Adam, clearly calm (before he started recording).  Partaking in a little XBox 360 while the drum mic placement is underway.

Joe, also pre-recording.  Pictured here with the sh-t eating grin only Joe can produce when beating someone else severely in Fight Night Round 3.

Adam getting ready to start recording on the drums.

Adam in action.  Never before has his drumming been so closely listened to.

Leif laying down some of the "scratch" vocals and guitar, pictured here with a beautiful new Martin D-28.

Adam and Kenny on the famous couch (pictured numerous times here).  Note the smiles and optimism that are common early in the sessions.

Leif and Joe pictured here between scratch tracks and answering Adam's accusing index finger.

Adam, just as he is about to put the accusing index finger away.

Kenny on the couch.  Just so d*mn photogenic.

Nick doing scratch vocal and guitar work, pictured here with a beautiful well aged Martin D-28.

Joe, making sweet sexy love music on a Fender bass guitar.

Leif responding to another request to redo a take.

Joe, pictured here as his expression is changing from bemused to "you'd better put that @%# camera away".

Craig, pictured here with his agent and sound consultant (son Cameron).

Adam, Kenny and Nick offering up well thought out and meaningful input to the recording process.... NOT.

Nick (aka Nicky-tips) pictured here in his "before" shot for the upcoming Weight Watchers advertisement.

Adam and Joe at about 12:30 AM on Tuesday.  Clearly the studio romance has worn off to pure fatigue.

Kenny raptly paying attention to the way the song "speaks to him"

Adam, Leif and (visitor) Alex getting some quality time together on the famous couch.

Leif getting dual mics set up for the real guitar track recording.  Pictured here with Bryan (the studio owner) hard at work.

Nick, playing some lead work, pictured here playing an Ibanez S-470-BK (and a T-Shirt displaying an unrealistic sense of optimism about his playing).

Nick, playing more lead work.  Is that a Pentatonic scale again?

Kenny giving his best "I'm just too sexy" look.

Kenny with his sax in hand.  Go figure.

Leif getting set up to do some violin work.

Leif, again asking how many more takes will actually be necessary here.

Joe and Leif, now delirious, unable to distinguish night from day in the enclosed studio sound booth.

Joe on the couch, sunglasses in hand, wondering when the heck we're leaving for lunch.

Joe as he realizes the answer to "when are we leaving for lunch?" is "not anytime soon."

Leif, pictured here recovering from a slight fever the previous day.  At this point, his voice is completely gone.

Joe, Leif and Adam, pictured here late at night wondering if the purpose of recording your songs is to make yourself hate them gradually.

In a moment of "blind" rage, Leif reaches out to give Joe what everybody thinks he has coming.

Moments later, rage subsided, Joe, Leif and Adam have a moment of band chemistry, complete with secret Italian hand signs.

Leif and Adam, listening to playbacks for errors (something we spent a good amount of time doing).

Bryan, studio owner pictured here doing what he does best.  No jokes, he worked harder than any of us, the whole week.

A typical band moment.  Adam (the victim) in horror, as Kenny (the witness) laughs uncontrollably, while Joe (always the victimizer) swings a foot Adam's way.

Kenny and Leif on the famous couch.

Shaker, Take 2 - Adam takes first dibs at trying to re-lay some shaker work that was not quite on the first time.

Shaker, Take 3 - Adam having failed (a drummer), Joe steps in for a try.

Shaker, Take 4 - Both Adam and Joe having failed now, Kenny steps in and tries it.

Shaker, Take 5 - At this point, Adam, Joe and Kenny have failed.  Unwilling to let Nick even attempt it, Leif steps in and takes charge of the shaker.

Leif pictured here listening as some of his keyboard work MIDI playback is reviewed.

Craig, Cameron, and Joe re-enacting the "to the band!" moment on the CD.

The band against the control room backdrop.

The band (except Craig who is holding the camera) pictured with Bryan at the end of the week.  Thanks again Bryan!