by Rusty Stevens | May 11, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste
It felt like we had captured lightning in a bottle. Maybe even “white lightning” in a bottle, as the music and playing together were intoxicating—but obviously not tequila-intoxicating. I went back home and couldn’t sleep because my mind was working hard. I had all...
by Rusty Stevens | May 12, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste
We dug in hard, and everyone came together to put forth their best effort in order for us to rehearse as much as we could before this show. We didn’t play all of the new songs at Oktoberfest because we still needed to finish crafting a few of them. One song in...
by Rusty Stevens | May 15, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste
I started a security and audio/video company in 2002, and part of my hiatus from music was when I was taking time to build the business. I got a call from one of my local musician friends, Mike Mitschele, who had just closed on his first house and was putting in a...
by Rusty Stevens | May 16, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste
The studio can be brutal, man. I mean, it is hard-ass work. I’m not comparing it to some of the hardest physical labor jobs on the planet, but emotionally, it is not for the weak. Hell, I got fired off of one of the first songs we tried to record by the fucking...
by Rusty Stevens | May 17, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste
We had a GREAT time Friday, and Chip and I were jacked up like two little kids leaving grandma’s house full of candy bars and cake. It was fucking wonderful, and we fell in love with the process set forth by both producers. I told my wife, Julie, that she really...