Day 34: Last Day of Pre Pro (say "pre pro" 10 times really fast)

We got to sleep in this morning. Well everyone except Rob and Matt. They had to go to the music store early in the morning with Tim to rent drums for Metal Works (Saturday). The rest of us showed up to the Hive at around 1pm to find Matt behind a nice set of Taye's, which were last used to by the drummer of Black Sabbath. That seems a little ironic - first they were used for devil music, now they're being used for Jesus music! Just joking...I don't really know the drummer of Black Sabbath so I can't really say anything about him or his drummin'. One thing I can say though, is that Rob flat out dropped the floor tom on the pavement as he was carrying it out to the car! And then he left Matt in the dark as to why it was so hard to tune. (laugh) It got worked out though; they got er' tuned up and sounding good.
The next ten hours were spent finishing all of the demos/scratch tracks. We did a few tunes, went for supper, got locked out for a bit, got back in, and rocked till about 2 or 3am. It felt like we accomplished something, getting all of the scratch tracks done...like we're entering a new phase, or as Rob would say, "takin' it to the next level!" This means off to Metal Works tomorow, giving Matt and Chris about 4 hours to sleep before recording all day. Dem behs is tuff I tells ya. Matt and Rob went to Tim's tonight so that they could help load gear in the morning, while the rest of us went back to Marjori's to sleep for an extra our or two.
This concludes the end of the pre pro journey. Just the real thing from here on in...loud amps with 5 mics, various guitars to choose from, Tim screaming at Rob and hitting him with the rubber finger when he messes up, and many layers of thick heavy guitars. It'll be so much fun.But before that comes Metal Works...tomorow, for Matt and Chris...Good luck behs!
Jordan