Straight To Nowhere Blog

Världens vackraste!

2010-03-08T18:26:00.002+01:00

Åtminstone enligt mig... Rickard håller inte med. Men han är ju trummis, så han räknas inte.

//Robert

wtf?

2010-02-21T11:45:00.003+01:00

What the....?
Vad händer egentligen?

Hmm..

.......Tow odd socks can only mean one thing.....

?

?

2010-01-23T17:18:00.002+01:00

Vad ska mister Robert med en sådan till? Och varför ser han så arg ut?

The secrets will be revealed in due time!

/Stn

Gig!

2010-01-16T16:56:00.002+01:00

I Februari kommer vi ge oss ut och spela lite igen!

Klubb 29 - Harry's Vimmerby 12/02-2010
Monokrom - Kalmar 24/02-2010

Ses där!
/Straight To Nowhere

Kaffe utan kask och meningslösa skrattattacker!

2010-01-14T11:29:00.004+01:00

Tjo!

Nu sitter vi hemma hos Rickard och lägger den sista av Roberts sång.
Det visar sig att han inte alls är så skillad och välrepad som vi från början hade hoppats på. Detta kommer ta tid.

Nej men så är det ju inte! Allt flyter på bra och tar precis sådär lagom mycket tid och energi. Innan dagen är slut så kommer all min och Roberts sång att vara lagd.

Eftersom David åter igen har lämnat oss för en sväng till Bali så får vi vänta ett slag med hans körer till sista veckan i Januari. Därefter är de 10 spår vi har valt att spela in helt klara för mix!

// Chris - STN

We're Back!

2010-01-08T14:07:00.002+01:00

Vi har gjort en riktig rivstart på året och spenderat mycket tid i repan. Nu står även Robert framför mikrofonen igen, så nu ska det allt bli fart på maskinen igen!

Det är inte mycket alls kvar nu!

David drar iväg imorgon en sväng till Asien (igen...!) och ska spendera de närmsta två veckorna där. Men efter det så lär vi ses ute på nån krog nära dig!

Ha det gött!
/Rickard - Stn

God Jul & Gott Nytt År!

2009-12-25T13:18:00.001+01:00

Nu tar vi lite paus från allt och tar det lite lugnt över jul och nyår. Vi skulle vilja säga tack till alla som vart med och förgyllt vårt år!

Vi ses igen år 2010!

God jul & gott nytt år!
/Straight To Nowhere

Nytt videoklipp!

2009-12-07T12:11:00.003+01:00

Gomiddag!

Dags för ett bonusklipp i vår Studiovideodagboksserie (haha). I det här klippet får man lära sig hur man spelar gitarr med munnen.

Hultsfredsfestivalen lever vidare

2009-12-01T16:00:00.003+01:00

Igår beslutade kommunfullmäktige, efter votering på samtliga fem punkter, att kort och gott gå in med pengar för att Festivalen, och således även Hultsfred som kommun ska kunna leva vidare.

Detta tackar vi för!

Här är ett litet klipp som visar händelseförloppet i korthet. Är det kanske några man känner igen på slutet av klippet?

Puss,
STN

Video Diary pt 7!

2009-11-26T23:14:00.002+01:00

Nu äntligen har del sju av vår videodagbok anlänt!
Denna gång är det Chris som ska lägga sina gitarrer. Om det ändå vore så lätt...
Luta dig tillbaka och njut!

*Textspår ska finnas, men det kom inte med av nån anledning så det kommer upp snarast!

/Straight To Nowhere

Tack & Bock.

2009-11-05T14:38:00.006+01:00

Goddag!

Som ni vet så har vi haft en inhoppare på bas de senaste tre månaderna vid namn Felix Axemo. På Rookie gjorde han sitt sista gig med oss då David har kommit hem från Asien igen! Så vi skulle vilja tacka Felix för hjälpen, vi är oerhört tacksamma!

Ett stort tack till er som var där och stöttade oss på Rookie! Vi hade riktigt kul, hoppas ni också hade en trevlig festival.

Vi fick även besöka Rockarkivet, bli plåtade och spana in gamla demos och annat gafs vi lämnat in för tokigt länge sedan. Kan bli riktigt kul att kika på om 10 år! Här följer den fantastiskt snygga bilden iaf!

