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So since we've gotten to Boston, I've really gotten down to buisiness. The drive up seemed long, especially coming from DC instead of NJ. We're staying at a Holiday Inn Express not too far from the studio, and it serves the purpose. Highligts would include complimentary continental breakfast and clean towels everyday. Downsides would be getting locked in the bathroom and the funky smell we can't seem to expunge from the room. Nonetheless, it's working out fine and we've been at the studio so much, we spend but 1 waking hour at the hotel.

Today is day three here at Camp Street, and the traffic seems to be getting worse on 95. We all cruise down to pick up Mike in the van, greet him with his own plate of our complimentary breakfast, and then head over to the studio, usually arriving before 11. The place itself is insane, and we have everything and anything we could ever want at our disposal. There is a substantial collection of guitars and amps from the last century, and tons of pedals and effects. Still, I think Greg and I have been leaning more towards the conservative side when it comes to trying lots of guitars. We've had a couple of tuning issues with a few, and somewhat surprisingly, we've fallen back on our own gear for some stuff. It seems to make sense: the stuff here is great, but we're trying to use it in a smart, efficient way.

Unlike the guitars, we've been having great success with the amps here. A silverface twin has been getting a lot of use by both Greg and me for clean sounds, and after a bit of trial and error, we decided to use an old Selmer head for some dirty sounds. That seems to be one of Mike's favorites. I also got a killer sound using an old Jazzmaster through a Tweed Bandmaster. Oh, and the first day involved an experiment with an Echoplex and some surprising results.

Anyhow, we finally seems to be picking up the pace a little. At this moment, PJ is tracking some of the first vocals for the record and it's going to be great to hear them. The record really seems to be taking shape. We plan on doing some organ and cello parts here, and I'm eager to lay down some more acoustic parts with the 50's Gibson Jumbo. We finish up here Friday and then it's on to God City for more tracking, and then back down to Salad Days to mix.