Third, Ty took the tapes to his Alien Bean Studios in Houston, finished his guitar parts, did all the vocals and assorted percussion, mixed and mastered it, and three weeks later, Platypus took its first steps. Ty looks back at the sessions with fondness. It was a total pleasure working with all of them because everybody was really professional in the studio, really disciplined about learning and writing and practicing, and everybody had high expectations, which helps drive each other to do our best. We all got along really great. And it is always fun to watch Rod play.
Rod is just a blast.
He's a nice guy and he is fun to watch. Most of the time when we were recording I would watch him and not even pay attention to my cheat sheets with all my guitar parts written out. John Myung seconds those sentiments. Most of Rod's performances are first takes. It was amazing working with Rod because we got to see a true professional tracking and recording.