Vi har inte låtit nån tid gå till spillo och börjat repa med David med en gång. Känns bra att han är tillbaka igen! Så nu blir det att repa inför den 20e! Vad händer den 20e undrar ni då? Ja vi ska spela på Slottsstallarna i Växjö. Det är en studentpub, så det är studentleg som gäller. Dock finns det gästkort för oss vanliga dödliga (ej studerande) att boka på Stallarnas hemsida. De kan endast bokas i Växjö på studentkårens expedition och det finns 40 styck per evenemang. All information finns på Stallarnas hemsida. Det blir nog hur som en väldigt trevlig afton!

Innan Rookie gick vi ut med att vår spelning skulle filmas och streamas live. Nu undrar ni kanske vart, hur och om det går att hitta detta fantastiska videoklipp. Tyvärr så är det så att vår spelning av nån anledning inte filmades, vilket är väldigt dåligt då det var sagt att de skulle det. Så kan det vara.. Vi får försöka fixa ett liveklipp på annat sätt inom en snar framtid!

Det var allt för stunden.
På återseende!
/Straight To Nowhere

Inför Rookie.

2009-10-29T16:00:00.003+01:00

God eftermiddag!

Imorgon spelar vi som bekant på Rookie! Vi har allehanda satt ihop en liten presentation av oss själva som finns att beskåda precis här:

För er som ville komma och titta på oss men inte har möjlighet så finns det faktiskt ett sätt att se oss på ändå. I form av HultsfredTV! Följ denna länk och bänka dig framför datorn klockan 17:20 imorgon!

Vi kommer även sälja ett litet "Straight To Nowhere-kit" som består av:

En vanlig jävla T-Shirt, dock tämligen snygg.
En extremt limiterad Rookie Promo-cd som innehåller 3 spår från vår kommande skiva.
Vår gamla pärla Message From The Don.

Allt detta för endast 100 kr! För bra för att vara sant!

Ses imorgon!
/Straight To Nowhere

Två låtar kvar!

2009-10-19T18:45:00.001+02:00

Yes, minsann. Idag har jag och Rickard spelat in lite av min sång på tre låtar, så nu är det bara två låtar kvar för mig innan det är dags för de andra grabbarna att sjunga lite. Kort sagt börjar vi se mållinjen nu :)

Giget i Huskvarna i fredags gick helt okej. Det var skitkul att få visa upp sig för en yngre publik. Tack till er som var där, hoppas vi gjorde nån glad. Bilder dyker upp snart.

//Robban, STN

Ny hemsida!

2009-10-18T12:00:00.003+02:00

Goddag!

Vi har nu förenklat vår hemsida en smula. Den kommer mest bestå av lite nödvändiga länkar och vart vi kommer spela härnäst. Shoutboxen är nu borta så nu går sidan faktiskt att öppna! Nyheter går nu att följa här på bloggen, på vår Myspace & genom vår twitter. Det kommer komma till lite funktioner på sidan lite längre fram.

Hope you like it!

/Straight To Nowhere

Video Diary pt 6!

2009-10-15T12:33:00.002+02:00

Goddag!

Nu är dagen kommen. Vi har nu lagt upp sjätte delen av vår videodokumentation och den finns att skåda här alldeles nedanför.

Håll till godo:
(som en sidonot, det går nu att välja text själv)

Imorgon bär det av till Huskvarna då vi ska framföra våra verk på Nordisk Gårdsbandsfestival

Bilder från detta lär dyka upp snarast!

/Straight To Nowhere

Rookie 09'

2009-10-08T22:51:00.003+02:00

Hej/Hello!
I'm going to start of by saying that from here on out we will now be doing this blog in Swedish.. If there are any English-only readers out there that think this is a shit decision, you can tell us in the comments below, or (!) - you can try translating whatever we're saying using Google Translate.

Så nu när vi har rett ut hela den biten så vill jag ta tillfället i akt att utannonsera hela 4 gig som kommer gå av stapeln inom kort. Vi kan stolt meddela att vi kommer spela på årets Rookie Festival. Hoppas ni kommer dit och skrålar lite med oss!

