Drum Days = Boring for the Bassist

Phil was busy today working his drummer butt off. The drum tracks are sounding amazing too. We're all excited about them and I'm sure Phil is ready to get them all done. Drumming for 10 hours at a time isn't an easy job.

This is a bad picture of the drum tech, Rob. He has a horrible job because basically, he spends hours fixing something so that Phil can hit them hard with sticks and then he can come back and fix everything again. To Rob's extra special credit, he purchased the Vinnie "Pantera" Paul snare drum for the recording this morning. You go Rob!
Here is what Phil was doing when he wasn't playing drums. Notice the Isis hoodie becuase it's cold in the studio, the phone for texting, the iPod for listening to the songs we're doing and the Coke Zero that you can't see in his other hand. Throw some drumming in there and that was our whole day.
Actually, this also went on today. Brooks brought the Nintendo 8-bit with us to the studio for he own personal relaxation time. The only game he plays is R.B.I. Baseball from 1988. You guys should have seen him during the first week of writing. He sat in the same place on our living room floor for 7 days with a guitar, the internet, some Dr. Pepper and this game. Didn't move for a week. Amazing. Brooks did try and look bad for this picture and it worked.

Talent.

Talent.

See you guys tomorrow.

Hey guys, I've decided to include this poorly taken photograph to show three things:

1. Tyson is finally in the studio.
2. James Wisner is also in the studio.
3. Brooks has his hair in a pony-tail.

Sadly:

1. You can't see Tyson's face.
2. You can't see Wisner's face.
3. You can't see Brooks' pony-tail.

Honestly you're gonna just have to trust me on all of this.

This picture pretty much sums up the day. Today was the first day of drum tracking and many many hours were spent by the drum tech setting up the room and making everything sound awesome. Unfortunately, they found out that they don't have the right snare so nothing really got done today, which is why Phil isn't actually sitting at the drum set.

On a happier note. We met this kid at Wendy's today when he asked us if we were in the band Sullivan.I just happened to be reading out mail where he sent in a message saying that he met us today and this is his Myspace picture. I'm posting it because I'm pretty impressed he knew who we were considering we all have horrible looking beards now.

Wendy's has new value combos by the way. DO Wendy's new value combos.

TYSON MISSING! UPDATED!

A lot of people have been asking why Tyson has so far been absent from the pages of this blog. The truth is, we really don't know where he is right now. As many of you know, he's a difficult person to find sometimes. If you've ever gotten his autograph or a picture with him, put it in a special place, they are rare.

We aren't as good without him, so please do America a favor and look out for him. Please send messages or leave comments of any ideas or sightings. Come home soon Tyson!

Sullivan


*UPDATE*
Sunday 9:48pm- Looks like we are already getting some good info on where to find Tyson. Thanks for the leads and keep em coming. Hang in there Tyson!

*UPDATE*
Monday 9:33pm- Never mind, he was just waiting at the airport to get picked up. Sorry about that.

Guest Commentary by Nick Ghanbarian of Bayside

Week in review by Nicholas Ghanbarian

I've been trying to get this Obey hoodie for a month and its impossible.

The Rangers won 3 in a row.

Sullivan is in the studio making a baby. They will sell it in less time than the usual gestation period for a human.

If you are reading this you'll probably buy it, so the magical trick is to get people to read this who normally wouldn't read it.

Too bad magic doesn't exist.
These guys are screwed.
At least they are good.

Family guy is funny.


Check back soon for more updates.

Special correspondent Nicholas Ghanbarian lives in Lindenhurst NY and has a surname that is nearly impossible to spell. He's 5'9" and his refrigerator door doesn't close easily. When he's not writing about Sullivan, Ghanbarian plays bass with nearly 98% accuracy in the band Bayside. The band's new album "The Walking Wounded" comes out Febuary 6th, 2007 on Victory Records.

Our New Gold Record

Ok, so it isn't our gold record. It's Chris Carrabba's and James Wisner's but who cares. We're using it for now until we get our own. Here is a disappointing fact about gold records, you can't actually take them out and play them. It's not a real record. You would think that they could at the very least do that for you if you can sell a half a million records. On the bright side, a gold record is way more appealing than than a gold cassette tape.

Brooks has been reading all the messages asking him to shave his beard. Keep the Myspace messages, e-mails and comments coming because right now they are falling upon deaf ears. Brooks is staying as far away from a razor as he can at the moment.

A lot of people were interested in the studio cats. I couldn't find the others today to show them to you, but I did find their food under Phil's drum set, which if you ask me, is a very strange place for a cat to eat.

Since Brooks is growing a gerbil on his chin, I've decided to start wearing this hat that his mother gave him for Christmas. It doesn't seem to have an affect on his beard but it does make my ears too hot and generally makes me look silly.

Speaking of looking silly, Phil is still recording drums. He's been working hard and getting huge blisters on his hand. I just asked Phil if he had anything to say here on the blog and got this:

"Don't be a menace to South Central... No not really. Well, you can say that if you want to, I don't care."

Words spoken from the heart.

So let me introduce you to Chris, our producer's assistant who has been helping with tracking for the last few days.

ME: "Hey Chris, you ready to be on the internet?"

*CAMERA FLASH*

CHRIS: "Huh? Oh, that's a bright flash."




And there you have it. Internet history.

Sullivantime

Hey guys. We just wanted to give some updates on how the new record is coming along. We are in sunny Orlando Florida with James Paul Wisner. He's the man and taller in person than in pictures.



You guys are seriously going to love
what we are working on and I wish you could all be here. This is the closest you can get sadly because we can't fit you all in this studio. Sorry.


Some updates:

• Right now we are putting all of our new songs together in rough form. Long nights and hard times have forced Brooks to grow a beard. Please urge him to cut it so I don't have to see it all of the time.
• Phil is playing drums in his pajamas. That's how he rolls. I thought it better not to include a full body image today.
• We have several studio cats, only one of which is really into us right now. This one is not the one that likes us. No fear, we'll win them over before we finish the record.

Make sure and check back for more updates soon.

Zach