Baybeats Auditions - 2nd Round

Cockpit has made it past the first round of the Baybeats Auditions, and they will be participating in the second which will be held on 28 March 2010, at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre.

As our performance will be for audition purposes, this set will be relatively short. But of course, we always welcome your support. There will also be 15 other diverse bands playing alongside us so I'm sure it will be a day of sonic awesomeness. Plus the view of the Singapore River there is quite nice LA. We will firm up more details for you when we get them.

On the A&R front, our friend Karen has upped her street cred (again!) by designing our cool band logo. Talks on band merc are on the way! Thanks to her we have also taken some pictures of the first round of auditions, release date tba. Kudos to the guys at Studio Fifty Seven who have hosted this event, notably Isaac who has been very welcoming. It's a really nice place, even if you're not there to jam. Their facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/STAGE-57-PRODUCTION/274693735911.

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Did I Tell You How We Began Choosing a Band Name?

Kudos to Karen for the excellent idea, though we didn't choose any of it in the end and took the name that WX suggested -.-

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Audition

Cockpit has been selected for Baybeats Round 1 Auditions.

The Need for Speed

As I'm typing this I'm listening to Speed King by Deep Purple. Many songs have been written about life on the fast lane in general. AC/DC's Highway to Hell and Larc en Ciel's Driver's High come to mind. For our newly (properly) recorded single, "Speed Kills (and So Do I)", the motivation has been road rage. In other words, my way or the highway. Listen to it here: www.myspace.com/wearecockpit.

This song took the span of two full days to record. Miking up the drums for the Collapse of Uncertainty was seroius business man but it was all worth it in the end! Sludge has had extensive experience in the recording process and Johnny Danger spent days learning the art of EQ and fine tuning the tracks that we laid down.

While the rest of the band was hard at work, I tried to make myself useful by taking some videos:





More recordings should be on the way (albeit at a slightly leisurely pace) so we'll continue to keep you posted! =)

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