Här har ni en lista i datumordning:
16/10 - Nordisk Gårdsbandsfestival 09' - Huskvarna
24/10 - Privat Fest - Hultsfred
30/10 - Rookie 09' - Hultsfred
20/11 - Stallarna - Växjö

Biljetter till NGF finns att köpa på plats i entrén.
Biljetter till Rookie finns att köpa på plats i entrén eller här.

Hoppas vi ses nåt av datumen!

Vi håller även fortfarande på att lägga sång, vilket har tagit en bra stund. Men det är inte långt kvar nu! Håll ut..och lyssna på Expectation Blues på vår Myspace en gång till ;)

/Rickard & Stn.

The new Blues!

2009-09-01T00:49:00.002+02:00

Hello everyone!

It's been kind of slow around...well everywhere from our part for a while.. We are truly sorry for that. We will try to post another Video Diary pretty soon. But right now we have been kind of busy pre-mixing and laying down some vocals for the album. And it's turning out pretty sweet I must say. And speaking of new songs with vocals... We have decided to post the album version of The Expectation Blues @ our Myspace page! Hope you enjoy! Some slight differences might be made to the final product, but all in all this will pretty much represent what the album will sound like! Hope you enjoy and we'll see you soon!

Don't forget to check us out @ The Rock in Kalmar this Saturday!

Be sure to post your thoughts on the new song for us and give us some feedback!

Cheers!
/Rickard - Stn

Dave Doin' Asia

2009-07-24T17:10:00.002+02:00

So, we had a few busy weeks with a gig at the Hultsfred festival and a gig in conjuction with the Sonisphere festival in Hultsfred (which was one of the greatest experiences we ever had. Big hand to the awesome audience!). We also attended both festivals as visitors, which means we had to drink quite a couple of brews these past weeks.

However, since we haven't been drunk ALL the time there are a few songs that have words now. At the moment I'm working on a gangster/mafia-themed song and I figure I just might need some inspiration. So if you know any good gangster/mafia movies, feel free to namedrop them in the comments below :)

The recording is coming along quite nicely. We're currently working on the vocals, but I got a cold a couple of days ago so I'm not singing that well at the moment. Instead, we're gonna put Dave in front of the microphone to track his backing vocals before he leaves for Asia on the 4th of august with no date set for his return. Let's hope he'll have a great time and that he won't be gone for too long!

Anyhoo, don't forget to namedrop mafia movies in the comments below.

Cheers,
Robert - STN

Pictures and stuff.

2009-07-15T14:57:00.006+02:00

Hello all!

Well, we survived the Hultsfred's Festival, which is good news I suppose. I thought I would stop by and share some pictures of the event with the masses(?). We had a blast and I'll tell you, it was a really grand feeling standing on that HUGE stage, let alone playing on it! Enough babbling..

If you have any photo's or videos of your own from the show feel free to send them to us!

We have T-shirts left, so give us a shout if you would like to buy one! It's only 100 Sek + postal fee's. So what are you waiting for? If you want to know what it looks like you should check out the previous blogpost.

In other news, I have been informed that Robert is writing some lyrics! Everyone has been quite busy with other stuff so we haven't been able to put a new Video Diary up or anything - but rest assured that it is indeed coming! And we will very soon start recording some vocals! I think it will have to wait till next week though due to most of us attending the Sonisphere Festival. Lots of festivals this time time of year, but we'll be back on track pretty soon!

See you soon!
/Rickard - Stn

Merch?

2009-07-10T12:55:00.002+02:00

How would you like that baby on a T-shirt?

Well, good news! T-shirts are inbound!

Bad news is the quantity is very limited, so you have to make yer way down to the Hawaii stage tomorrow at noon to get your hands on one. It's a real looker, I know, so they will probably sell out pretty quick. If there's any T-shirts left after the show we will let you know.

Hope to see you tomorrow!
/Straight To Nowhere

Stuff..

2009-07-06T15:18:00.002+02:00

As you already know by now, we will be performing at the Hawaii stage at this years Hulstfredsfestivalen this Saturday. We are currently quite busy rehearsing, and tonight Robert & I will probably sit down a bit and try out some vocals on a new tune we may or may not play. So, if you want to hear something new from us you should probably stop by if your there, just to be sure. Also - we just maaay have some merch.. But you just never know.

