I hope everyone had a super lovely christmas. Or whatever holiday you celebrate. And if you don't celebrate anything, then I hope you had a good day. I stayed over at my mom's house and had a sleepover with the dogs, stayed up late watching Seinfeld and drinking coffee with brandy, then woke up and did the whole giddy-children-at-christmas thing. Then we went straight back to work in the studio. Tracked some solid vocals the past few days. Our friend Jeremy was in town so he hung out for the session. Good to see him. I hope everyone has wonderful new year-ing. Much love and light.

-Ry

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Snuggie Man! Okay, so it's Whit with a snuggie knock off and the coolest sunglasses ever. This is the result of super late night, brain fried, non-stop studio sessions. Slap-happy crappiness will ensue. We're stupidly excited about where the album is at right now. It's time to start involving other musicians and tracking vocals, which will be the last stage in tracking. That means we will mix and stuff for awhile and be on our way to the end result. I hope everyone has a lovely Christmahannukwanza. Or festivus, if it's yer thing:) Much love.

-Ry

Shane and I went for a totally rad hike today. We went up into the mountains and found a desolate road and left the car. It was freezing cold, windy, and snowed on and off. There was a series of little creeks running through the middle of a vast meadow in between two tree covered hills, and the entire thing was frozen solid. All the twists and turns of the creek were just curvy ice blocks. Then we laid out a blanket and had lunch. I love the cold, holiday-ish seasons in the AZ mountains. And Shane loves anything to do with any mountains, anywhere, whenever:)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We got back in the studio this last week and tracked some acoustic guitars. We got some really good sounds with them, too. The whole thing is coming along nicely. We're on schedule to finish the record by about the middle to end of January. Then the real work begins. We just watched Bruno a couple nights ago also, and were shocked and horrified in a delightful way. I can't believe the things people can get away with in showbiz. Have a lovely holiday. Much love.

-Ry

So we lost at state and soccer season is over, but, as I was telling my dad, now I have these really sweet polo shirts that say "Coach Orr." Oh well, better luck next season, right? The weird, pre-halloween snow that we had is all gone now and I think it's trying to summer again. We tracked bass lines a couple of nights this week and will be going back in to do more Sunday. It feels like a strange and somewhat sad time on the earth. Not sure what it is. But hey, I hope everyone who reads this feels their worth. I love you.

-Ry

It's crazy with the weather here. It snowed before halloween, and now it's lovely outside. That's the White Mountains of AZ for ya'. Totally unpredictable. The soccer team lost at state, so we don't have any more games. Oh well, it was a fun season. We are still going on the new songs, tracking bass lines and guitars and stuff. We got a good response from everyone about the new tracks, so that's good. Hey, if you have heard them and dig the tunes, leave a comment somewhere. You can do it on the website or facebook or myspace, or all of them. It would be cool to have everyone's words all over the place about it. We're hoping for the first of the year or so for the remainder of the album. Keep your fingers crossed. 'Til then, I hope you all are smiling and loving life. Blessings to you.

-Ry

As promised, they have arrived. Two shiny new songs for your listening enjoyment. Check 'em out by clicking this link: http://www.ryandavidorr.com/music/2880. Thanks for being patient. It's been a long process. Anyway, hope you like:) Much love

-Ry

Okay, so the new tracks are due back from the mastering studio anytime. We're pretty happy with them. We're also happy we can move along with the rest of the songs on the album. But at least everyone will have a chance to check out a sample of the new project. As usual, here are some photos from recent sessions. My favorite is probably Whit taking a super fast ninja shot of Seagram's. Crazy bionic speed. And peace to the homies of the Wondergoat crew. Much love y'all:)

Okay, so watching the moon get bombed through a telescope and binoculars wasn't as interesting as we had hoped. We had trouble focusing the lenses, we didn't have near enough magnification to make it significant, and holy crap it was cold. Furthermore, I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea to bomb the moon. I still can't get over the fact that I'm saying the phrase "bomb the moon" seriously. I mean, it's the flippin' moon...we might need that later. Anyway, on a happier and far more visible note, we started tracking vocals. YAY!!!! My fav. That means we are zeroing in on finishing some tracks. Very sweet. We used state of the art blankets hung on state of the art nails to dampen the sound in the "vocal booth," and we made asparagus pasta, bacon wrapped shrimp, and marinated grilled veggies. That last part doesn't have so much bearing on the recording session, but c'mon...BACON WRAPPED SHRIMP!!!! It's a match made in heaven. Okay, maybe it's a match made in Tijuana or something, but I think heaven is probably relative anyway. New tunes coming up:) Much love.

The show last night was a blast. Even though the weather was too cold to have it outside, we rocked sufficiently. Some people said it was the best we sounded yet. It was the first show we didn't have monitors for, so I really couldn't tell. But it was fun. We played four or five songs from the new album, and they went over pretty well.

Our friend, Jesse, opened the show and cracked everyone up. He writes really funny songs that stick in your head. He's the lead singer for the band Gorky. Check 'em out.

Thank you to all the dear, wonderful, beautiful people who come out to support us. Much love.

We're slowly but surely making our way to listenable tracks. We tracked some touch ups and tasties this past weekend. Got some bass lines down. I'm actually feeling the writing bug swarming around these days, so I might have to get creating and work on some new stuff soon. It's always such a mad dash to try to get an album recorded fast enough to not get sick of the material and move on. Anyway, I hope you are all having a lovely day:)

So we may end up switching the October 3rd show to the inside bar at Branding Iron. Gettin' too cold. But it will still be a good show and we hope everyone will come. We just threw some keyboard tracks on some new tunes with a KORG Triton. Sounds pretty solid. Almost listener worthy:)

We'll be going back into the studio on Wednesday to start fine tuning a couple of tracks. We should be on schedule to have them ready to be heard by mid-October. Rehearsals have been going well, but we may have to relocate our October 3rd show since the Branding Iron won't want to open the outdoor patio. I guess it's getting to cold. But we'll make something work. Also, our soccer team won the Show Low invitational tournament this past weekend. Flippin' sweet.

Super wicked rehearsal tonight. Can't wait. We're working on adding some new tunes from the recording project. Hopefully we'll have a couple of tunes ready to show folks sometime in mid-October. Probably just two tracks, as the rest will take quite awhile to finish. They will be posted on my website only, so we will definitely make it known when they happen. Read some decent books recentlt. I finally finished Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues, which was pretty cool. I had been reading it off and on for awhile. A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking was pretty interesting. But I have to say the best book I read in the past year was definitely The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Totally gorgeous. Okay, have a lovely day:)

Another full band show on October 3rd. It's a Saturday. Our buddy Jesse Valencia of the band Gorky will open the show. Gonna be fun. We'll play some new tunes, too. Also, if you haven't seen the movie Step Brothers, see it. Totally funny.

Hey y'all. The new album is well underway and it's sounding great. We just tracked electric guitars yesterday before I had to cut the session short. Feeling a little feverish. Just the sickness time of year I guess. More soon:)