“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition…”
Hey guys, Chad (bass) here… I thought i’d take this opportunity to catch you all up on the trials and tribulations of My Hidden Track over the last month or so. Well, a brief synopsis anyway, the poor man’s version, the cliff notes, etc. Just after our three (rushed and other wise nerve racking) song appearance at the Battle Of The Bands, MHT and company parted ways with our drummer and dear friend Zach Zimmerman due to personal reasons. There are no hard feelings by either party, in fact its quite the contrary, Zach is a great friend of ours and came out to support us or rather pretend to sell merch, at our first hometown show a couple of weeks ago. Last I checked Zach is still very much single and attractive… and that’s all i’m saying on that note… ladies and adventurous young men I highly suggest you contact him. A word of the wise first dates are bound to take place at the Olive Garden.
Coming to our aid for a show we had booked with our boys Asteria, we called upon good friend Pat Rud (Fish Guard/ Elephant Quiz/ Cheap Sticker) to fill in on drums. Only we didn’t know at the time just how good of a friend Pat would become. After about three days of practicing Pat not only knew and perfected the three songs we had written but helped us piece together and finish writing something like four more songs which had previously been drum-less. Words cannot express my gratitude for Pat and his talents. I only use such a cliche because I really don’t know how to pen on paper our thanks for the amount of time and effort he poured into the band on such short notice. (I.E. Canceling a trip to Florida and making trips back and forth from Bloomington.)
To our (for lack of a better word) dismay Pat has decided to join MHT as a permanent member. Not only do I not think it’d be impossible for us to be recording an album right now but I don’t think I could imagine anyone else playing drums on these songs. Pat is far beyond a “good friend” and a great musician, he’s family and despite his inability to drive in a straight line, or his flawed decision making skills as my co-pilot, there is no one I’d rather take the stage with to complete Track’s rhythm section or search for Polar Pops in the middle of the night with.
As for the logistics of this blog, Nick and Chad went into the studio early last week to begin preproduction on our forthcoming album entitled “HEY LOVE” and Peter (our manager), Pat and myself had the pleasure of joining up with Seth and Zach of Dare To Dream Records in their in-home studio in Crown Point, Indiana on Friday night. We completed drums on Saturday and bass on Sunday… and as of a couple hours ago I was delighted to get a phone call from Nick letting me know that he and Chad had finished the guitar work for “I Can’t Believe I Gave My Panties To A Geek” and were about ready to work on “I Gave Her My Heart And She Gave Me A Pen.”
Seth sent me over the rough mix sans vocals and I was floored.
My Hidden Track is most defiantly back… and if you’re not addicted yet… give us time… we will find a way into your hearts or bust our asses trying…
With any luck we will be done recording this week and after Seth takes a brief hiatus to play a few shows with Asteria he will return to his comfy ass blue chair to mix the album and have it ready for a late May/ June release.
Look for us on the road this weekend and keep checking our website YOURNEXTADDICTION.COM and our myspace for frequent recording updates, videos and photos from our days spent at Ampt Studios.
I await with nervous anticipation for you guys to hear this record…
With Hope, Love and Rock and Roll,
Chad
Please take a moment to visit our sponsor This is Hope @ whatishope.com who will be selling at TGL’s (myspace.com/TGLROCK) last show April 18th in Greencastle, IN and be sure to check out our boys Asteria @ myspace.com/ASTERIA
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