Next week we will probably get back to the record and start producing some vocals! Interesting times. Check back soon for more. We will post here with our own impressions of the show. Hope you all will share your own thoughts with us!

See you Saturday!

/Rickard - Stn

Lyrics

2009-07-03T13:21:00.002+02:00

I'm sitting at home in front of my computer on this extremely warm day, writing some lyrics while having a beer :) I'm starting to get the lyrics finished for one song, but it's kinda hard to pick the right words at the right place while trying to get all the stuff I wanna say out of my system. I think it'll come out just fine though...

//Robert

Status report.

2009-07-01T16:58:00.005+02:00

Hello blog readers!

Just wanted to pop by and let you all know what's going on in the Stn camp!

First and foremost, the bass is now done! Dave did a great job. I think we all did actually. After he was done I laid down some tambourine and various percussion on the songs. We didn't have the time for eggs and maracas but that will be recorded in the near future.

After that we moved out of the studio and back to my home based studio. Let me tell you, it was a mess in the first place, stuff everywhere!

But now things are in order again. Pictures will follow at some point. While Robert has been home writing some lyrics me and my brother Henrik have been quite busy mixing some of the material, and I can tell you that it will sound awesome!

Hopefully we will start tracking the vocals really soon. In the coming two weeks we probably will be kind of busy with rehearsing due to a pretty special show we will be doing for the kids here in Hultsfred at this years festival next Saturday at noon! We will be playing at the biggest stage(!), namely Hawaii(!!), and I bet it's going to be awesome!

We will be back with more posts very soon! Until then..

/Rickard - Straight To Nowhere

Big update! + new Video Diary! updated

2009-06-18T15:30:00.009+02:00

Hello there!

Today we have a pretty big update for you. First and foremost, ALL the guitars are now done! I was nagging Chris about updating the blog to let you know but for some odd reason he hasn't.. So I will be doing this post instead. It's nice to hear the songs with all the guitars as you get a better impression of how the songs will sound like in the end. And it sounds awesome! Chris & Robert have really done well. But there is a big chunk missing... And that, of course, is the bass - which we have moved on to today!

We got up to the studio quite early this morning and did some soundcheck of Dave's amp.

But before we began he put on some new strings on his preciuos Ibanez - no dirty old strings are making their way on to this album!

We feel we have a solid bass sound now, which is good! We didn't let any time go to waste so he nailed one song pretty fast. Then we took a break due to me having to do some other work elsewhere.

We will probably head up to the studio some more today and track some more bass.

In other news - we played a very fun gig on the 6th of June here in Hultsfred, which is a while back now, but we want to say thank you to those of you who showed up and supported us! Our former bass-player Petter Gunnarsson stepped in for David because he refused to skip the Sweden Rock Festival ;) So a big thank you to Petter as well. Sadly, I don't have many pictures of the event at this time, but the ones I have I will happily share!

(Photos by: Danielle Simu, except the setlist, which was shot by none other than me)
If you have any more, please feel free to send them to us! We will post them here and give you the credit! We will probably make some more show announcements soon, so stay tuned!

And now, for the thing that all of you have been waiting for.... The latest instalment of the Video Diary! In this episode.. Well, people actually get hurt, and by people, I mean Chris! So if you wanna' see some blood, join in on the fun!
(I have to stress that he did not get any serious injuries)

Hope you enjoyed. Feel free to give us a scream (or a simple hello) in the comments!

Last but not least, I thought about changing the our name and take a totally different direction with this band. Sadly I did not.. Anyway, I did make this drawing to illustrate my inner desires!

(For those of you who doesn't understand the word "Helvete", here is a quick translation: "Hell")

See you soon!
//Rickard - Straight To Nowhere

Say hello to...

2009-06-12T15:24:00.003+02:00

Pickface!

Chris is in the studio at this very moment laying down some solos for the album. It's shaping up really good! Give us a shout in the comments if you're as excited as we are!

/Rickard - Stn

RECORDING!!!!

2009-06-11T17:52:00.003+02:00

This weekend I will try to put down the last tunes. All of my clean guitars and all of my lead parts. Since I'll take a week of heading up north to visit my parents-in-law I will try to get the work done before that.

