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chrispscott · July 3rd, 2009, 05:19 PM

My band has finally finished our record! Well, we've still got mastering but once that's done we'll be good to go.

I guess I'll start at the beginning.

l to r: Colin, Kirk, Jacob, Chris (me), Andrew (yeah we're kind of weird)
We're called Yardsale and we're probably the 4th or 5th variation of the band to have that name. We mostly play roots rock and alt-country types of things. One guy described as Gram Parsons fronting the Heartbreakers and I would say that is a fairly accurate description. We're all in our early-mid 20s and most of the records in our collections are older than we are.

The only constant has been Kirk our bass player and one of two of the primary songwriters. The band was founded by Jacob (rhythm guitar) and Kirk as an outlet for some of the songs they had been working on. Jacob quit for a while and I was taken on as his replacement's replacement. After the lead guitar/pedal steel player quit I took over lead guitar duties. Once Colin (drums) and Andrew (keys) joined the band we finally coalesced into something resembling a real rock n' roll band.

We've been writing and rehearsing for over a year and finally went into the studio way back at the beginning of March. We took two days at Downtown Recording in Louisville (great studio) and did most of the backing tracks.

There was a lot of drama to follow. The guy that was engineering our album decided was completely unreliable. We were going to do vocal fixes and overdubs over at his place but he would disappear for days at a time and we would be unable to contact him. He would break appointments and then when we tried to get our tracks from him so that we could go elsewhere he gave us the runaround. Finally we got our tracks and were able to finish up with a friend of ours.

I'm very proud of our work here. This truly was a collaborative effort on all of our parts to make this as good as we possibly could. Almost all of the backing tracks were recorded live in studio. The only fixes and overdubs are usually vocals and things like the pedal steel or organ.

Anyhoo here's a handful of tracks to give you an idea of what we sound like. Keep in mind these are not mastered yet:

This is our attempt at a classy album cover

Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 07 - Fencepost.mp3 - This one features Neil Hulsewede on pedal steel guitar and the ever-amazing Sandpaper Dolls on backing vocals

Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 05 - The Bullet That You Dodge.mp3
Featuring the Huckleberry Horns and Sandpaper Dolls

Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 11 - Dream of Amarillo.mp3This song is a tribute to Ms. Emmylou Harris w/ Neil on pedal steel

Hope you like it and let me know what you guys think. Mods if this is in the wrong place then mea culpa and move it as you see fit.

July 3rd, 2009, 05:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
chrispscott Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Louisville, KY Age: 25 Posts: 204	I'm so proud that I could burst (come hear my band's twang) My band has finally finished our record! Well, we've still got mastering but once that's done we'll be good to go. I guess I'll start at the beginning. l to r: Colin, Kirk, Jacob, Chris (me), Andrew (yeah we're kind of weird) We're called Yardsale and we're probably the 4th or 5th variation of the band to have that name. We mostly play roots rock and alt-country types of things. One guy described as Gram Parsons fronting the Heartbreakers and I would say that is a fairly accurate description. We're all in our early-mid 20s and most of the records in our collections are older than we are. The only constant has been Kirk our bass player and one of two of the primary songwriters. The band was founded by Jacob (rhythm guitar) and Kirk as an outlet for some of the songs they had been working on. Jacob quit for a while and I was taken on as his replacement's replacement. After the lead guitar/pedal steel player quit I took over lead guitar duties. Once Colin (drums) and Andrew (keys) joined the band we finally coalesced into something resembling a real rock n' roll band. We've been writing and rehearsing for over a year and finally went into the studio way back at the beginning of March. We took two days at Downtown Recording in Louisville (great studio) and did most of the backing tracks. There was a lot of drama to follow. The guy that was engineering our album decided was completely unreliable. We were going to do vocal fixes and overdubs over at his place but he would disappear for days at a time and we would be unable to contact him. He would break appointments and then when we tried to get our tracks from him so that we could go elsewhere he gave us the runaround. Finally we got our tracks and were able to finish up with a friend of ours. I'm very proud of our work here. This truly was a collaborative effort on all of our parts to make this as good as we possibly could. Almost all of the backing tracks were recorded live in studio. The only fixes and overdubs are usually vocals and things like the pedal steel or organ. Anyhoo here's a handful of tracks to give you an idea of what we sound like. Keep in mind these are not mastered yet: This is our attempt at a classy album cover Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 07 - Fencepost.mp3 - This one features Neil Hulsewede on pedal steel guitar and the ever-amazing Sandpaper Dolls on backing vocals Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 05 - The Bullet That You Dodge.mp3 Featuring the Huckleberry Horns and Sandpaper Dolls Click here to listen to Yardsale - Album 4 Final Mixes - 11 - Dream of Amarillo.mp3This song is a tribute to Ms. Emmylou Harris w/ Neil on pedal steel Hope you like it and let me know what you guys think. Mods if this is in the wrong place then mea culpa and move it as you see fit.