Distant Towers strikes again!!!

The latest song by Distant Towers is now available here.  It is called Bounce (the song, not the CD) and features Preston "Presto" Richardson on drums, percussion and sitar.....what....uh....wait, since when do drummers play sitar????  Oh well, however he did, it sounds cool.  So head on over for a listen and
BANG THE BONG LIKE MEGATRON!!!!!!

Presto pounds the cans!!!!

Since late spring 2010, DT has been working closely with drummer, Preston "Presto" Richardson.  He has appeared on songs such as Hello, Broken Foe, SAAMA and the upcoming song Bounce (the song).  More on Preston later....

Second Distant Towers CD called Bounce is now available

You can buy it directly from DT or via CD Baby by clicking here

SAAMA song and video

Greeting folks.  The most recently completed DT song is available and there is a video for it as well here.  Enjoy the crazy ride!!

new Distant Towers tune is forthcoming

Within the next 7 days a new tune by Distant Towers will be released.  It is called Dive 2 the Middle.  This is a tune from April 2010 developed live by Tom, Tony and Robbie at Distant Towers South.  Final tracks were completed in June.  Tony helmed the mixing for this one with a lot of advice and guidance from Tom.

This tune will be the seventh towards a third CD of Distant Towers material.  It is not clear at this time whether our 3rd CD will consist of these tunes but it is likely. 

Look for a link to the tune here very soon.

Mastering for Bounce has commenced

Tom recently delivered the nine tunes for the Bounce CD to Tony for mastering.  The first master version was created on July 17, 2010 and is currently being critiqued.  We fully expect to have a finished CD in our hands by the end of September, start of October.

We have plans for a new website to coincide with the new album although the current website pages will still be available through a special link or several links once the new site goes live.

Tom is currently wading into the world of graphics to formulate and execute the concept for Bounce CD package so that it will be ready in time to send to the duplicator with the finished master disc.

Many thanks to all our various friends and family members who have lent an ear to this group of tunes as they were created.  The last tune for this CD was finished in October 2009.  We purposely waited until summer 2010 to start mastering the CD in order to give us some objectivity on the tunes as well as allowing us time in the intervening 8 months to make some more tunes and have some fun playing together.

New song, Broken Foe is now available for listening

The latest Distant Towers tune called Broken Foe is available for listening now by clicking on the song title.

There is another DT tune in the works tentatively called Dive to the Middle.  We hope to have that up and running sometime in mid June.

Final mixing and mastering for the second CD called Bounce is scheduled to begin in June also.  The CD is tentatively schedule for an October release.  All the songs are currently available at the website for listening under the HEAR link.

On May 6th and 15th, Distant Towers was played for the first time ever on FM radio.  The host of the show called Out of the Box, Paul Shugrue, played the song Ghost Show from the the first Distant Towers CD of the same name.  Thanks for the play Paul!

Follow the links below for more on Out of the Box.....

Out of the Box

Out of the Box on demand archive

Out of the Box playlist for 5.6.2010

Out of the Box playlist for 5.15.2010

new Distant Towers song, Hello

The newest song by Distant Towers is called "Hello" and is available here

Playing ketchup, or is it catsup....hmmm catch up, yeah thats it!

Okay, so I am not much of a blogger. I suppose posting on a more consistent basis would be preferable...but if no one is following....what can it hurt?

DT is working on a new tune right now. It is the first tune to come out of the new Distant Towers studio south. It wasn't totally recorded there, only parts. But the initial ideas were done there and we worked out the final structure in our last jam session as well as laying down some scratch guitars and final bass tracks.

The song will be called Hello and we hope to have it finished in the next couple of weeks, or sooner. This one is a bit unusual in that I (Tony) am doing the lead vocals. I also wrote the lyrics. It stemmed from an idea that I had on acoustic guitar with a simple melody. Tom encouraged me to develop it and gave me some pointers along the way. While he worked on Soft as a Stone, I was developing Hello. Once the final song structure was arrived at, Tom decided to dust off his guitar and lay down the lead on this one. Actually there wasn't a ton of dust on his guitar as he added some really cool guitar swells at the mid point of Soft as a Stone. So that rounds out the unusual aspects of this latest, almost done tune.

I will post here as soon as the song is available at the website.

Bounce CD

The new MP3 player for DT's second CD called Bounce is up and running here.
It has the songs in the order that they will appear on the CD but these are not the mastered versions of the songs. We are planning to release the CD in the fall of 2010.

Soft as a Stone

DT has a new song (finished late February) called Soft as a Stone.

Distant Towers south

is there anybody out there???? oh well, no matter, I'll pretend there is.

The Distant Towers south studio upgrade is complete. Not completely tweaked in but complete. The studio now sports the following...
--New quad core PC with two flat screen monitors, 500 GB main HD and 1 TB second HD
--New KRK Rokit RP8 monitors with an RP10S subwoofer
--M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R audio interface, rack mounted
--Furman power conditioner/rack mounted outlet strip
--Samson monitor stands
--Addictive Drummer
--Various cables, mic stands, etc.

Well, guess it doesn't sound like a lot but what it is a brand new studio with this new equipment. All the instruments and mics are hooked up and all levels are controlled from the M-Audio interface. It allows us to lay down live jam tracks and the quality is good enough to allow us to work on songs in the studio together and then work on overdubs later. Not that we are trying to move to a more traditional studio work ethic but we like having the capability to do it when it suits us. Also the latency for the Addictive Drummer is so miminal that Robbie can now play the Yamaha kit while listening to the AD sounds. That was a big and pleasant surprise.

0403, latest song by Distant Towers

0403, the new tune is available for listening here..

0403

Distant Towers south, studio upgrades

Well the first of the "goodies" has arrived at the southern studio of Distant Towers. New KRK RP8 monitors, Samson monitor stands and an M-Audio Ultra 8 USB interface.

I am still awaiting the KRK subwoofer, my rack mount equipment case and a new PC.

We hope to be up and running by February 1st with all the new equipment.

Also, a new DT tune is only days away........oh me!

Title of forthcoming Distant Towers CD

The name of the second CD from Distant Towers is "Bounce". The CD is due to be released in the fall of 2010. More news to come on that subject this summer.

Distant Towers on Red Black Dead

Distant Towers was interviewed on January 7th on the Internet radio show, Red Black Dead. It was the first live RBD broadcast and we were honored to be on the show. You can catch the rebroadcast of the show here


Many thanks to Nick Manic, Rich Sigfrit, Smoothy and homeless/doppleganger Tyler McManus for their support of Distant Towers.

Rock on Red Black Dead!!!

Distant Towers debut blog post

Welcome to the new Distant Towers blog spot. Here you will find posts from the members of Distant Towers.

Thanks for stopping in. We hope you will come back often and see the goings on in Distant Tower's world.