Yeeha! Today we went in to Black Belt Mastering and finished mastering all of the tracks of our new album, "underground sky soaring thunder". Levi is a black belt of the audio. It sounds magical. It is now up for your listening/downloading pleasure at our website.
www.thewillowcollective.com
Enjoy! And look for the hard copy soon which will feature fantabulous artwork by Dave Peixoto.
Every rocking,
The Willow Collective
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Willow Collective ON THE AIR at 96.9 The Sound!
For all of you who weren't able to catch it...here is us live on the radio at 96.9 The Sound in Olympia, WA! We interviewed, played one of our songs live acoustic, and debuted two brand new recordings for our up and coming album! 25 minutes of collective willows all over the airwaves...yeah! (You'll have to pardon the bits of background noise. I recorded this by putting a microphone to my computer speakers...so at one point you hear us hollering in the other room.) CHECK IT OUT!
Hope you enjoyed it! Tell your friends to listen in!
-The Willow Collective
Monday, August 8, 2011
RADIO! (and other stuff)
So...it's been an exciting last couple of months for us! We've been recording and mixing in the studio with Conrad Uno whenever our work schedules allowed. And on Saturday (August 6th) we got some major airtime on Olympia, WA's 96.9 The Sound station. We had gone in to interview and play some songs live in their studio on the acoustics (we did some wingin' it as we rarely practice stuff in an acoustic format) and two of our brand new songs aired on the radio for the first time! Needless to say...we were all stoked when we got to go online to their site and stream live our little in-studio session, and then hear our two new favorite tracks (Dead Seasons and March of the Troll...soon to be released on our new album in the fall) get played on the radio for all to hear.
Twas wonderful.
And now...we are getting these tracks professionally mastered (whereas before, I made an attempt at mastering them myself and well...I think I'll just leave mastering to the professionals). So in a few days we will put a couple of these brand new tracks online for all to hear in anticipation of our new record.
STOKED!
(I'll be putting up photos and videos from recording and stuff soon)
Love,
Obie
Twas wonderful.
And now...we are getting these tracks professionally mastered (whereas before, I made an attempt at mastering them myself and well...I think I'll just leave mastering to the professionals). So in a few days we will put a couple of these brand new tracks online for all to hear in anticipation of our new record.
STOKED!
(I'll be putting up photos and videos from recording and stuff soon)
Love,
Obie
Monday, May 30, 2011
Recording!!!
Hi Everybodies! Obie here!
So we have some exciting news...we have begun the recording process for our first full length album! We started out by recording with Conrad Uno of Egg Studios last Sunday, May 22nd and shall be going in to finish up and mix six tracks on...tomorrow! This of course isn't the end of our album process...we still have other songs we're going to finish writing and record a bit further down the road, but as for now, we're focusing on these six. They contain some redone versions of some old and a couple of brand new amazingly epic songs which we are very proud of and super-stoked about.
So far recording with Conrad is great! Rather than recording each part separately and then overdubbing each instrument individually afterwards, we get to play all together, in a more live fashion. We separate the guitar amps from the drums so the sound won't bleed together too much, but we're still recording in a way that real bands should...by playing all together in room (no click tracks or auto-tune for us!). It gives it a nice warmth and stays true to how we actually sound as a band, which is important to us since most modern recordings sound very clean, but very far from being true to the real sound of a group or artist.
Anyway...we're pretty stoked and there will be more chapters to come in this book. Just thought we should let the peoples of the internet know what we've begun. Pics and video soon to come.
Thanks for tuning in,
-The Willow Collective
So we have some exciting news...we have begun the recording process for our first full length album! We started out by recording with Conrad Uno of Egg Studios last Sunday, May 22nd and shall be going in to finish up and mix six tracks on...tomorrow! This of course isn't the end of our album process...we still have other songs we're going to finish writing and record a bit further down the road, but as for now, we're focusing on these six. They contain some redone versions of some old and a couple of brand new amazingly epic songs which we are very proud of and super-stoked about.
So far recording with Conrad is great! Rather than recording each part separately and then overdubbing each instrument individually afterwards, we get to play all together, in a more live fashion. We separate the guitar amps from the drums so the sound won't bleed together too much, but we're still recording in a way that real bands should...by playing all together in room (no click tracks or auto-tune for us!). It gives it a nice warmth and stays true to how we actually sound as a band, which is important to us since most modern recordings sound very clean, but very far from being true to the real sound of a group or artist.
Anyway...we're pretty stoked and there will be more chapters to come in this book. Just thought we should let the peoples of the internet know what we've begun. Pics and video soon to come.
Thanks for tuning in,
-The Willow Collective
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
OMG...BLOG!
Here lies the first ever blog of the willow collective...dun dun dun DUUUUNNNN! We...blog now? Or at least I am, just this once. Exciting times I tell you what!
Anywho...for any of you who might actually read this, we actually do have some exciting things happening soon. We are going to begin recording/re-recording for our first full-length album. We've booked a full day with Conrad Uno of Egg Studios (he recorded the first Presidents of the United States of America album), and shall be recording some sweet tracks in analog. It's going to sound sa-weet! And after that we'll be recording a bit more at various locations and stuff and things, mix and match everything, and by the end of summer (maybe sooner, who knows?) we'll be blowing up the world with our sound! Like...BLAM!
So we're very stoked. Keep ready for new tracks, and improved older tracks.
PS we're playing at El Corazon in Seattle on the 23rd of May. And yes, it's a monday. What better way to start out the week than with METAL!
Much love internet world,
Obie
Anywho...for any of you who might actually read this, we actually do have some exciting things happening soon. We are going to begin recording/re-recording for our first full-length album. We've booked a full day with Conrad Uno of Egg Studios (he recorded the first Presidents of the United States of America album), and shall be recording some sweet tracks in analog. It's going to sound sa-weet! And after that we'll be recording a bit more at various locations and stuff and things, mix and match everything, and by the end of summer (maybe sooner, who knows?) we'll be blowing up the world with our sound! Like...BLAM!
So we're very stoked. Keep ready for new tracks, and improved older tracks.
PS we're playing at El Corazon in Seattle on the 23rd of May. And yes, it's a monday. What better way to start out the week than with METAL!
Much love internet world,
Obie
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