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Posted by Hildee on Jun 13, 2009 @ 8:03pm

Dearest Friends,

Hildee here, coming to you from the studio aka The Dungeon. I am currently working on one of our newest songs and it's coming together nicely. Think Jimmy Buffet meets Depeche Mode meets Little Richard all while wearing a cowboy hat. I'm telling you....this track is going to be a barn burner. It's H-O-T!!!

We are settling in nicely at the studio but have decided to take a new approach in the way we record by doing a lot of satelite work from our respective homes. Burn will lay some sickness down with the guitar and then send it to me. I'll sprinkle a little Hildekrunk all over it and then bake it at 350. Once it's steaming, I'll hot-potato it to The Brink who will tenderize it with some drumming. At which point, Roo will show up and start bringin' the funk, the whole funk and nothing but the funk. After that, it's on to Dave where it'll get a major face lift as he starts cooking up a story and some emotion. This process is proving to be very helpful in the grand scheme of things b/c it allows us to have some alone time with the song. Which, in my opinion, is where we come up with our best stuff.

We have 3 songs on deck right now and once those are nearing a completion, we'll be moving on toward more. The second set of songs will contain a couple of tracks that should sound familiar. Those being "A Thousand Angels" and "Answer." We are especially excited about those two because we've been playing them live for quite some time now and are just getting to the point where we can record them. They'll end up being pretty close to the way we play them live but don't be surprised if we throw in a few tricks to spicen it up. C'mon, s'what we do. 

So that's about it for now. Just a quick reminder to all you folks on the mailing list, we've added you to our blog subscription which means you'll be hearing from us from time to time about whatever is going on in the world of Manic Bloom. Thanks for your support and interest. It's why we keep doing what we do.

Here's a little clip from the Jimmy/Mode/Little/Hat song I'm working on right now. This has never been heard by ears outside the band....so consider this a rare and valuable moment. : ) Enjoy!!

http://www.manicbloom.com/dotcomsong.mp3

Hildee out