THE HAPPS...

What's crackin kids?! Matt here, just checking in with yous, as all of the guys in the band will be doing more often, starting in May. There's a lot goin on right now for JPD, and we want to keep our people updated on a regular basis - and also have some old fashioned goofy fun with this whole blog deal ;)

As some of you know, our drummer extraordinaire (Adam Campbell) is now also a recording engineer...um.....aire - as well as a business owner! "Mammoth Studios" is close to being open for business, and let me just say - as a bandmate of a guy who owns and operates a recording studio, nothing could be more BADASS! I get teased often for acting like this studio is my new "clubhouse/treehouse," and you know what??......FINE BY ME! The place is awesome - and it has a spiral staircase (even more awesome)! And lets not forget about the sweet old, BALDING, lady who runs the bar down the street and sells us beer-to-go (escalating awesomeness)!

We've all been helping out when we can (after work, and sometimes on the weekends), but Adam has been a madman about this place - in the BEST way possible. The guy has been working almost nonstop to create a place where musicians will feel comfortable recording their songs, and overly pleased with the finished product. It's incredibly cool to see Adam take this step because he went to school for it - he LOVES doing it - and, he's GREAT at it! Some of you probably remember a small mix that Adam did for the band (including tracks like S.F.E., Resignation, and Art of Mixing Colors - all before Music Nightly was released). Adam did that in our old practice space (basically a 20 x 10 room), with old microphones, and a tiny sound board. Now he has control of 64 tracks, in the same studio where we recorded our album.

Within a few weeks, we'll be throwing LOTS of recordings at you guys! Everything from a recorded practice, to us playing some of our favorite covers, podcasts, as well as some fun lil cpu-jams that I'm sure Adam and Dave will be playing around with from time to time, as they did back in the practice space days. And obviously we're already preparing to record our next EP which will most likely be finished later in the fall. In fact, last night we just put the finishing touches on a brand new song called "On the Mend, " which I wrote :) and which could very well be on that EP because we think it sounds pretty cool!

Anyways - I know Adam is planning some sort of house warming party in the coming weeks to celebrate this new beginning for our band, but more importantly for Adam, so I expect to see a bunch of you there! Until then - stay up! Keep smilin, laughin, and livin-it-up :) I'll check back with you guys again soon.

ROCK-ROLL,
Matt