Interview with Karen Rustad

Karen after finishing her backing vocals. The screenshot for the video is priceless. That's what you get for making funny faces, Karen :)

 

Transcript:

Nelson: Karen Rustad, you've just finished recording all of your vocals for the Stay Awake album. How does it feel?

Karen: Uhhhhhheehhhhhhhhh [Karen fakes dying]

Nelson: Speak words, woman.

Karen: :P Nah, it's good. I'm glad we got it done in time - barely. I'm happy with the new harmonies we were able to add on, maybe. We'll see... It's something different!

Nelson: Alright. And what was your favorite song to record?

Karen: Probably Contained. It was easy. And, sounds good as ever.

Nelson: OK, least favorite?

Karen: Break Free took too long! Ohmigod! I think it'll sound really cool, but it took *forever*, and I had problems with pitch, until I realized that it's a lot easier if you only cover one ear.

Nelson: Interesting. So just having one ear outside the headphones...

Karen: Yeah, even though you have a monitor feeding it back to you, for some reason it's a lot easier if I hear my voice for real, rather than it being broadcast back. A lot easier for me to adjust.

Nelson: OK! And how do you think the album is coming?

Karen: I think it's coming really good! This is wayyy better-sounding than the previous attempt. And I expect it's going to be really playable and I hope that it gets lots of interwebs attention :D

Nelson: Alright, well, thank you :)

Done