NEWS   Wow, it is hard to believe that this band has been together for over 6 years now. We started out as just a bunch of independent musicians who just wanted to keep on playing. It is hard to be in a band when you get older simply because "real life" tends to get in the way. And the last thing you want to do is play to the public on a regular basis where you have to be your own roadie. Nothing I love better than hauling my drum set from my basement to the car, the car to the stage, and back again. (Yes, that was sarcasm) So, to be with a group of guys that just want to write and record on a casual basis has been a real privilege for me.
And a lot has happened in the last 6 years. Ever since I was a very young kid, I always dreamed of writing and recording an album. (you remember albums? They were large, black, and made of plastic that would warp if you left them in the back window of the car). And we finally did release our first CD in May of 2006. It didn't go anywhere. We never expected it to. As far as I was concerned, it was the completion of something that I always wanted to do. And I was very happy and proud of our efforts when it was all said and done.
However, it was also an incredible learning experience. As I look back on it when we began, I realize that we did not know about the things that we did not even know yet. For example, I thought that we just mix the instruments together, send a song off to be mastered, and all would be perfect. How wrong I was. While I am very proud of the music we wrote on our last CD, the production value of it was very amateur. I'm sure we are not the only band who has gone through this. We also rushed to get 10 songs written so that we could fill up the CD. (If you can call 4 years, "rushing") In retrospect, that might not have been such a good idea. On the other hand, we had to finish it at some time.
In the last couple of years since our CD, we have decided that if we are going to continue, then we would have to learn more of the crafting of both song writing and recording. While it has been a real challenge, it has also been very rewarding. From the production side, you worry far more about the sounds than the song. You learn about things like the audio spectrum, and where instruments should reside in it. And as far as the rules for good sound.. Well, there are no real rules. Just good practices. And determining what works best for you is a lot of trial and error. I have read articles from some master sound engineers in the industry where you come away from it learning very little. Why? Because when some sound engineers figure out how to get "their sound", they can be reluctant to share it with others. After all, it is how they make their living.
So what does this all mean for "Lost Frequency". Well, as the guy doing most of our production work, I hope it means that we are going to be release songs that sound like they have been professionally recorded. As far as the type of songs.. I'm not sure. Since everyone in the band is a writer as well, we have many different influences. These influences include rock (traditional), folk, blues, and even Celtic. We have a lot of different scratch tracks that cover these types of music. But whatever we choose, we just hope we can write and produce something that people enjoy listening to.