Originally published in Dream Theater · July 1997
Falling Into Infinity Studio Log (June–July, 1997)
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Monday, 6/02/97
Setup and get sounds
Tuesday, 6/03/97
You Not Me
Basic tracks
Wednesday, 6/04/97
You Not Me
Guitar, bass and keyboard overdubs
Burning My Soul
Basic tracks
Thursday, 6/05/97
Burning My Soul
Guitar, bass, and keyboard fixes
Lay down several rough vox
Friday, 6/06/97
Lines In The Sand
Basic tracks
Monday, 6/09/97
Lines In The Sand
Record keyboard solos and band intro
Miscellaneous guitar and keyboard overdubs
Tuesday, 6/10/97
Lines In The Sand
Bass tracks
More miscellaneous guitar and keyboard overdubs
Wednesday, 6/11/97
Hollow Years
Basic tracks
Keyboard overdubs
Acoustic guitars
Thursday, 6/12/97
Hollow Years
Piano overdubs
Edge and 12 String guitar
Classical / Guitar solo
Fretless / Bass
Friday, 6/13/97
Hollow Years
Vox
JP and MP background vox
Percussion (shaker, crashes, marching snare and tambourine)
Saturday, 6/14/97
Hollow Years
Redo classical guitar solo
Mix
Monday, 6/16/97
Take Away My Pain
Record basic tracks
Tuesday, 6/17/97
Take Away My Pain
Stick overdubs on verses
Small kit overdubs
Space guitar overdubs
Hawaiian keyboard overdubs
Bass overdubs on chorus
Wednesday, 6/18/97
Take Away My Pain
Heavy guitars
12 string acoustic guitars
Percussion (shaker, maraca, triangle, Phil Collins toms)
U2 guitars
More bass
Keyboards on bridge
Thursday, 6/19/97
Take Away My Pain
Guitar solo
Vox
Burning My Soul
Vox
Background vox (MP, JP, DS)
Friday, 6/20/97
You Not Me
Vox
Work on changing key on chorus
Monday, 6/23/97
You Not Me (new chorus)
Re-record guitar, bass, and keyboards
Re-record vox
Percussion (shaker and maraca)
Tuesday, 6/24/97
You Not Me
Backup vox (JL)
Background vox (MP, JP, DS)
More percussion (tambourine and vibraslap)
Wednesday, 6/25/97
Burning My Soul
Record talk box guitar and keys
Record MP whisper
James re-records some vox
Background vox (MP, JP, DS)
Thursday, 6/26/97
Lines In The Sand
Guitar solo
Friday, 6/27/97
Lines In The Sand
Finish guitar solo
All lead vox
Extra keyboards (organ, lead sound, lava)
Additional guitar and bass overdubs
Monday, 6/30/97
Just Let Me Breathe
Record basics
Guitar overdubs
Tuesday, 7/01/97
Just Let Me Breathe
Bass and keyboard overdubs
Guitar and keyboard unison section (note by note)
Drum intro overdubs
Vox
Wednesday, 7/02/97
Peruvian Skies
Record basics
Rhodes piano
Heavy guitars
Thursday, 7/03/97
Peruvian Skies
12 String guitars
Clean guitars
Guitar solo
Mellotron
Bass
Saturday, 7/05/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Burning My Soul”
Sunday, 7/06/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “You Not Me”
Monday, 7/07/97
Mastering on “Burning My Soul”, “You Not Me”, and “Hollow Years”
Just Let Me Breathe
MP and JP background vox
Kevin Shirley mixes “Just Let Me Breathe”
Peruvian Skies
Re-record guitar solo
Tuesday, 7/08/97
Mastering on “Just Let Me Breathe”
New Millennium
Basic tracks
Wednesday, 7/09/97
Lines In The Sand
Record Lifeson guitars
Background vox (MP, JP, DS)
Thursday, 7/10/97 (Doug Pinnick)
Peruvian Skies
Acoustic guitars
Wah guitars on choruses
Lines In The Sand
Doug Pinnick vox
Background vox (JL)
Record keyboards (strings)
Friday, 7/11/97
Peruvian Skies
Record fretless bass
Vocals, lead and backup (JL)
Background vox (MP, JP)
Six string acoustic
Saturday, 7/12/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Lines In The Sand”
Sunday, 7/13/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Peruvian Skies”
Monday, 7/14/97
Mastering for “Lines In The Sand” and “Peruvian Skies”
Take Away My Pain
Vox harmonies
Tuesday, 7/15/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Take Away My Pain”
New Millennium
Keyboard overdubs
Stick overdubs
Wednesday, 7/16/97
Master “Take Away My Pain”
Thursday, 7/17/97
New Millennium
Guitar overdubs
Anna Lee
Record basics
Friday, 7/18/97
Redo vocals on “Hollow Years”
Re-cut guitar, bass and piano on “Anna Lee”
Saturday, 7/19/97
Remix “Hollow Years”
Monday, 7/21/97
Anna Lee
Keyboards (organ, strings, mellotron)
Leslie guitar
Percussion (tambourine, fan)
Tuesday, 7/22/97
New Millennium
Finish guitars
Anna Lee
Vox
Wednesday, 7/23/97
Trial Of Tears
Basic tracks
Thursday, 7/24/97
Trial Of Tears
Bass
Keyboards / Lead
Acoustic guitars
Friday, 7/25/97
Hell’s Kitchen
Record basics
Saturday, 7/26/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Anna Lee”
Sunday, 7/27/97
Trial Of Tears
Vox
Monday, 7/28/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “New Millennium”
Tuesday, 7/29/97
Kevin Shirley mixes “Trial Of Tears” and “Hell’s Kitchen”
Wednesday, 7/30/97
Master, sequence and deliver “Falling Into Infinity”