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Friday, January 28, 2011

Robot has recording process down to a science

By Adrian Gomez
Journal Staff Writer
          Dandee Fleming and Jim Phillips know how to make music fun.
        The two are members of Albuquerque-based band Lousy Robot, which is releasing its new album, "Hail the Conquering Fool."
        Fleming said the band worked hard on this release and took its time in getting the songs right.
   

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    "There were times when we were recording that a song was ripped apart," he said. "And the focus of the song became a 10-second guitar riff."
        But those are the hurdles that the band has been jumping since its inception in 2003. Phillips said the band started as a social experiment that stuck.
        "We were all in different bands and we began to play," he said. "We worked well together, and the rest is history."
        Over the course of the past eight years, Lousy Robot has flirted with mainstream success.
        The band's music has been licensed to channels like MTV, The Travel Channel, HGTV, Bravo, Animal Planet and the current online series "The Scare Game."
        "The licensing process we kind of fell into on accident," Fleming said. "Somebody liked our music and passed it along. A little while later, we heard it on TV and thought that this could be a good avenue. It's been a good outlet for us."
        While the band routinely keeps pursuing TV gigs, it was its third album that got a lot of love from the band.
        Fleming and Phillips agreed that the band built the record like they were using Lego blocks.
        "Nothing was permanent," Phillips said. "It could all be removed at any point in order to get to our goal."
        With that sensibility and awareness, Fleming said, the band was able to reach a new height with its music.
        "It's always difficult to set parameters, especially when it comes to music," Fleming said. "If we limit ourselves, we only get what we're allowed. If there are no limits, then the possibilities are endless and all the pieces can fall where they may."
        Fleming said the band has found itself in a new chapter and is looking forward to having people hear the new record.
        "You never really know how anything is going to be received," he said. "But we had fun making the album and it represents who we are as a band now."
   

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