In preparation for the fall debut album release of original melodic cinematic progressive rock music, Circuline continued the epic two-day weekend rehearsal schedule, from 11 am to 10 pm on Saturdays, and 11 am to 6 pm on Sundays. Rehearsals continue in the new remote location – “The Cave” in upstate New York, as well as at Inner Nova Records.
Sunday, August 31st / Monday, September 1st
Saturday, September 6th / Sunday, September 7th
Darin Brannon listens to the playback of the rough mix in The Cave.
Bill Shannon laying down rough guitar tracks in The Cave.
Andrew Colyer lays down rough keyboard tracks in The Cave.
Darin Brannon’s previously famous band.
Darin loves the studio so much, he sleeps next to the gear rack.
Saturday, July 26th – In preparation for the fall album release of original melodic cinematic progressive rock music, Circuline continued the epic two-day weekend rehearsal schedule, from 11 am to 10 pm on Saturday. Rehearsal continued in the new remote location – “The Toolshed” in upstate New York.
Sunday, July 27th – Vinnie’s Garage – Day #1 – Circuline went to Emmy-award-winning jazz master Vinnie Martucci’s studio to record pre-production tracks. Photos below:
Circuline picking up food on the way to the studio
Setting up the drum mics for Darin’s kit
Keyboard rig at Vinnie’s Garage – July 2014
Circuline in the studio – July 2014 – Darin Brannon (drums), Dan Aggers (bass), and Bill Shannon (guitar)
Andrew Colyer at Vinnie’s Garage – July 2014
Darin Brannon loves having an engineer to work with!
Vinnie Martucci’s vintage Minimoog!
Vinnie Martucci behind the control room glass – July 2014
Bill Shannon is so happy to be in the studio!
Saturday, August 9th / Sunday, August 10th
Pre-Production Recording / Arranging / Mixing at Inner Nova Records
Darin takes a picture of Andrew taking a picture of him.
Andrew is brain dead after engineering all weekend.
Saturday, August 16th / Sunday, August 17th
Circuline moves into new writing space – “The Cave”
Circuline’s new writing space – “The Cave” – August 2014 – “Before” photo
Circuline in new writing space – “The Cave” – August 2014 – “After” photo
Saturday, August 23rd / Sunday, August 24th
Saturday – writing / arranging / recording / mixing at Inner Nova records – “I Wish”
Sunday – Darin setup and recorded his drum parts over at The Cave for “I Wish”, while Bill and Andrew Colyer worked on the structure for “Geode”
Bill Shannon works out his guitar parts in The Cave.
Darin Brannon works out his drum parts in The Cave.
Andrew Colyer works out his keyboard parts in The Cave.
In preparation for the end-of-summer EP release of original melodic cinematic progressive rock music, Circuline resumed the epic two-day weekend rehearsal schedule, from 11 am to 10 pm on Saturdays, and 11 am to 6 pm on Sundays. Rehearsals continue in the new remote location – “The Toolshed” in upstate New York.
On Saturday, Andrew Colyer (keyboards, vocals), Darin Brannon (drums, percussion), Bill Shannon (guitars, vocals), Daniel Aggers (bass, bass pedals, vocals), and lead vocalist Billy Spillane continued composing music, lyrics, melody lines, and harmonies for the song “In Through The Sun”. On Sunday, the process continued with the song “Stereotypes”. The band also recorded the final musical structures (they think) of “In Through The Sun” and “Stereotypes” on Sunday. (We’ll see about that…..)
Darin Brannon and Billy Spillane work out some drum parts.
Darin Brannon and Bill Shannon composing original music at Circuline rehearsal.
Andrew Colyer volunteers to take a picture of himself.
In preparation for the end-of-summer EP release of original melodic cinematic progressive rock music, Circuline resumed the epic two-day weekend rehearsal schedule, from 11 am to 10 pm on Saturdays, and 11 am to 6 pm on Sundays. Rehearsals continue in the new remote location – “The Toolshed” in upstate New York.
On Saturday, Andrew Colyer (keyboards, vocals), Bill Shannon (guitars, vocals), and Daniel Aggers (bass, bass pedals, vocals) worked on composing music for the upcoming EP’s third piece – “Wishing for Leander”. On Sunday, Darin Brannon (drums, percussion) made the trek upstate from his home in Brooklyn to continue composing music, bringing “Wishing for Leander” close to completion, and also continuing to make tweaks to the first song on the EP – “In Through The Sun”.
Bill Shannon is burning on guitar!!
Circuline bassist/composer/vocalist Daniel Aggers tweaking the effects on his rig.
Darin Brannon so loves his drummies and cymbals.
Andrew Colyer with his keyboard rig at “The Toolshed”.
