Twisted Apple Records

Opportunity knocked in the form of Eric Rachel (producer/engineer/studio owner) who offered Stone Document a free day in his studio (Tracks East).  Apparently he likes what we do (and has a Discipline logo tattooed on him).  The day after Thanksgiving was open on all of our callendars and as I would be in the neighborhood visiting family, we decided Black Friday was the day.  Tracks East specializes in a variety of metal (Skid Row, Hatebreed, Dillinger Escape Plan) so I dubbed it “Black Metal Friday”.  Dennis and I were particularly excited to learn Eric did the surround sound mixes of Mastadon’s “Leviathan”.

The idea was to set up and play like it was a gig but with the luxury of being able to stop and fine-tune as we went.  As it turned out I don’t think we ever stopped mid-piece.  Momentum (and Eric’s enthusiasm) carried us through and at the end of the day we had several hours of great-sounding material – pretty much and album’s worth once mixed and edited.

It was an incredible day and we greatly appreciate Eric’s kindness/enthusiasm/skill/generosity.  We played beyond what we though we could.  I could easily spend a good chunk of a record company advance here.  Wait, what’s a record company?