Terminal Lucidity (Nothing's Over)
Sometime around the Oxbow session my friendship with Erin grew into a romantic relationship, which shifted the chemistry of the band. From Taiyp's perspective, I imagine, it felt like 'the couple' against him - I know from my perspective the dynamcis started to feel that way. Erin and I were also in Ataraxis, which was gearing up for it's final shows, and unfortunately put Short Wave on the back burner.
Things get fuzzy around this time, but by the time fall had rolled around we had lost touch with Taiyo, and Erin and I were dealing with our on-and-off again relationship dynamic.
Without Taiyo, with other aspects of life taking priority, Short Wave felt doomed. I decided to transfer from URI to Columbia College in Chicago which solidified the fate of the band.
Nothing's Over (2005 demo)
Recorded in the fall of 2005 when Erin and I had a falling out, Taiyo was no where to be found, and my world had a sense of impending doom. I returned to my roots and made this demo on a four track Tascam reel to reel, playing all the instruments myself.
[above: photographs from the January 2006 recording session]
The Last Gasp: January 2006 recording session
When winter break came around there was a reuinion of sorts. Friends were temporarily in town, visiting from their respective universities in Flordia, Virginia, Chicago and Louisianna Knowing I too would soon be leaving for Chicago, I asked some them to help me out on one last session.
The January session featured Bryan Cole on electric guitar, Neil Hodge on electric piano, Brian Welesko on drums, and Erin LaNinfa on bass. I played guitar. We recorded a three songs: Vaccination, Nothing's Over, and Fortunately Gone.
I burned the sessions to CD-Rs with the intention of finishing the vocals when I arrived in Chicago.
Vaccination (take 3, instrumental)
From the January 2006 session. Intended to complete vocal overdubs after my arrival in Chicago (never happened).
Personnel: Andrew Davis (guitar, left), Bryan Cole (guitar, right), Erin LaNinfa (bass), Brian Welesko (drums).
When I found myself in Chicago a month later the idea of working with sessions for a dying/dead band did not appeal to me, and they were never finished. Instead I set to work writing new material, seeing a part of the world that new to me and absorbing as much new music as I could.
Brian Welesko was also a student at Columbia and we spent a lot of time playing Risk, sharing new artists we'd discover. I spent a lot of time scheming my next musical project, and Brian was kind enough to be my sounding board. I waxed poetic for the 'Phase One' version of Short Wave and he encouraged me to follow that passion if that's what I was thinking about - to not waste my time at school and dedicate myself to music if that's what I wanted.Believe it or not, it was good advice, even if it didn't happen that way. He encouraged me to listen to myself.
When we both visited home for spring break we spent an evening in my home studio and cut one last 'Short Wave' demo, which was called 'Corporatized.' It would later be re-recorded with Green Bean as 'Something to Mourn.'