This afternoon, Matt took his recording equipment down to a little church outside Los Encuentros. They had asked him to record them about a year ago. He went down to listen to them and they were NOWHERE NEAR ready to record. He spent some time discussing basic musical concepts with them and they agreed to practice.
Also, in the meantime, one of the guys' brothers got involved in drugs and owed someone somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000. That is an amazingly high amount of money here. Well, the guys in the band decided to all pitch in and help him pay it in return for his promise to get out of that line of work and get back in the church. Brotherhood is pretty amazing. However, instead of having time to practice, for about a year, they were all working extra jobs.
In all that, though, they apparently found time to practice some, because when Matt showed up today (with pretty low expectations), they were a completely different band. We recorded nine songs in about three hours, which is almost unheard of. Now the vocals will all have to be redone (long story but it involves insufficient monitors and rain on a tin roof) but most of the instrumental work is done.
Matt will mix down what he has so far and get back with them in two weeks to re-do the vocals. He'll also try to add some things that need to be added and maybe do a few edits himself. It's just easier, quicker, and better. But for the most part, these guys were ready.
Anyway, here are some pics of the session.
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