Monsters of Folk on recording:
“We did it three parts,” explains Oberst. “The first session we did at Mike’s and my studio in Omaha, basically in Mike’s back yard. We built it a couple of years ago; we took all the money we ever made and created a really nice studio. That was cool because it was very low key. There’s great equipment but it’s really like our house. We did the first session there and we did the second session maybe three months later in Malibu, at a studio called Shangri-La, which is kind of old-school – the Band, Neil Young, all kinds of people recorded there.”
“Having our studio in Omaha,” Mogis elaborates, “has helped me hone in on my skills as an engineer, and in particular, as a mixer. It’s also helped make the process more efficient, with three studios and with a guest house connected to them. We were able to create music in a variety of spaces, whether it was jamming out ideas in the guest house, where Jim and Matt stayed, or rehearsing and/or tracking some stuff in the B studio while we got other work done in the A room.”
Monsters of Folk interview, 2009
Paste: Through the recording of the album, what moments stand out for you?Ward: We played in one of the most insane thunderstorms I’d ever seen in my life. Do you remember that? We ran away to [Mike’s] house for shelter.
Mogis: Oh, I remember that—’cause there was no basement in the guesthouse.
Oberst: It was a big summer storm in Omaha, and Matt [Ward] isn’t used to that kind of thing. Ward: I was frightened. [laughter] But we got through it.
James: We drew him a bubble bath.
Oberst: I had a lot of fun at the middle session we did in Malibu. Jim and I were sharing our friend’s painting studio. My friend has a house in Malibu, with a little painting studio behind it, and they were very nice to offer us to stay. And it was May, but it was just really…
James: It was like 60 below.
Ward: Basically, they were staying in a garden shed.
Oberst: We’re in there in our sleeping bags on these air mattresses with little space heaters, giggling…
James: Like, “Are we gonna die? Are we gonna make it through the night? Should we leave?”
Oberst: And then these two were staying at some mansion.
Ward: A mansion on a hill.
Mogis: You could see the ocean in the distance.
Ward: So they come over in the middle of the night...
Oberst: And we’re like, “Can we sleep on the floor?” [laughter] Those were good times.
James: Memories were created.
Ward: Bonds were formed.
"It’s definitely not a one-time thing. We all see each other pretty often, there’s just been a lot of activity for all of us. We’ll definitely make something new."
-M. Ward talking about Monsters of Folk
March 2012
(via lovemonsters)
(Source: Billboard)
M. Ward Talks New Album, Promises More Monsters of Folk Material
(Source: imwideawakeitsmornin)
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