October 18th, 2009|11:20pm.
This last week or so, things have really been wrapping up for the release of The American Autumn's new record, Do You Like Me? Yes/No/Maybe. I finished our MySpace redesign last weekend, and it turned out pretty nice. I really hate working with all the hacks that are necessary to customize MySpace pages, but the end result is cool. I uploaded a few new songs to our page as well. You can check out the new design and new music at myspace.com/theamericanautumn.
I've also uploaded the info for this record to Last.fm (one of my favorite music related sites). You can find some info, streaming tracks, and free downloads on the Do You Like Me? Yes/No/Maybe page there.
Finally, the shipment of CDs came in this week. I had them delivered to my parents house because packages usually aren't left at my apartment when I'm at work, so I didn't get to actually look at the CDs until last night when my parents came downtown for dinner and brought me the boxes (and then we went out for some great Japanese food!). They look amazing! It feel so good to hold the finished product after all that we've put into this project. Here's a picture of the box of CDs:
I couldn't be happier with the art that Marky did for us and Sooper Dooper did a great job with the printing. I've been really busy with work and school lately, so I've been squeezing in time to promote this record where I can.
It's kind of weird to see the culmination of about 10 months of work. A lot went into the song writing for this record and it contains some things that I'm very proud of for both my own writing and the band as a whole. The recording sessions ranged from awesome and relaxed to stressful and frustrating. There were times when I couldn't stop listening to the song we were working on and there were times where I couldn't listen to our songs for weeks. Working with a 3rd party artist was a totally new experience, too. I don't think I could ever do this kind of work for a band that I'm not in, but I LOVE having my hands in every element of our record. This is, by far, the most involved record I've ever put out. It's a big milestone for us as a band and I'm really excited to see what we can do with it.