consider this "emo" of me

being half interested in someone doesnt seem like enough reason for me to actually pursue that person. and then starting a forbidden crush doesnt seem very rational either.

my problem? well Number 1: i'm in love with someone that doesnt love me back. at least not like id like him to. and Number 2: i havent been meeting any body.

maybe the biggest problem is that even though im trying really hard to be cute and available, no guys are interested in me...

*sigh*

recording is fun. and as you all can see, i sleep in the studio a lot.
my birthday is on wednesday.
how do i win him back?
any ideas?

Album Blog 8: Days Eight and Nine - Horns and Vocals

Hello hello,


yesterday Max left the camera at the studio so there were no pictures to upload or put into a handy slideshow but they're here today!


The last two days were mostly devoted to horns and vocals. Yesterday, Tyler started off the day with a little bit of guitar stuff but after that it was all horns and vocals. Between yesterday and today we got all of the horns done (even solos) and big chunk of vocals. We only have to do lead vocals for one more song and then all our harmonies. Oh yeah and we still have to do keys and some guitar solos as well. Tomorrow is our last scheduled day but we'll be going in a few more times to finish everything up.


Everything's sounding great and there should be a new video up tomorrow or Monday that shows you guys all the work we did recording guitars (and then later there'll be videos for horns, vocals, and keys...sound good? Great).


xoxo
Half Past Two

Album Blog 7: Day Seven - Guitar and Horns + New Video!!

Hello all
We had a busy day yesterday. Tyler finally finished up rhythm guitar work. It took a full two and half days but he had the most to record than anyone by far.

Next we got to start on horns. We were able to get a full four songs done (minus solos but we'll do those later) which puts in great shape for finishing up horns on Saturday.

We're out of the studio today for the holiday (Happy Thanksgiving by the way!) but we'll be back in on Friday. We'll leave you with a picture slideshow and a brand new video!

xoxo
Half Past Two

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Album Blog 6: Days Five and Six - More Guitars!!

Hello!

Sorry for no update at the end of last week but here's a double-dose.

The last two days of recording have been all Tyler and he's been laying down all the rhythm guitar goodness. First he tracked all the songs using regular power chords and now he's in the middle of going over everything with sicky sicky gnar gnar inverted power chords! Crazy! It sounds GIGANTIC!

So by lunch time tomorrow the rhythm guitar tracking should be done and we'll be starting on horns. We're moving quite along.

Check our pics for a bunch of pics and here's a slideshow as well.

xoxo
Half Past Two

Album Blog 5: Day Four - Guitars!

Hello Internet!

We had another exciting day in the studio today.  Although Max had started recording ska guitar last night, we decided this morning that the tone wasn't quite right so we fixed that up and started over from scratch.  Most of the day was spent completing the ska guitar which went into the late afternoon.

With the remaining time left, we began crafting the distorted guitar tone for Tyler to use to track the other parts of the songs.  He was able to complete one song before the day was over.

There's a slideshow of pictures below and we'll have a new video up tomorrow night.

xoxo
Half Past Two

 

Album Blog 4: More Bass and Some Guitar

Hey guys,

a quick one today cause we're really tired.

Today we finished up bass for the all the songs and started doing clean guitar. There's new pictures in our pics section but no slideshow today.

good night,

Half Past Two

Album Blog 3: More Drums and Bass

Hey guys,
we had another productive day at the studio today. We finished tracking drums and completed four songs on bass.

We had the help of Ryland Steen for drums and an extra guest Meagan Christy! She'll also be filling in on trumpet for the album as well as some vocals.

Well we're all pretty tired but we will leave you with another slideshow and our first video!

xoxo
Half Past Two

Album Blog 2: Day One

Hello!

So we have wrapped on day 1 of the recording of our album! Today was all about drums and Curtis was able to get through an astonishing amount of songs. We were worried when we broke for lunch halfway through the day because we had only completed two songs, but Curtis was able to bang out another 5 in 3 hours! Amazing!

We had some great help from the one and only Ryland Steen! He was a great help in getting the drum parts to be the best they could be.

Anyway, that's about it for today. There's a little slideshow below with pics from today. Tomorrow's update will have more pics and the first video (we hope to have a new video up every two days).

xoxo
Half Past Two

Album Blog 1: The Pre-Show

Hello guys and gals,

tomorrow is the day that we finally head back into the studio to begin working on our full-length album with David Irish and Aaron Barrett. We'll be posting blogs at least every other day that'll be full of pictures, videos, and perhaps some guest stars.

And, for those of you who haven't seen the bulletins, we're currently running a contest for some free tickets to our upcoming show with Starpool. All you have to do to enter is join our e-mailing list by entering your e-mail address into the box below and you'll be automatically entered to win 2 free tickets.

We'll have an update tomorrow night!

xoxo

Half Past Two

JavaSka

Hey everyone here's some pics and video from last night's JavaSka.

The B-Sharps' orange drummer
The B-Sharps
The Self-Interest Collective

Failed to Victory
The Thinker

Contest for Free Tickets

Also, as you may know, we are playing with Starpool at DiPiazza's on 12/5 and we have some free tickets for you guys!!!

All you have to do is send us an e-mail at halfpasttwoska@gmail.com in order to join our e-mailing list and you'll be automatically entered. We'll be picking 3 people at random to receive a pair of tickets each.

The contest ends 11/28 (the day after Thanksgiving).

Make sure you include your address so we can mail you the tickets!