took 1st place. A special thanks to Jim Schwall for hosting and judging all year long.
Free Wheel community Bike Shop



And then came Saturday when BYS played a benefit for Freewheel Cycle, in December, in an unheated warehouse, in a blizzard. What is more Wisconsin roots rock that ? The night was great. The warehouse was filled with old bike parts, music equipment and the bravest of the brave. And / or live took the stage around 8:30 and played a great one man band set of zany fun music. Then BYS played for a little over an hour warming people up with our whiskey fed sounds. And last but not least Medusa's Beard entertained us with snippets of their folk metal rock opera. Thanks again to the 40 or so people who braved the weather to come support a great cause.
Be sure to check out the website backyardstill.com/media to see all the great pics

And / Or live
Medusa's Beard


So now we take a brief break for the holidays as our members disperse across the world. We'll see you all in January. Have a safe holiday season.

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  1. SpudrickDecember 15, 2010 at 3:37 AM

    And neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, nor the winds of change, nor a nation challenged, will stay us from our appointed duty of bringing the rock!
    Thanks to everyone who braved the weather, on Saturday. I hoped you had as much fun as we did.
    have a happy and marry Chriskwanzaka and we'll see you next year.
    Spud

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