Seconds Prior's Practice Space

Hey y'alls! It's been a long time. What's new? Uh huh. Uh huh. Awesome! We've been busy doing DIY packaging and whatnot for the album, New Words For Water. It's really satisfying to be hands on with the stage of production, but it is ridiculously time consuming so thank you for being patient with us. I know you basically already have the album as a listener to our podcast, but if you want a hardcopy go to http://etsy.me/LBcdbV .

This video that you're seeing was one of those day off, don't feel like cleaning the house, hey what's this do, sort of things. Hope you like! And don't worry, I'm still writing. Once I get something complete I'll pop it up on here.

Til next time, you wonderful things!

-Strawberry

Good morning, y'alls! This is a cover that we're working on for Running Scared. There's no vocals but hopefully there are enough small changes throughout the song to keep it from feeling empty and repetitious. Hope you like! And I hope you check out the review for our new album "New Words For Water"(http://www.theequalground.com/1/post/2013/06/seconds-prior-new-words-for-water.html). I'm happy to report that we successfully confused and delighted the writer! Be excellent to each other!

- Strawbs

It's here! Our full length album, New Words For Water, available to you for free as a thank you for sticking with us for this long. We've even got a few covers on here for you as a bonus: Riot Act (originally Elvis Costello) and Leonard Cohen & the Wondrous Boat Ride (mash-up of the Willy Wonka song and Who By Fire). We really hope you like it! If you want to download the tracks separately, go to secondsprior.bandcamp.com. The full album is there for free (sans the covers). And if you really really like it and want to donate to help us make another album, click on the Paypal link while you're waiting for the download to finish. Either way, let us know what you think! Thank you, as always, for listening to the sounds we make! - Strawberry

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This is a little different. Usually I post new songs that I'm working on, but this really isn't a song per se. Basically, since the mix and mastering of the album is nearing completion, we're trying to think of ways to get our name out there. One of several ideas was to submit a little ditty to Comedy Bang Bang's podcast for their plugs theme. If you haven't listened to their show, then what heck?! Just kidding. They play user submitted theme songs before the guests plug whatever they're doing. That's what this is, sans vocals We'll get some goofy lyrics about plugs in there eventually and send it on out. At that point the title will be some plugs pun, I'm sure. Right now, this is just a place holder title lifted from a line in Fastball's "The Way". You'll notice guitar on here. Don't get excited. I'm still a keyboard guy all the way.

- Strawberry

It's amazing what you'll do to put off doing laundry on a Sunday. So I added some bass, some drums, some strings, and some guitars. So there you go. I was worried that I might have overdone with the strings, but I think the feedback transition helps bring it back around at the end. We'll see. Hope you like!

- Strawberry

Yes, we're still alive! Although our internet presence has been more or less comatose during the past few months, we've actually been quite busy and productive. We've hired Bill Scott, a friend of ours with much better ears and much better equipment than I've got, to mix and master our album. He's done a first run through for seven out of eleven songs and I am sincerely excited about how everything is turning out. More on that as it develops.

This is the first song I've written in a while. Since I didn't have my recording equipment readily available today, this is actually a midi track. And since midi tracks sound thin to me, I added some distortion to give it needed color. The final version probably won't be distorted at all. I called it "Ed Wood" because I just re-watched the Tim Burton film of the same name, and it seemed to fit in a weird way. It's like naive optimism trying to persevere in spite of everything pulling it down. Hope you like it!

- Strawberry

(p.s. Go to mixlr.com/seconds-prior to hear live and sloppy practice recordings every Friday night. Older broadcasts also available.)

So here is the latest version of Fanfare. I look forward to Sunny writing lyrics for this one so we can get a new title. Anyways, I've added some bass, some fake guitar, and some totally unnecessary nature sounds at the end. Waves coming to shore. A campfire crackling. Don't worry, they are way in the background. - Strawberry

Not much to say about this one. It's a lot fuller now with the bass. I'm not sure if the quiet part into the build makes sense, but I'll sleep on it I guess. Overall I'm happy with it. - Strawberry

We're almost there. After this song, I only have one more post that's just a bass upgrade. Then I have a fuller version of Fanfare for y'alls. But first, Flowerbeds. This used to be called Churrs and Rolls but then for a brief time we had vocals on it and the name was changed to suit the lyrics. Most of those old lyrics have been scrapped, but hopefully whatever new words we come up with to sing will fit with the new title. Was that boring enough? Then away we go! - Strawberry

So this isn't much different from the previous version except for, you guessed it, some added bass. Even the bass itself is fairly minimal. But I'm committed to posting any new versions, regardless of how minor. Plus it's Sunday. I promise, the next few posts will have far more substantial changes (like you might have noticed in The Butcher). Thanks, friendly fellows and enjoy! - Strawberry