Scott Shute, an old friend and older enemy, was the first in a little community of musician friends to make investments in sound recording. With no education in recording arts or music theory, Scott decided he was going to just go for it. One day his trailor had a bed, a couple of guitars, a tv, some video games, a drum, and some clothes. In what seemed like no time at all, it was suddenly equipped with 2 computers, the Digi 002/ProTools package, a new guitar, a bass, a bass amp, a giant guitar amp, two giant speakers, a Roland synthesizer, and mics and cables everywhere. With this "studio," Scott was able to finally get the sounds in his head onto a speaker. The studio also served as a way to capture every good and bad "jam" that any of us engaged in, which will soon be found at www.ScottShute.com
I stayed a stranger to the trailor sessions for quite a while. Frankly, I thought Scott was insane when it came to music making. He spoke so passionately about things that didn't make any sense. It turns out, most of what he was talking about made perfect sense, it was just expressed poorly (for a snobby music student's understanding anyhow). Lino was a frequent visitor for 2-player time (two guys beating the shit out of one drum set), another game I didn't get. In time, I either started to speak the language, or the trailor started to make more sense. Either way, it wasn't until Scott and I started recording stuff together that I would engage in the trailor jams.
After he and I recorded our EP, Scott moved to Sacramento in 2004 so that he could...uh...be close to the governor? He did some recording of his own material and gave a copy to me. I was amazed at the total change of stlye, sound, stucture, vocal work, and arrangments. A couple of these songs, "Cut You Open" and "Time Will Tell," are in the process of being reworked and rerecorded for our 2006 Album.
Scott is Living in Orcutt again. He is currently working on a plethora of musical projects, including the production of a hip-hop artist.