In the meantime I hope Robert will go on with his leads and the vocals, maybe Dave feel like to nail some grooves to the tracks?

See you when I'm done relaxing ;)

// Chris - STN

Video Diary part 4!

2009-06-08T13:10:00.001+02:00

The four gringos are at it yet again! Check out the 4th episode of our studio diary!

You can find previous instalments on YouTube!

/Straight To Nowhere

Chris's Clean Guitar

2009-06-03T10:59:00.002+02:00

After hours of testing different amps to get a good clean sound for Chris we've finally found a solution. We hooked up Chris's Fender Strat to a 70's Music Man amp and a Framus speaker cabinet. Chris might be a little sad about not playing on his beloved Orange amp, but it sounds mighty yummy!

Soon we'll start tracking Chris's lead guitars. At one point he'll sing along with the solo, and for that we borrowed an old Green Bullet mic from my girlfriends dad (He's a blues man). It's bound to sound really cool!

//Robert - STN

Yeehaw..

2009-05-29T11:41:00.001+02:00

Hey folks!

A few days ago i started the recording of my rythm guitars on the upcoming album. With my Orange amp and my Fender we managed to get a rough and quite interresting sound. Soundcheck went fast thanks to my amp wich only got three knobs. Level, tone and gain.

Simplicity at it's best ;)

We will hit the studio later next week. I have 4 more songs and then we will go on with the lead parts!!

// Chris Wigren

Video Diary part 3!

2009-05-22T14:49:00.005+02:00

In case you missed it, part three of the Studio Diary is now live! Check it out below!

You can find previous instalments on YouTube!

/Straight To Nowhere

Most of Robert's guitars recorded

2009-05-17T23:08:00.002+02:00

Hey!

Today we recorded the last big pieces of my guitars. They sound awesome! The only stuff I have left to record is some lead guitar, acoustic guitar and a tiny bit of a song that requires a different sound. This means that Chris will start recording his guitars this week :)

The songs are really starting to come together now, you can't really know how good they are before you hear them without having to play along ;)

Well, I'm off to write some lyrics.

Cheers,
Robert - STN

Woohoo!

2009-05-13T23:13:00.005+02:00

Mr. Washburn, Mr. Laney Klipp and I have been nailing some tunes this evening. I really like those guys...

Me, Rickard and Chris started out with some soundcheck of the amps and trying out microphones and some miking techniques. It ended up sounding really badass. It might actually be the most masculine sound I've ever heard from my buddies (both mentioned above (not Rickard and Chris)) :D

Anyway, Chris is at home doing whatever it is he does when we're not around while me and Rickard are heading back to the studio for another rendezvous with Mr. W and Mr. LK.

Here's some pics to keep you up to speed.

Cheers,
Robert

Vote for STN to play at Arvika!

2009-05-12T14:24:00.004+02:00

There is currently a competition of sorts going on and Straight To Nowhere needs your help!

Arvikafestivalen is in search of one unsigned band that will have the opportunity to play at one of their stages during the festival. 2000 bands have been picked out, and it's up to the people to decide who gets to play! So if you are a member here at Myspace.com head on over to Arvika's profile (link found below) and post a vote for your favourite band - Straight To Nowhere!

The procedure is pretty simple - At the top of the page you will have a list of all 2000 bands. Mark Straight To Nowhere, fill in the captcha code and click "Vote"! Easy peasy. You can vote once a day! So don't forget to vote everyday!

So head on over and post a vote here

We appreciate your help! And maybe we will see you at Arvika!

/Straight To Nowhere

Video Diary Part 2!

2009-05-10T23:56:00.004+02:00

Here is what you all have been clamouring for, the second part of the studio diary!

This time around you will catch a glimpse of some drum recordings and some other stuff. Enjoy!

I also thought I might post some photos that was taken during the gig this past friday night! I feel like I'm spoiling you all.

The full set can be found at our myspace page!
http://www.myspace.com/straighttonowhere

See you later this week!
/Rickard - Stn

Video editing and stuff

2009-05-10T18:25:00.004+02:00

After a really fun gig this Friday we all had a hangover yesterday, and today me and Rickard is in the studio editing some video footage of the drum recordings and some other stuff.

