Day 220: Resa

We will have seen Resa by the time you read this.

It's hard for me. It's hard for me to get into a band by listening to its myspace. And yet it has happened, for the first time this year, with Resa. Wow, their myspace is bad. The colors are worse than ours used to be. But their music did it for me today.

When I listened to them in mono.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me esplain. Okay, yes, I'll do it. I have some speakers by my desk that I listen to music on. They're pretty big and far apart. I mixed both of our albums on them. Anyway, I have a mono button next to my computer. When you push it, it combines the left and right sound into one sound. It gets rid of that wide stereo sound and makes it sound like how it would sound if you were hearing it out of an old truck - with one speaker. Or, it's kind of like black and white instead of color.

Resa sounded way better in mono for some reason. It's not logical. Isn't that wide, huge stereo sound supposed to be...awesome? I would try it every so often during their songs just to make sure. Nope. I think it's because their music fills up one speaker perfectly. You don't want all that detail with them. In stereo, I feel like I'm examining the drums scrupulously, noticing the guitars that you're not supposed to notice.

Great stuff, Resa. Very real, no fluff here.

A few examples of songs in mono:

Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Tired of Being Alone - Al Green

Maybe I'm not the first person to have said all this. But I might be the first person YOU know who said all this.

Update: went to see Resa tonight with Fictionist and they made the live connection. Resa's lead singer even looks awesome, especially on the high notes. Plus they were all genuine guys to meet.