kalen michael and I just finished a two day stint at a bad ass recording studio in santa monica. annie even came down to lend her touch on synth and microphone. she doesn't know how to play the keys, yet she managed to come up with a synth part for two songs ! the end result is 11 tracks of michael's songs. he writes these brilliant simple, catchy tunes you feel like you've heard before somewhere. because we've had no mic in the house, and also from my loud drumming, this is really the first time I've listened to his lyrics - they're amazingly clever and catchy and it makes me even more proud and humble to be involved with this project. he had great vision in the studio and was steadfast in his ideas, yet was completely open to experiment with it all. then there is kalen, who had to basically learn how to play the bass in a very short period of time - as well as learn some of the songs he didn't know. he did beautiful work. it would have been more than enough for him to accompany the melody, but kalen laid down creative and complex bass lines for every single song. the engineer, producer, and cheerleader was Kieron, a 20 year old self-taught recording master who was patient, fun, supportive, creative and willing to try anything. what a great experience. the intial mixed tracks should be ready thursday or so. I'll get a track or two posted on here or somehwere. look out matador, here comes our band, which , by the way will either be the galactic lady killers or the mo green preservation society.