We got all the amps and guitars to the studio last week (or the week before that). But due to rehearsing for the gig and Rickard having a nasty cold, we haven't been able to try out any guitar sound yet. But this wednesday it will finally happen. Chris and me are really psyched to start putting our pieces of the puzzle in place.

Keep your eyes open for some videos.

Cheers,
Robert

Guitars and stuff..

2009-05-01T01:47:00.007+02:00

Hello!

I shouldn't even be writing this blog post, since I'm not playing any guitar in this band. But hey, everyone is busy and I'm at home right now having a bad cold.. So I thought I could share some pictures that Robert Einarsson snapped the other day while Robert & Chris were rigging the amps and putting on new strings on all the guitars we're going to use.

Me and Dave was also there of course. We also did some other stuff, like dismounting the drums and disconnecting cables from microphones and vacuuming the rug that the drums stood on. You should have seen it, like a freaking lumbermill!

Well, enough jabbering about totally uninteresting things.. Let's get on with it shall we?

Well, that was that! Enjoy for now, and we'll see you back here very soon. As soon as I'm feeling well again we will get our arses back in the studio to get some guitars recorded.

In the meantime you should go enjoy the pre-production version of "The Expectation Blues" at our Myspace page, or maybe the nice wheather we're having!?

See you soon!
/Rickard - Stn

New song is up!

2009-04-29T11:52:00.002+02:00

The song is now live on Myspace! It's called The Expectation Blues. Get over there now and have a listen!!!

If you're too lazy to find the link for yourself - here it is:
http://www.myspace.com/straighttonowhere

/Straight To Nowhere

New song!

2009-04-27T14:33:00.000+02:00

On wednesday we will be releasing a new song from our upcoming album on Myspace! A little sneakpeek.
What it's called, how long it is, and what it's all about - you will have to find out when it drops in the middle of the week.

Remember, it's only a pre-production. But it will give you a pretty good idea of what the whole thing might sound like in the end!

Over and out!
/Straight To Nowhere

Drums are done!

2009-04-26T12:26:00.005+02:00

Just popping by to say the drums are done! Except for one thing that we will keep secret for now. As the new song was the last thing for me to record I thought I would go out in style :P

Later on this week, we will be bringing some amps and stuff to the studio and do some soundcheck for the guitars. Should be great fun. Anyway, we are inching closer to completion. And we are really excited to be bringing some new tunes to the table.

I'm also glad I got to use this little fellow right here, tho only present in one song. But that is certainly better than nothing!

Robert & Chris going over some things for the new song.

See you later this week!

/Rickard - Stn

New song!

2009-04-24T14:18:00.003+02:00

Hello fellow punks!

As you already know, I've been at home looking over the drums and they sound great. However we could not wrap up the drum recording due to the new song not beeing finished...

But today we have awesome news!

Que drumroll (pun intended).................

The new song is done! And we will record it tonight. It should be a fairly simple process since it's fresh in my mind at the moment. And we are superstoked to include it on the album!

In other news, we just might put up a sneakpeek of an upcoming song on our myspace page. More info on that in the following days to come.

We will probably round up the amplifiers and guitars we will be using and get them to the studio this weekend. So next week we will start tracking some guitars and bass! How's that for a slice of fried gold? (anyone know which movie that quote is from? Tell me about it in the comments section)

Cheers!
/Rickard - Stn

Progress report + Pictures!!

2009-04-18T11:20:00.009+02:00

Hello, and sorry for the sluggish posting..

Today I'm at home in my personal studio brushing up the drums a bit and making shure everything sounds good before we start tracking guitars & bass. This is also were we will be mixing the album in a few weeks time. I'm feeling kind of empty handed at the moment as most of my stuff is in the studio right now. But I guess I don't need all of it for the matter at hand.

All of the drums are hopefully now done, with the exception of one song that is still in the writing process. If we feel we don't have time we will probably skip it, but we will make haste trying to get it done. As usual it's tricky getting all of us to the studio at the same time. So I can say there are going to be 9 tracks on this album. Who wants a 10'th? Shout at us about it in the comments below.

Now I will stop my rants and rambles and give you what the headline is so keenly promising. Pictures!!
Now some of these are kind of old, but since they have not been posted I feel like I have to share them with the world. Enjoy and I'll be seeing you around!

