as you might have guessed, it’s gonna be sort of a summary, because a lot has happened in these two days:

the first session is about to end, only a few hours remain and what can i tell you, it’s been fun. working with guido, exploring my own music, LISTENING to the crap i have written over the last decade, rewriting and singing my lyrics, singing GERMAN lyrics…

…ah well, where to start?

how about day 4:

the day started with the recording of the guitar parts for two more songs. it’s pretty cool and amazing how easy recording sessions can be all participants know what they are doing. and believe me, i had my shares of bad sessions, but that’s a story for another time…

anyway, later in the afternoon my brother arrived with my sister-in-law, my niece and my nephew, to help me with some backing vocals on our old, first-song-written-together-ever, tune “better change your ways”. of course the kids wouldn’t let him record at first and they were full of “ooohs” and “aaahs” and “uncle dennis, show me this, show me that” while running around in the studio.

until guido had a brilliant idea!

roughly five minutes, two toms, a snare, a hi-hat, some sticks and cymbals later, the kids were quiet… well, sort of… ok, they made one helluva noise, but at least they were occupied.

ok, kids safely stored away, it was my brothers’ turn to sing, which i think he did brilliantly, but he wasn’t very convinced by his performance, because he hadn’t sung in a couple of years. it took him roughly an hour and a half to warm up and record his part of a song that’s fifteen years old, which is quite an achievement and his wife and daughter were eager to watch:

afterwards he jammed a bit on my guitar, showing off (and me), that he is still the better guitar player. i hate him.

then it was time to leave (after i had to listen and sing to the new songs my five year old nephew had composed on “his” drums), grab the kids and the whole family schwarz headed off to the big M (big cheers from the kids again) for some kids menu.

since it was already quite late, guido and i decided to wrap things up and call it a day, which brings us to:

day five!

day five held a little surprise for me, as i was about to meet the highly appraised studio drummer which would play the drum tracks and percussions on several songs.

well, those of you that know me, know that i am a total dick when it comes to meeting new people. i bitch and complain about them, ignore them a lot and act generally, though polite, quite cold and apprehensive towards them.
but i was gladly proven wrong by jens, who was not only a great and cool guy, no, he was also an awesome drummer. after the initial soundcheck it took him about five, maybe six, hours to record his part for five of my songs and he did one helluva great job. i don’t know how to explain it. he came, listened to the song, made some notes, we talked about them a bit and three to four takes later he was done with the song. just wait ’till you hear the songs and you’ll know what i mean.

please note that he never heard any of the songs before…

well, we had a great and funny time and i was quite a bit sad that the first session had ended. i packed up my stuff, said my goodbyes and drove home to get, quite satisfied with the recordings so far i might add, a good nights’ sleep.

next recording will take place late april ’09, so make sure to stay tuned!

cheers,

dM

i am your anger,
- simply unleashed, i will become violence
- nurtured well, i will become passion

i am your knowledge,
- simply unleashed, i will become arrogance
- nurtured well, i will become wisdom

i am your power,
- simply unleashed, i will become destruction
- nurtured well, i will become inner peace

i am your will,
- simply unleashed, i will become madness
- nurtured well, i will become your legacy

i am your inner fire,
- simply unleashed, i will become your demise
- nurtured well, i will set you free

dM ’08

so, please enjoy this little chat conversation i was having the other day with some unknown fellow, who thought it would be fun to pester me a bit (i did not translate it though):


5:04:28 PM 336694346: hurensohn
5:04:55 PM DevilMotors: Äh sicher
5:05:08 PM 336694346: komm her du hurensohn was war das eben ?
5:05:29 PM 336694346: ich haue dich du hure
5:05:44 PM DevilMotors: Nee, is klar. Weiss ja nicht mal wer da ist.
5:06:25 PM 336694346: wer den ich bin türke haste mein land beleidigt ? soll ich faust geben`?
5:07:21 PM DevilMotors: Schön für dich, das du Goethe kennst. Wie ist das Wetter bei dir so?
5:07:49 PM 336694346: nicht schleimen sonst ich muss für ehre dir faust geben
5:08:05 PM 336694346: ich komm mit 1000 und hau dich
5:09:01 PM 336694346: nimm an oder mein ehre kaputt
5:09:30 PM DevilMotors: Du kommst mit 1000? Auweia. Soviel Geld wilst du mir geben? Fühl mich geehrt...
5:10:34 PM 336694346: ich hab viel geld ich hab brüder die fahren bmw
5:11:24 PM 336694346: hast du angst?
5:11:37 PM DevilMotors: Ich mach dir nen Vorschlag: Du sachst mir in den nächsten 2 Minuten wer du bist, woher du meine ICQ Nummer hast und was du von mir willst und ich schmeiss dich nicht auf ignore, wie wär das?
5:12:24 PM 336694346: gut ich bin türke der deutschland kaputt macht ich hasse nazis du hurensohn hau rein
5:13:49 PM DevilMotors: Ich begrüsse deine politischen Ansichten, nur das mit der Sprachwahl und Anrede müssen wir noch etwas üben.


i think its funny.

cheers.

i LOVE dragonforce (note the capital letters). just out of fun, i started watching so live videos on youtube. and then i found the video above. first scene is right at the beginning, when you watch the announcer. second scene is around 4:44.

please look closely on the silouettes of the audience…