Saturday, September 20th – Vinnie’s Garage – Circuline went to Emmy-award-winning jazz master Vinnie Martucci’s studio to record the final drum/guitar/keyboard tracks for the debut album! Seven songs in one day!! Awesome, and ridiculous!!
Sunday, September 21st – Circuline spent all day at Inner Nova Records doing guitar overdubs for the debut album. Not quite finished yet, but good progress is being made.
Engineer Vinnie Martucci sets up the mics on Darin’s drums.
Does Bill’s guitar pedal get its own isolation booth?
Bill Shannon warming up before the recording starts.
Keys setup next to the drums – man, it’s loud!
Vinnie Martucci’s vintage Minimoog and Rhodes piano – from his touring days.
Darin Brannon poses for the camera. Looks like a magazine cover.
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.
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”.