Hollah!

/Rickard - Stn

Video Diary Part 1! Update

2009-04-15T12:05:00.006+02:00

UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that commenting was disabled for those that are not registered users. For that we are truly sorry. It now works fine to comment, whoever you are. Just click "Comment As" and select Name/Webadress and comment away!

And now on to the main story:

Here is the first part of our Video Diary! (A little over due, sorry about that!) In this first part you will get a short introduction of the members in the band and a glimpse of the studio as we do some soundcheck on the drums.

Enjoy! This is only the first one of, hopefully, many videos!
If you don't understand swedish, please leave a comment and ask for a translation.
If the interest is big enough we just might take the time to put subtitles on future clips in our studio diary.

Share your thoughts in the comments below!

/Straight To Nowhere

Progress report.

2009-04-14T13:10:00.002+02:00

Hello!

It's been some time since we updated the blog. And for that we are truly sorry. Most of the band have been busy at work or with other stuff, so we have had a hard time being available at the same time. However, we have been here in the studio and things are coming along nicely. The drums are not yet finished because we are also making tunes in the studio, which is totally new for us, seeing as we always write our stuff at rehearsals.

Anywho, we are very excited about the new songs and we hope that everyone out there, in the end, will find that the wait was worth it. Since we have put so much heart and soul into these songs we don't want to rush things and make a half assed recording, but deliver the best damn album we could possibly do. We hope you will hear that in the end result!

For you who think we have been lazy recently, we can say that this week we will be here almost everyday. So there should be more updates a'comin! Also, watch (pun intended) out for a videoclip we will be posting with what we have been doing so far. It should be posted pretty soon.

Complaints about our laziness goes in the comments section ;)

Cheers!
/Rickard - Stn

IL(L) ROBERT

2009-04-05T21:39:00.004+02:00

Today Rickard and Chris has been recording some drums, and I've been told things are going okay. However, I got sick with some stomach issues and some fever today and won't be able to attend the drum recordings tomorrow. And due to a long day's work, neither will Chris.

-But why can't Rickard record the god damn drums himself or with Dave, you say?
Well, to get the right feeling he wants at least one guitar to play along with, and Dave plays the bass.

So tomorrow we'll just take it easy, maybe I'll write some lyrics or something. There's always a risk that I get stuck in front of the TV, playing some GTA IV though...

Last but not least, I want everyone reading to join me in a little ritual:

As you read this, raise both your middle fingers and curse at my illness in whatever way you like. Some people likes the F-word, others use "darn" or something. The choice is yours, just as long as you curse at my illness. :D

Thanks!

//Robert - Straight To Nowhere

Dinner!

2009-04-02T18:53:00.004+02:00

Big ass family sized pizza from hell, now eaten up...

Back to recording!

/Stn

Recording Drums!

2009-04-02T15:03:00.004+02:00

We have just started recording some drums. Pictures will follow shortly,
and hopefully som video as well. Here are a few pics of the drums without the drummer..

Mr. Neumann U87!
Check back soon!

/Rickard & Chris - Stn

The computer has arrived!

2009-03-30T17:02:00.004+02:00

Today we're setting up the drum microphones and trying around with a couple of different mic settings until the sound is al dente.

Since the whole band is not here at the moment we will be experimenting even more
tomorrow, and also since the computer arrived today some time went in
to getting everything up and running.

Sadly, we are desperately in need of a coffeemachine.. Anyone want to donate one?

//Robert, Rickard & Dave

New heads

2009-03-27T18:38:00.004+01:00

Ordered som new heads for the toms and bassdrum which I recieved today. Will be putting them on and tune them tonight and rehearse the songs for a bit.

On tuesday we will start the recording of the drums. Check back soon!

/Rickard - Straight To Nowhere

Drums...

2009-03-26T21:10:00.008+01:00

Today preparations began! And by preparations
we mean getting Rickard's drums to the studio.

Robert & Rickard working on getting the drums
to the studio.

Carrying the drums into the studio...

Even more carrying.... Tedious work!
And looking this good doing it? Man..

???

Rickard putting his drums in place.

The cowbell...will probably not make an appearance
on the album. But who knows?

More updates coming soon.

We are now officially on the move!

/Straight To Nowhere

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