Day 13 : MUSIC VIDEO !!!

Today we shot our muisc video! No pictures, no comments! JUST WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT!! お楽しみに！

Day 12

Today we went into the studio to work on the mix down. It's coming out really good, I'm so excited!! Gene from the kick ass rock band " Bullets And Octane " stopped by the studio. He is a really cool guy and you have to check his band!

BULLETS AND OCTANE

Day 11

Today we went to Draven and Hurley. We got hooked up with some rad stuff, thanks Chad and Greg!! I met up with my childhood best friend Josh at Hurley. It was nice being able to see him again and laugh about all of our funny memories. LOVE YA BRO!




me and Josh! RAND AND KIER BACK TOGETHER AGAIN! YEASH!



old pics of Josh and me ( SURFER TROT ) WOW! SO YOUNG !!

Day 10 : Sid's Tattoo Parlor and Harvey Event

Went to check out Sid's Tattoo shop today. They were having an event with Harvey's introducing his the new " Sid design Harvey's Bag " After hanging out and eating BBQ we went to the studio to finish up some vocal tracks. Later on that night a couple of guys from the band called " Over It " stopped by the studio! I hope we can do some shows together in the future !!




Lindsey from Harvey's



killer rides!



Sid with his wife and baby and Dana from Harvey's





Over It

Day 9 : Vocals

Third day of vocals. We came up with some pretty cool ideas for the new songs so we got a little behind on our schedule. Scott is really putting a lot of time and energy into our songs this time, he wants to make it as perfect as it can get. SOUNDS AMAZING!




photo shot by Kaz

Day 8 : Vocals

Vocals again. During our session, " Planes Crash " ~ another band that Scott had recorded and produced, stopped by the studio. There were really cool and their band rocks! check them out !!!

Planes Crash

Josh and Ryan from Planes Crash



Scott's BURIKO POSE!

Day 7 : Vocals

Started vocal tracks today. Wish me luck!! A lot of Honey and Tea!!







went to Harvey's and got some cool stuff! Thank you everyone from Harvey's!!







Akila helping with lyrics! thanks brother!!

Snoring Battle !

Day 6 : Guitar

K5's second day of guitar tracks! good job brother!




Scott adding some wicked keys !



dinner at the Westfield Mall~ FOOD COURT BABY!

Day 5 : Bass/Guitar

Today we started and finished bass. K5 also started on some guitar tracks. Songs are starting to take shape! I LOVE IT!

FIGHT KAZ!! YOU CAN DO IT!!

Kaz has started his drum tracks already!! He has got really better from when we recorded last time! YOU ARE KRAZY KAZ! YOU CAN ROCK IT!!! ganbare!! We are cheering you on!

Day 4 : Drums

Last day of drums!!!

Day 3 : Drums

First day of recording at Orange Crush Studio ! For lunch we ate Joy's CHINESE BUFFET!! ONAKA PAN PAN! For dinner we had the famous PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA!!! SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!

Day 2 : Enjoying California

Second day of California. We don't start recording until tomorrow so we just hung out at the hotel and ate some good ol' American Junk Food!! Scott ( ORANGE CRUSH SOUND ENGINEER ) and Joel ( director of " New Beginning " PV ) stopped by. Ai san who used to work at Hurley Japan also stopped by and we all ate dinner at our hotel. Joel used to be a designer at Hurley and by chance the sandals that I had were the same ones he designed!! SMALL WORLD!!! CALIFORNIA SAIKO!!





Akila vs. Godzilla Hamburger!




Joel and his Sandal design!

to California ~ Day 1 : Arrival

Off to California! Will be in Orange County for two weeks to record some new songs! As always the weather is really nice and the atmosphere is so relaxing. I'm really looking forward to recording these new songs! I CAN'T WAIT !!









k5 spills his coffee