Forever Fades Away
Forever Fades Away spent most of Saturday hanging out at the O Zone Lair this past weekend. Overall the session was successful, a little unprepared and a few milestones to overcome but they did it and we laid down some excellent tracks.
They were prompt showing up, didn't have much gear with them as they didn't have much storage room in their vehicles, but we have some gear in the studio that they used and worked out really great. I was not even aware that my Peavy 2x12 could sound so huge on record but it was a nice surprise. Also we played out the night before as 13 Day Mission and somehow lost the clutch for the hi-hat and they had to go pick one up before we could record. I enjoyed recording our gear with other people playing it getting different sounds from it.
We tracked the drums almost as soon as they returned with the clutch. The drummer really knocked it out and laid down a solid drum track. Afterwards the bass was laid down with about 3 takes, rhythm guitar was also laid down very fast, Sean is an excellent musician and knew exactly what he wanted to do. A couple more guitar layers and the instruments were done. Total of maybe 2-3 hours of actual recording of instruments, 1-2 hours of prep including getting a new clutch.
This was my first time recording female and male vocals over rock music which I was excited about, unfortunately the vocals were not prepared before coming to the studio which made tracking a lot slower. They spent some time writing and re-writing lyrics before we got started. Once she entered the booth and we started laying down tracks, everyone had an opinion on how she should sing and what she should sing and when, several people going in and out of the booth giving advice, etc. etc. All the ideas were good but this is the easiest way to stress out a vocalist which es no bueno if you want solid tracks. But we worked through it and I feel we have some really great vocal tracks to work with, I'll be able to make this song sound very good.
Sound clips will be posted soon on the music page.
Drum - Pearl Export series
- 2 DR-HX1 condensers overhead
- 2 DR-STX1 under toms
- 1 DR-KX1 kick drum mic
- 1 M-Audio condenser on the snare/hi hat
Bass - Ampeg SVT head/Avatar 2x10 - MusicMan
- SM58
- Direct Line
Rhythm Guitar - Peavy Ranger 2x12/PRS
- SM58
- 1 M-Audio condenser
Lead Guitar - Custome Goodsell head/Vox 2x12 - Standard Strat
- SM58
- 1 M-Audio condenser
They were prompt showing up, didn't have much gear with them as they didn't have much storage room in their vehicles, but we have some gear in the studio that they used and worked out really great. I was not even aware that my Peavy 2x12 could sound so huge on record but it was a nice surprise. Also we played out the night before as 13 Day Mission and somehow lost the clutch for the hi-hat and they had to go pick one up before we could record. I enjoyed recording our gear with other people playing it getting different sounds from it.
We tracked the drums almost as soon as they returned with the clutch. The drummer really knocked it out and laid down a solid drum track. Afterwards the bass was laid down with about 3 takes, rhythm guitar was also laid down very fast, Sean is an excellent musician and knew exactly what he wanted to do. A couple more guitar layers and the instruments were done. Total of maybe 2-3 hours of actual recording of instruments, 1-2 hours of prep including getting a new clutch.
This was my first time recording female and male vocals over rock music which I was excited about, unfortunately the vocals were not prepared before coming to the studio which made tracking a lot slower. They spent some time writing and re-writing lyrics before we got started. Once she entered the booth and we started laying down tracks, everyone had an opinion on how she should sing and what she should sing and when, several people going in and out of the booth giving advice, etc. etc. All the ideas were good but this is the easiest way to stress out a vocalist which es no bueno if you want solid tracks. But we worked through it and I feel we have some really great vocal tracks to work with, I'll be able to make this song sound very good.
Sound clips will be posted soon on the music page.
Drum - Pearl Export series
- 2 DR-HX1 condensers overhead
- 2 DR-STX1 under toms
- 1 DR-KX1 kick drum mic
- 1 M-Audio condenser on the snare/hi hat
Bass - Ampeg SVT head/Avatar 2x10 - MusicMan
- SM58
- Direct Line
Rhythm Guitar - Peavy Ranger 2x12/PRS
- SM58
- 1 M-Audio condenser
Lead Guitar - Custome Goodsell head/Vox 2x12 - Standard Strat
- SM58
- 1 M-Audio condenser
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