Hey everyone, Brandon and Leo went to Harvestworks Studio in Soho, NY to work on the main vocals for the album. Leo filmed some footage from the day and we compiled it into a 7 minute video for you guys. There's some great sneak peak at a few of the songs, so check it out!
REMEMBER:
On June 17th, we will be releasing our debut single from the new and upcoming album, "In The Basement"! Anyone who buys a ticket from us in advance to the Saint show on June 17th will recieve a free copy of the single at the show when they arrive!
The album is still being mastered and edited, and we're more excited than ever for people to hear this stuff. Stay tuned! The finalized release date for the full album will be announced on Monday, so be sure to keep up to date.
Hey everyone, we're going to be performing at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ on Friday, June 17th with New Brunswick bands Calico and Like Trains and Taxis as well as another Asbury Park band. The show begins at 7:30pm and tickets are on sale now at Ticketweb! You can also buy tickets from us directly (609-937-7352)or at the door on the day of the show.
On June 17th, we will be releasing our debut single from the new and upcoming album, "In The Basement"! Anyone who buys a ticket from us in advance will recieve a free copy of the single at the show when they arrive!
The album is coming along great, and we are currently in the mixing stages, trying to tweak little things here and there to get everything just right. We are back in the studio today to do that and to layer on some hand percussion, so keep in touch for updates!
Hey everyone, this weekend was a really hectic and really fun weekend for the band. On Friday Brandon and Leo went to Paul's Harvestworks studio in Soho, NY to record the main vocals for the album. The session went really well, and some great tracks got laid down. Yesterday we performed at Brower Commons for Rutgers Day, and it was a great time. Today we're back in the Hightstown studio re-tracking some guitar parts and doing background vocals and harmonies. The Rutgers Day show was photographed by friend Brian Posaz. More updates to come!
April 30th, 2011
Rutgers Day
Brower Commons, New Brunswick, NJ
Tear It Down
Atlantic City Eyes
All Your Life
Llama
Now And Then
Folsom Prison Blues
Hey fans, Brandon is heading into the NYC Harvestworks studio later today to record some vocals for the album, should be tons of pictures and videos from inside the session to come! Tomorrow (April 30th), we will be performing a set in front of Demarest Residence Hall for Rutgers Day at 3:30pm. We will be playing with bands Hudson and The Bird Strike and The N Result. Both bands are good friends of ours, and we're very excited to perform once again on Rutgers Day! Keep in touch as more updates are coming your way!
Hey fans, we were back in the studio this weekend to re-record some guitar parts as well as some keyboard parts. Both sessions went pretty smooth, and a lot of retracking got done. We spent a good deal of time really polishing up individual parts and getting the right sounds for every song. Eitan added some great keyboard parts and Darbuka parts today and Leo shredded some great solos on Saturday. Brandon is heading into the studio in NYC on Friday to record the main vocals. Saturday we're playing a live set with local New Brunswick bands for Rutgers Day at 3:30pm outside of Demarest Residence Hall! Then Sunday we're back into the studio to record vocal harmonies and hand percussion. Stay tuned for more updates!
Hey everyone, we had one hell of a weekend with the band. Saturday was around a ten hour studio session. We woke up on Sunday around 6am to get gear packed up to play at the Rutgers Unite Marathon at 9:30. Following the show, we got some lunch and headed back to the studio to begin fixing mistakes and adding some acoustic guitar parts. The show was a great time-- a good crowd lined the street watching the tired runners complete the final stretch of the race. We played for close to two hours and busted out some older songs that had not been played in a long time. We also debuted some more new material. Here was the setlist we performed at the show yesterday:
PARTS OF THE AUDIO SOUNDBOARD RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STREAM AND DOWNLOAD AT www.cottonband.bandcamp.com The full show will be released in its' entirety at some point in the near future. Stay tuned.
April 17th, 2011
Rutgers Unite Marathon
Rutgers Student Center, New Brunswick NJ
On My Own
Folsom Prison Blues
Atlantic City Eyes
On The Wind
All Your Life
Fire On The Mountain
Under The Moon
Llama
Smoke On The Water
Tear It Down
Double E
Fool In The Rain >
The Weight
Rather Be Blind
Chameleon
Now And Then
I'm Over This
Comfortably Numb
Notes:
Fire On The Mountain (Grateful Dead) = first time played
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) = first time played
First time "Double E" (Original) has been played since 03.12.10
First time "The Weight" has been played full band since 09.06.10
First time "Chamelon" has been played since 09.06.10
Hey fans, we were in the studio all day today tracking the backbone to all the songs for the upcoming album. It was a really smooth day and everything turned out great! Probably one the most fun and stress-free studio sessions any of us have endured. Paul helped guide the session along by suggesting some transition and tempo ideas. We ended up getting all 11-12 songs tracked due to the incredibly natural progression of the session. The energy was high and the focus was there. This morning we're heading over to the college avenue Rutgers Student Center to perform a 90 minute set for the Unite Marathon at 9:30am! After the show, we're heading back to the studio in Hightstown to lay down some acoustic guitar layers, fixing any mistakes and adding some light percussion backing tracks. Keep in touch with the site for more updates, they are sure to come!
Hey fans, members Brandon Broderick, Leo Kalik and John Aponte appeared on Stephanie Eng's show at Rutgers Radio, 88.7 WRSU on April 1st, 2011. The performance and interview ran a little over twenty minutes and included three acoustically performed songs as well as a short interview. We discussed some info about our upcoming album and recording process as well as how we plan on touring this summer. The entire performance was recorded in 720p video by friend and fellow Rutgers student Brian Posaz. The station recorded an audio feed of the show as is dubbed over the video, and we recorded a separate soundboard feed of the show which is available on our bandcamp website: www.cottonband.bandcamp.com. Currently that audio feed is on the left hand side of this website as well, so check it out!
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Part II:
Hey fans, we were at the studio in Hightstown, NJ yesterday for our first day of studio session work. We spent the day getting the drums setup for recording as well as tested out some preamp sounds while listening to some demo tracks of the potential songs to be put on this album. We're working with engineer and producer Paul Howells on this project, who has a degree in sound engineering from NYU. Paul is a musician as well and had played in the popular local act Free Yon several years ago. His studio, "The Castle", in Hightstown is providing us with a nice local atmosphere to get this album completled and we already feel at home there. Paul seemed very excited about the demos we had, and threw in his two cents of suggestions and ideas for song placement. We're going back next Saturday to begin tracking the drums and the backbone of the songs. Stay tuned!
Hey guys, we're performing a 90 minute set in front of the Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue at 9:00am on April 17th, 2011 for our second annual Rutgers Unite Marathon. We're proud to be part of this event again. Run by CGI Racing, The Rutgers Unite Marathon is a 13.1 Mile race featuring live bands, fraternities and sororities. The race finishes down College Avenue lined with thousands. Cotton has performed three shows with CGI Racing including The New Jersey State Triathlon last summer and the Rutgers Unite Marathon twice. We'll be playing this show and heading straight back into the studio that day for more recording. Hope everyone can make it out, it's a fun race to watch! For more information, check out unite.cgiracing.com
Hey fans, welcome to the official Cotton website. Hope you all like the layout! Feel free to post or comment anything to here or to our facebook page and we will try to answer your requests. We are about to hit the studio tomorrow morning to begin recording our first studio album! Stay tuned for the latest daily updates. We will be updating the website with videos from inside the studio as well as important info charting our progress through the recording process! Stay tuned.
