. . . are questionable.

Figure 1: Guitar amp beside mic propped by Tyler’s drumming gloves stuffed into a roll of duct tape

Figure 2: Cecilia Song

Figure 3: The following items, in order of ascending height: (a) empty packaging for a vocal effects pedal, (b) box half full of Backlights’s debut EP, Backlights containing (c) a rolled up yoga mat with a vocal screen clipped and taped thereto and (d) vocal mic.

During another DIY recording session at my place, XM, just like a pro, made a delicious apple pie:

Check out the awesome lattice work:

All this while the rest of us recorded keys and acoustic guitar:

A tasty and productive night, I say!

This weekend we went to Cil’s to set up shop and record some of the keyboard tracks.  Cil talked a little bit about her recording process:

Her peer-review process: