Jack has finished mixing the disc.
It's off for mastering on Friday.
Then off to discmakers sometime next week!
We should have the cd by mid-late september.

Wow!

What a summer!

Drew

Jack has finished the first round of mixes for both cds [songs and narration]!

We're also teaching a Young Artist Workshop camp at the EMP [Experience Music Project]. It's made up of 30 super cool 5-8th graders who just formed into bands of 3 and 4 members. They start writing and rehearsing their own tunes tomorrow.

We should have some new tracks up soon. Be sure to friend our new characters!

Take care,

Drew

After a month of tracking, summer camping, overdubs, narrations and late nights, we are ready to mix Wonderstuff.

That job falls to Jack. He has the best ears of the bunch. No, really, they're nice ears! He's also our resident pro tools whiz. Good luck Jack!

We're equal parts exhausted and proud.
Excited for everyone to hear it.

Drew

Here it is.
All basic tracking is done.
Time for week two of camp.
The lyrics for five songs to be generated with help from campers.
Plenty of art and overdubs to do too.

1. Pool
2. Come Out of Your Shell
3. The Funniest Thing I Ever Saw
4. The Grey
5. Down Down Down
6. The Golden Seed
7. Hula Hoop
8. Lost Land
9. Helping Hands
10. The Wonderbees (2)

Thanks for checking us out!

It was a close contest but "Penelope" edged out "Lord Chauncifer Abrahms Housenferd the 14th" for the name of the Wonderstuff's narrator. We'll be adding pics from summer camp and recording over the next few weeks. Daron, Jack, and I are having a ton of fun, though it's hard work staying one step ahead of each day's writing, recording, and art. Thanks for stopping by.

Drew

Yes, it's a two cd set!

Here's the run-down of disc one.

1. The Wonderbees
2. Busy Bees
3. My Pet Rock
4. Don't Wanna Go to Bed
5. Magical Meadows
6. Bad Ideas
7. The Rat
8. The Sun Will Shine for You
9. Backpack!
10. Best Friend

About half of the songs still need lyrics and a bit of musical inspiration.
Kids enter the studio in two days!

Thanks for visiting.

This is our working title for the new cd.
We recorded the basic tracks for six songs today.

1. Wonderbees
2. Busy Bees
3. My Pet Rock
4. Don't Wanna Go to Bed
5. Magical Meadows
6. Bad Ideas

Our school of rock camp begins on Monday!
Stay tuned for updates.
Thanks for stopping by.

Hello!

A lo-fi demo from our upcoming cd.
The cd will have two discs and follow the adventures of a small, stinger-less bee.
Having no real friends to call his own, the little wonderbee carries around his pet rock.
Like most of the songs, pet rock is more universal than super-specific to the story.
Narration will hold the tale together.
We'll start tracking (recording the basic parts) in less than a month!

Whoo!

Daron/Jack/Drew

We rolled our our summer library tour contest today! That's right Seattle, attend 3 of our 6 seattle public library shows and you're entered in a raffle for a song about your favorite pet! You could also choose your favorite animal, not pet-related, it's up to you! You'll get a one-of-a-kind tune to share with family and friends! Check out our website, www.recessmonkeytown.com, for dates. More information soon!

Also, we debuted two new songs today, the wonderbees and my pet rock, at our Island Books show. Thanks Page family! These songs will be on our upcoming cd! It's an epic hero's journey full of adventure and catchy tunes. We're excited to record it with our summer camp friends, 150 strong! Stay tuned for updates and downloads!

Drew

Hello all.

Hope you tuned into Spare the Rock today.
If not, checkout the show at:
http://sparetherock.com/20070421.mp3

Thanks again to Bill and Ella.
Follow their example and plant a tree or two!

Rock on,

Drew