So much idle time, so much media, so much time to think. Is this real?

Lockdown Session 6

The Wipers tribute ‘Is This Real?’ is the perfect love song to our lives before lockdown. Buckle up, this could be a bumpy ride. Our project continues to be driven by our desire to always find a way to do what makes us happy. Right now, it is recording tributes to the songs we have carried through life and suddenly provides clearer meaning to us. We are on track for 9 tributes, please stay tuned….

Is This Real?
 
Sometimes I get these feelings
And I don't know what to say
Is it that I don't belong here
Cause I really want to stay
Sometimes I wish that you
Could break up to me
Is this real
 
In time I found myself
Wishing you were here
But then I realized
That all time stood still
Sometimes I wish that you
Could break down to me
Is this real
 
In time I found myself
Wishing you were here
But then I realized
That all time stood still
Sometimes I wish that you
Could break down to me
Is this real
 
Sometimes I get these feelings
And I don't know what to say
Is it that I don't belong here
Cause I really want to stay
Sometimes I wish that you
Could break down to me
Is this real?

Our work is usually conducted in the same room, but with the lockdown we have been deprived this luxury. However, we are playing the hand we have been dealt. Each member is leveraging our personal studio to record our tracks remotely and pass them on to yield these finished recordings of Songs For Lockdown. I hope you enjoy them.

Stay well

Tom

Recording sequence for Is This Real?:
– AJ recorded drums on an iPhone 8 Plus situated in the rear waste band of athletic shorts using Voice Memos app and texts track to Truk
– Truk slams the drum track onto 8-track digital recording console and records his two guitar tracks
– Truk dumps drum and guitar tracks to DAT and and delivers to Tom’s mailbox (see image below)
– Tom loads drum and guitar tracks to digital recording console and records bass track
– Tom records vocal tracks through MXL V57M Large Diaphragm Condenser microphone
– Tom dumps drum, guitar, bass and vocal tracks to DAT and drops tape on Truk’s front porch and picks up Hanson Brothers cover tracks
– Truk mixes the magic

Signage for the single designed by the Thee Jim Cook

Photos by Tom and Chase

Graphic design for hero image by Chase