finally- done with the mixing!  we have 10 songs we're ready to send to the mastering studio to put the final touches on then ready to duplicate!  In other news,  we have a new bass player, Mark, found us and he should be in some new band promo pics to come soon...

peace,
-Darren

yeah its been along time coming but here we are almost done with the mix phase and then it's off to mastering.    more work to be done on album art and liner notes now.  also added us to Twitter..  https://twitter.com/doubledownrocks

peace
-Darren

  All of the parts are tracked in now, and so begins the mixing of the album.  This is as much of an art form as anything else we've done, and we are very fortunate to have the talented Brad Smalling along for the ride, and helping us to bring this baby forth into the world.  Brad is a great engineer and understands how we want this album to rock for you all, so with a measure of patience and a burning desire to kick some tail, we're looking forward to fitting all the parts into place.
  We're also lining up some mastering engineers to do the final touches at the Grammy Award nominated Airshow Mastering in Boulder.   We're pretty grateful to have all this talent within short reach of the Denver Metro area!
 
peace,
Jeff,Darren,Paul

 We finished up the second day of recording at Evergroove last night.   Paul is happy as all his drum tracks are recorded now- sounds awesome!  Brad the engineer and hs wife Jenny are great folks, we are having a blast up here in the mountains.   Nice to get away from the city a bit and concentrate full on for this album.   Can’t wait to get it out to you all.   Brad brought in an assistant Julie for the first 2 days and she has her own group called the Mile Markers.  Find them on MySpace.  
   We got a bass line tracked in last night too and we are starting on the rest of those tracks then it’s time for the guitars (which Jeff and I are really excited to get to!  there are so many guitar tools to play with, hahahaha)
  The gallery section on the website has some pics of day one and two.  Theres a pic of Paul the keyboard player that also came up from Castle Rock the first day to put some sweet stuff on 2 songs.   You’re gonna love it!
  Peace
  -Darren

We’re making our way through the recording pre-production process as a band for the first time. Background vocals here, shaker and tambourine there. Cowbell is a must for Icarus! Wednesday we will have our first pre-production meeting with Studio Engineer Brad from Evergroove Studios. Two more practices to go off to the hills we go!

Paul

aw crap, how long has it been since a post?   We've been at Winter Park, Table Steaks East and McDonough's Pub since the last. 
  We are getting ready to hit the studio this spring and we think we have a bass player coming on board so we can properly deliver the two guitar attack this band really deserves.  We're putting some summer festivals in our sights too so we  have a busy year already and it's barely started yet.  
  Podcast coming back again soon, we hope.

-D

merry little Christmas!   Our next shows are likely in mid to late January.   Still working out details.  Also gearing things up to record in the spring and then we'll really be rolling...

peace,

-Darren