Between the Glow and the Light
Part I: January 2004: Tree Studios - Atlanta, GA
Producer: Rick Beato
| Darkest Love [Between the Glow and the Light] |
| First to Feel Like This [Between the Glow and the Light] |
| Only Son [Between the Glow and the Light] |
| Rains in Asia [Between the Dim and the Dark / Between the Glow and the Light] |
News & Notes: These songs were recorded in January of 2004. These were the songs the band originally wanted on Between the Dim and the Dark but decided to save, taking producer Rick Beato's advise. Jay mixed Darkest Love, First to Feel Like This, and Only Son.
Les Hall remixed Rains in Asia using the same recording that was released on Between the Dim and the Dark. He did it for the band, and the liked it well enough to put on this release.
Part II: March 2005: Diving Bell Studios - Charleston, SC
Producer: Jay Clifford
| By the Way They Dance [Between the Glow and the Light] |
| Where She Lies [Between the Glow and the Light] |
News & Notes: These songs were recorded at Jay's home studio in January of 2005. Jay used an Apple G5, and recorded the band in his garage he converted into a recording studio.
March 5th, 2005 (www.jumphq.com
journal entry), according to Matt: "...so
what wonderful timing for us to be working on a new EP! To say that the
recording of this project was "low key" would be an
understatement, friends. This week every member of the band picked an
evening, went over to Jay's new hand-built studio, and spent the day
putting down tracks. So. Much. Fun. I lucked out last night, because I
went to the studio at dinnertime, and his wife Stacey made veggie hot dogs
for us. Cute, yes. But that's living, y'all. For those geeky music
recording types, Jay's studio setup is pretty simple: a dual processor
Apple g5, running Pro Tools LE with a Digi002, a really nice pre-amp and a
couple of nice quality microphones. The most "Jay" thing about
his studio is the studio itself: it's technically a garage that he had
built, and then soundproofed it, including a
hand-crafted-but-very-functional vocal booth. It's incredibly comfy and
the "vibe" is wonderful in there. I love that guy. Truly... what
can't Jay do?
I don't have any photos. But I will tell you that this EP is going to be a
gem. So far there are a couple of tracks that would have fit on Between
the Dim and the Dark: "First to Feel Like This", and a song
called "Only Son". But then there's "Darkest Love",
which has some of the creepiness of "the Singer", and "By
the Way They Dance", which would have also fit on Vertigo.
The EP will also include a sweet little version of "Where She
Lies", and two remixes: "Education", by Michael Winger, and
"Rains in Asia", by the nearly Vampiric Les Hall. The album art,
again designed by our pal Ledbetter, will compliment BTDATD so nicely.
Seven songs is a pretty hefty EP, even if two of the songs are remixes.
It'll be a nice addition to your (our) collection. And in an increasing
attempt to promote more exercise thru music, you can actually boogie to
five out of the seven tracks."
On a side note, the band omitted Michael Winger's mix of Education. It has remained unreleased.
April 14th, 2005 (www.jumphq.com
journal entry), according to Matt: "So back
when they had 45's and "LPs", which stood for "Long
Play", there was something called the "Extended Play",
which was, I suppose, inbetween the "single" and the
"album". These EPs let the artist put out more than one song but
not an entire album. And it's the only moniker that has survived the biz,
seeing that "45's" have become "mp3s" and
"LPs" have turned into "CDs".
Our proof that the term "EP" is still with us is today's release
of Between the Glow and the Light. It is the first album we've put out
that we knew we were going to put out before the last one was even
finished... I remember the conversation like it was yesterday. We were
trying to decide what to do with the songs that we had partly recorded
that just weren't fitting in, or we didn't have time to finish. Songs that
could have been on Between the Dim and the Dark, but really shouldn't
have, or couldn't have. So we promised ourselves that we'd put out a
"b-sides" EP, a companion disc. And even then we had the name
for it, found in the bridge of Jay's song the Dim and the Dark. Everything
seemed to fit just right.
And it continued to fit. If the last album was a breeze to make, this one
we practically sleep-walked through. It was fun to revisit these songs,
and to finish them, but the people that did the most work are Jay
Clifford, who produced what was left of the tracks, and mixed many of
them, Mike Winger, our dear friend living in San Francisco, who ran all
the songs through his top-notch computer, and put his delicate pop touch
on "First to Feel Like This", and Les Hall, our very own Count
Rockula, who bleeped and blipped "Rains in Asia" real good, as a
remix artist should.
The rest of us went to Jay's really comfy home studio and drank wine and
visited with his wife Stacey and threw down our parts, most of them in a
few hours. I even did some computer work for Jay while I was at his house.
We had fun coming up with the scary voice effects for "Darkest
Love", ate some pasta, and installed a wireless internet hotspot.
Now that's the way to make an album. Albeit a short one.
Between the Glow and the Light is quirky, of course, mostly because on one
album you have our first forray into electronica with "Rains
Remix" and a true blast from the past in "Where She Lies",
but we think that this is OK. Most of you will put both albums on your
iPod anyway, and mix them to the way you like. That is what I do. I now
have a Between the Dimming Glow and the Lightning Dark album on the 'Pod,
with seventeen songs, and it sounds pretty good to me. We hope it sounds
pretty good to you, too!"