Welcome Jon!
Terrain welcomes Jon Sterngold on lead guitar! Jon comes to us with a great deal of experience and a big bag of tricks. He’s livened up the practice sessions and filled out our sound and the effects are shakin’ the house. With “High Sierra” out in the real world, we are now working on new material with Jon as a contributor. We are really looking forward to sharing our new songs very soon!
High Sierra Mastering Completed!
Michael has finished the mastering on High Sierra. The 14-song production is completed, and off to the presses. The official release date is now set for April 17. In the meantime, you may download a copy from BandCamp here:
High Sierra Cover Image
We’re in the studio approaching final mastering for the new album. We want to share wth you the beautiful cover image, painted by Faith Rumm (https://faithrumm.com) 
Approaching Sunrise
Michael is now finishing up the production on “Sunrise.” This little song was in production when things got crazy last summer. We were pleased when we got back to work to find its basic tracks sounding pretty good, with only a very few modifications required. Jeff learned a bit more on the wood flute, so we re-did that, and Michael got excited about an idea he had for guitar. It’s a simple little song, kind of Terrain-Lite. At the same time we are now working on basic tracks for the next one, “As Far As I Can See.” New guitarist JB is bringing in lots of energy and dedication, and progress is steady. We feel like we are back on track! Be on the lookout for “Sunrise” very very soon!
Late Night at Studio M
Not the most flattering pic ever now is it? Well, it was late. Jeff and Michael working overtime after a full band session. We revived the wood flute for some bits in “Sunrise.” This is a song we were working on completing last summer just about the time $#^t hit the fan. We are settling back into a routine now, and see completion of this unassuming little song is just around the corner. The full band is running through the next songs with gusto. “As Far As I Can See” is one you’ve been hearing about here recently. New guitarist JB is infusing the solo on that one with his own style and it’s coming along pretty well. Yes! I did say new guitarist. Our good friend Nick has relocated to Florida, making it damn hard to handle studio time and gigs in California. JB has jumped in with both feet, already making contributions. We will tell you a little more about him in the coming weeks.
See The Light!
Another great band session this past Wednesday night. We are seeing some light at the end of our tunnel and really it’s not the headlight of an oncoming locomotive! As of our last demo release (scary long time ago!), we had completed half the planned tracks for High Sierra, with 3 of the remaining 7 already in production. The final four still had some question marks. Well we had a blast working through these this week. Michael introduced several changes to the uptempo “Guitar Lake” that sounded pretty hot. We spent a good chunk of time on the waltzy “High Mountain Meadows” going through it enough times to make sure Jeff knows the words and for the most part is on key. Pretty sure now we won’t complete this project before the end of 2015. BUT! We are seeing daylight! Thanks for staying tuned in!
On to the next…
Sorry for the long silence. It has been crazier than you know this past few months. We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. We are just happy to put 2015 behind us and we are ready to move on. Just before Christmas, the band got back to Studio M for the first time in many moons. We spent some time working through the changes to two upcoming songs, “As Far As I Can See” and “The Range of Light.” Range is an instrumental track that we’ve been working on for ages without ever taming. The changes we introduced are a very nice fit! We are likely gonna start the recording process for this one pretty soon.
We’re Number One!
WOW! Terrain is NUMBER ONE in Santa Rosa at ReverbNation today!
Thanks for listening to our new song “Storms in the Palisades!”