stinky mic stands
Last night we went through 4 or 5 songs and discussed recording options... little bells and whistles (literally) that we'd like to hear and add onto the songs. "Twister", "Only Love", "Superdave", "Everything To Me" seem really ready to go and will probably be recorded pretty straight. "Sleeping With The Emily", "Suddenly" were worked on with a few questions - how to approach a chorus, endings... "Pretty Soon Now" was banged through... which was really fun. I love this song so much.
We ran the snake for the microphones and miked the drum kit and moved the bass amp into a side room... it will be a challenge to get good seperation from the bass & drums while still getting that "feel" that we think might have been missing in the previous album. The interaction between the bassist & drummer is critical to a good groove and we don't want to sacrafice that on the altar of seperation...
The mike stands were stinky... they had been left out in the moist air a few days and had rusted a little bit... *shudder*
I made data DVDs of our past year's recorded rehearsals for everyone - 4 gigs of mp3s of us working on songs for this album. The current line-up has been working on this for exactly one year - Jim rejoined the band in the first week of October '04. It was interested going back and looking at our growth. Somethings dramatically improved, some were locked in from back in day one. I know we're a much better band than the one that went to the recording studio back in July of 2002. These songs blow most of the first album away. We're playing better than ever...
Gotta go - breakfast to make.
- Dave
We ran the snake for the microphones and miked the drum kit and moved the bass amp into a side room... it will be a challenge to get good seperation from the bass & drums while still getting that "feel" that we think might have been missing in the previous album. The interaction between the bassist & drummer is critical to a good groove and we don't want to sacrafice that on the altar of seperation...
The mike stands were stinky... they had been left out in the moist air a few days and had rusted a little bit... *shudder*
I made data DVDs of our past year's recorded rehearsals for everyone - 4 gigs of mp3s of us working on songs for this album. The current line-up has been working on this for exactly one year - Jim rejoined the band in the first week of October '04. It was interested going back and looking at our growth. Somethings dramatically improved, some were locked in from back in day one. I know we're a much better band than the one that went to the recording studio back in July of 2002. These songs blow most of the first album away. We're playing better than ever...
Gotta go - breakfast to make.
- Dave
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Stinky mic stands? No pity fo' you! To get separation between bass and drum, buy a ticket for the guy that holds the bass and send him and said bass to Alabama. It's not like bass is important or anything...
I am sitting here rating your guitar solos. Know that. You had better not "weernt-now" or you'll be cursed forever.... You get brownie points for not being afraid to tap.
Go eat a dung bag and have some DC. Keep up the most excellent work.
The Eggs Emily
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3:02 PM
Well said... I think.
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