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little bit behind the drums?

Did you see...

Did you notice that?

I think there's some problems

with the drums, to be honest.

The bass was

a little behind it.

It seems like the drums

were dropping

a little bit, you know?

Some parts of those fills

kinda sounded like

you fell down the stairs

a little bit.

Well, that was sort of,

you know, syncopation.

You ever hear of syncopation?

Right, right.

You know, the main thing-

tell me if I'm wrong Oz...

but as long as the drums are

correct, this is a good take?

You don't think that you guys could

just dub your parts over the top?

I don't think

it's us guys.

This is our first record. This is

the first song on the first record.

We gotta make a statement.

You know what, Gordo?

We open up that door,

we gotta make that statement.

You know what?

You only make

your first record once.

Yeah!

Are you goin' to Burning man?

You guys ready

for playback?

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning man?

It's like a salad, man.

If we have all the pieces

of the salad,

and they go together, and

it gives you one flavor?

Yeah.

If you take, like...

If you take a cucumber out

and just eat it alone,

it doesn't taste

like a salad.

So when we're not

playing together,

and it's all perfect together,

then, you know...

But the drums are like

the lettuce of the salad.

Yeah, was the lettuce good?

And if the lettuce isn't good-

No.

Hey, it's, uh, day four.

And we've been recording

Burning Man

for about three days now,

which- I know that seems

like a long time,

but if you think about it,

the actual event Burning Man,

it's... it's a week.

It's seven days.

So from that perspective,

we are actually

ahead of the game.

It feels good!

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning man?

That was rad.

I think we got it.

What was that?

Did you hear that?

No. What was that?

That!

What?

What, that!

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning man?

What the hell's that? What

the hell's all that sh*t?

Are you goin'

to Burning Man?

Aw, that was the take!

Dude, that was

the f***ing Jam, dude!

And that wasn't the bass.

What are you talking about?

The bass is f***ing

all f***ed up, dude!

Yeah, the bass

has noise on it.

I'm sorry, it's going

to have to be redone.

What the f***, dude?

There's nothing we can do?

Wait a minute,

we can't just dub it?

Because I know the bass

was a little behind.

Yeah, it was behind.

What?

No, you'd have to do the whole

thing again, unfortunately.

What? The bass wasn't

f***ing behind, man.

What are you f***ing guys

talking about?

Just cause some f***ing

mic cable goes out,

you f***ing

blame it on me?

I got this chick over here taking

pictures of me all the time.

I don't even know

who this person is

invading our space

of our studio.

Wait, dude, wait!

She's here as part

of the team.

She's documenting

what we're doing here, man.

She's here.

I don't know what

she's doing here.

What are you doing here?

Dude, you're pushing

a little too hard.

Well, who is this person? Dude,

you're pushing a little too hard.

She's in the room with us

while we're trying to play.

You're yelling at her,

you're yelling at me.

You f***ed up

the f***ing take.

You're f***ing yelling at me

right now because she's me.

What the f***, dude? She's

me. What are you saying to me?

What are you talking about?

Did she f*** up that bass line, too?

Yeah, she might've.

Yeah. What the f***, dude?

How do you know? Why can't

you bring a good bass, man?

That's a f***ing

great bass!

That's a horrible bass!

It ruined the track!

Dude, you're f***ing

sitting there

like a f***ing fat-ass walrus

saying I have a bad bass.

F*** that, dude; I don't know

why it's gotta be like that.

It's a f***ing

Vox bass, dude.

We're working here

together, you guys.

You know what, f*** you guys.

I'm going to get f***ed up.

We're working here together.

F*** that sh*t.

Dude, I'm trying, man.

Come on, now.

I'm trying.

Gordo, don't walk out.

The drums were awesome,

the drums were ripping.

The drums were killer

in that one.

I thought they sounded...

I'm outta here.

I'm taking a break.

Yeah, take a break.

F***.

When you look

at the math here,

it's four days and we still

haven't completed one track.

it's four days and we still

haven't completed one track.

You gotta go

and talk to your guys

and my deal is,

tomorrow, we don't work.

It's over.

Day off?

Day off.

We stop, collect it,

get it together.

No more bullshit.

And come day after tomorrow,

I'm going to bring in a guy,

and these guys are going

to talk to this man.

What do you mean?

A therapist.

You're going to

bring in a therapist?

Yeah.

A guy who will let these guys

learn how to communicate.

It's been suggested

a time or two

that we bring in a therapist

to... or a mediator

to various groups

that I was working with

to see if they can straighten

out some of the horse sh*t.

I do a lot of group therapy.

I've work with many

different groups

on social harmonology,

which is my field of expertise.

Great art comes about

because of tension.

I mean, you look at bands

like The Police,

those guys were,

from what I hear,

those guys were

fighting all the time,

and they made

great music.

The Everly Brothers.

I heard they didn't even

hardly talk to each other

and, you know, I couldn't

name any of their songs,

but that was great stuff.

That's the difference,

they fought each other,

but they didn't

attack each other.

And have there been

some attacks going on here?

Well, yeah.

I mean, yeah,

there has been.

Mei, yesterday,

was absolutely...

I felt like Hitler

at Waterloo yesterday.

Wow.

I was... I was-

It was actually

the day before yesterday.

I'd love to just go on

that journey with them,

from where they are

right now out here

to the studio, right up

to who knows where.

The Grammys

or the MTV Music Awards,

or whatever the kids

are, uh... you know.

I want to make a record.

You want to use my pad here?

- We agree on that.

Yes, I want to make a record.

- All right.

I think that's a big

breakthrough right there.

Don't you think?

No.

If I had a girlfriend, I wouldn't

be bringing her in, you know?

You don't see me

bringing in people.

You don't see me

bringing in my... b*tches.

What do you mean b*tches?

Well, whatever.

I'm just telling you.

Mei is not

a girlfriend, dude.

Well, l...

Mei is like...

you're saying to me,

hey, you shouldn't

bring your spleen

into the recording studio,

that's what your saying to me.

Oh, leave your lower intestine

at home; you don't need it.

That's what you're saying to

me. I think we are saying that.

You guys are just

talking silly stuff.

I'm a tolerant man,

but I've had enough of this.

Well, we'll take a...

You know what, maybe, um...

Because I'm really... I'm

sitting here, I'm ready to talk.

He bent it.

Okay. Steven?

We're here to talk.

This is going

to sound crazy,

but I've always

wanted blonde hair.

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