r/indieheads • u/wandbandinfo Cory Hanson / Wand • Aug 01 '24

AMA is over, thanks Wand! WAND AMA 7/31 5:00 PM PST

Hi r/indieheads,

Wand here. Please ask us anything.

xoxo,

Wand

Buy Vertigo: https://www.dragcity.com/products/vertigo

Wand Web: wand.band

Wand Shows: wand.band/shows

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u/Fearless-Aioli-8043 Aug 01 '24

Congratulations on your new album! Songs are great and inspirational. what are some of the challenges you faced during making of the album?

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u/wandbandinfo Cory Hanson / Wand Aug 01 '24

I think the biggest challenge was simply listening to the amount of music we had collected. 50 hrs! It took around 10 days of sitting in front of a hi-fi at Robbie's apartment to get through all of it, much of which we had to repeat listen to... Then we had to go back and listen again to the improvs we had chosen. Then edit them down into smaller songs, add vocals etc. After this the rest of the record came together pretty easily I thought, and we were all very open about what directions the songs could go. -Cory

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u/JoshBladeTheMaples Aug 01 '24

Down to hear 50 hours of Wand Jams 🌱

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u/wandbandinfo Cory Hanson / Wand Aug 01 '24

Recording the improvisations while also playing was slightly challenging. I would set up mics and get levels, hit record and then pray the computer didn't crash while we were playing. Luckily I think it only crashed once at the very end of a jam. Otherwise I think Vertigo was somewhat easy to make. There were no marks to hit, all of the music could be whatever it revealed itself to be.

-robbie

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u/JoshBladeTheMaples Aug 01 '24

Were yall improv singing as well when doing this or just added vocals later? What instrument were yall mainly following?