YEAR OF THE OWL (Alex Rudinger & Francesco Artusato)

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Artist: Year Of The Owl
Song: Year Of The Owl

Hey ya'll (Rudi here)! #YearOfTheOwl is a new lil' side project Fran & I are doin'. Personally, I really hate self-titled albums (I like it better when albums have THEIR OWN title... What can I say, ya'll. I just think S/T album titles are lame). So instead of making the first ALBUM self-titled, I suggested just naming the first SINGLE the project title. & Boom, here it is: YEAR OF THE OWL.

We're basically just gonna write / record some songs whenever we feel like it, have em' professionally mixed / mastered, & release em' one (or a couple) at a time on Spotify / AppleMusic / all streaming platforms. Eventually, once we have enough songs, we'll surely re-release them as an entire album too. But this just seemed like a fun change of pace / more 'modern' approach to writing & releasing music (at least, relative to what we're both used to doing!). No writing a full album at once & stressing out, trying to prepare a full release in one go. No label or anything. Just self-releasing songs as we write them, adding em' online so they're accessible, & of course - probably filming video of the recording (like we've done for this one here!). I.e., the point is to just have fun writing / recording some rad instrumental tunes, with no stress.

Mix / Master was done by Declan White. Declan's a PHENOMENAL engineer based in Australia (he's also mixed the vast majority of my drum videos in recent years), & we're thrilled with the job he's done. We'll surely be asking him to mix / master the songs to come, too.

Special thanks to #TAMA / #IBANEZ !!! For those that don't know, Tama & Ibanez are sibling companies - under the Hoshino umbrella. Fran & I have both worked with Ibanez / Tama (respectively) for years now, & we have great relationships with them. They're the best people, makin' the best gear. Shoutout to my Tama rep, Sam, & Fran's Ibanez rep, Mike, for letting him use their L.A. facility & cameras for the guitar filming.

Drums were recorded in my basement in Maryland (obviously), & the video was edited by myself! Was a fun one to edit, too!
 
& for the nerds out there, here're the GEAR SPECS (guitar & drums!):

IBANEZ QX527PB (in Antique Brown Stained)

LANEY IRT120H
ERNIE BALL Strings
DUNLOP Guitar Picks

TAMA DRUMS: Tama STAR Maple (in Smoky Black)

10x6.5
12x7
14x11
16x13
18x15
20x16
14x6.5 Re-Issue Bell Brass Snare Drum

MEINL CYMBALS (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit):

18" Pure Alloy Custom Medium/Thin Crash
14" Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats
12" Classics Custom Trash Splash
10" Classics Custom Extreme Metal Splash
10" Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats
19" Pure Alloy Custom Medium/Thin Crash
20" Byzance Traditional China
21" Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride

EVANS DRUMHEADS: 

Snare - Coated UV2 (batter), Snareside300 (Reso)
Toms - Clear G2 (batter), Clear G1 (Reso)
Kick - Clear EQ4 (batter), Coated Tama Logo Head w/ Port (Reso)

If you dig the song, please add / follow the band on your favorite streaming platform, & stay tuned for more music! As always, thanks for watching & much love!