Category: Recording

As some of you know, the recording session orange is in had been planning for months was cancelled about an hour before we were supposed to set up. As a result, we made the determination that we could afford to record at Sugar Hill Studios, the place we were going to mix anyway. I met today with Josh Applebee and… Read more →

My band orange is in goes into the studio this weekend to lay down tracks for our first full-length CD. We’re tracking drums, bass and, hopefully, acoustic guitar Saturday and Sunday with setup Friday night. I’m looking forward to doing this and hearing the end result. We’re expecting the entire process to require three studios, one mastering room and probably… Read more →

For the past 4 or 5 months, we have been recording our rehersals and gigs for both bands using a setup I put together and it has been very beneficial for everyone. Not only does it give us “work tapes” (in this case, CD’s) but it helps to show our progress. When I listen back to live or rehersal recordings… Read more →

As I have mentioned before, my band, orange is in, just completed its first six-song CD entitled Snacks. Our release party is this Friday, October 29 and we just got the artwork complete today so I thought I’d post it. Enjoy! Read more →

After a couple months of delays, we got back to finishing up the first EP for orange is in, entitled “Snacks.” Yesterday represented the final day of recording, thankfully. Recording Snacks has been an interesting experience. Just like the EP for Slapshifter, demo-lition, it was all recorded in my guitar player’s studio. And, like Slapshifter, Chris did a great job… Read more →

I spent about 4 1/2 hours today with Chris working on mixes for the Slapshfiter demo. Things are definitely coming together. I have to be honest and say that there are moments where I honestly wish we would’ve taken less time on this demo than we did. In many ways, it feels a lot more like a record than a… Read more →

Chris and I got together today to work on guitar tracks for both bands. He got some great tracks together, but it takes a long time to get them… We recorded his Mesa Boggie 50 watt combo and 1×12 extension speaker with a Sennheiser mic built just for guitar and the Rode NT2. We got great sounds out of them.… Read more →

Spent about 3 hours or so in the studio yesterday tracking more acoustic guitars with Peter. Had a good day of recording and reflecting on some changes that need to be made… Unfortunately, one of those changes is replacing the drums on one track. It isn’t that the performance was terrible or that we couldn’t probably fix it with some… Read more →

Since I started playing in bands years ago, there has always been the need to make “work tapes” during rehearsals. Normally, you just use some crappy little cassette player and lived with the horror… But, I think I’ve found a better way. George (the singer in orange is in) has a nice CD burner with XLR (mic cable) jacks on… Read more →

I knocked out the remaining bass tracks for the orange is in demo yesterday and we got about halfway through the acoustic tracks for Peter’s project… Overall, a good day of recording. Finished off the orange is in bass tracks. They came out really well thanks, in part, to Chris who came up with a great idea for one of… Read more →