Twas quite a weekend. On Saturday, I went to Chris’ house to record some songs of his that we had done in our now defunct project, Slapshifter. I don’t blame Chris for wanting to get them down. They are good songs and worth having on tape..er…cd, you know what I mean. Anyway, we set up drums in the front room… Read more →
Category: Recording
Recording Notes (Rogers Recording)
Most of you know that the orange is in CD was finished up in January. I have an extensive list of posts on recording in this blog detailing this last CD and others I’ve worked on. One thing I hadn’t mentioned is that a huge chunk of the work was done at Rogers Recording, the recording and production studio of… Read more →
Just a Few More Days to Go
After five months and countless hours in the studio, the first full-length orange is in CD is almost in the books. Chris and I finished up the last recorded parts last night – a few guitars. We do some editing Sunday night and then do our last full day of mixdown on Tuesday. After that, it is one more mixdown… Read more →
More Mixdown Completed Today
Well, day 1 of the re-mixdown was a success. We did find some minor tweaks that need to be made, but nothing major at all. Day 2 was also very good but there may be a few more tweaks from today. Overall, very good mixes, but we had to mix the toughest, weirdest song of the batch today and that… Read more →
Light at the End of the Tunnel
We finished day one of our second shot at mixing the orange is in CD yesterday. What started out shaky again ended up being the best day of mixing I’ve probably ever had. Chris and I both came away incredibly happy with everything we did as the mixes for the three songs we finished are amazing. Steve Christensen at Sugar… Read more →
Two Down, Two to Go
You know, I’m not a baseball fan, but I lifted my one-game jinkx by returning to the studio tonight and the Astros won. They won every game that saw me in the studio last week, so when Monday was cancelled, I knew they were in trouble. I finished my second full day of mixing the orange is in CD and,… Read more →
Exhaustion Isn’t Just Physical
My friends have said I don’t sound good. I tend to agree. Fourty hours in a small room listening to the same songs over and over in four days will do that to you. The result is some great sounding music, but damn am I tired. I spent almost the entire week out at Chris’s last week finishing up the… Read more →
Another Great Day of Recording…Woot!
Spent most of the day Friday in the studio working on tracks for the orange is in CD, “Another Lame Semi-Tragedy.” Amy was in all day working on violin tracking and it was sounding great. It’s amazing how much the violin is a part of the overall sound of the band. When you don’t hear it, you don’t think about… Read more →
More Great Guitar Tracks Done for the orange is in CD
Chris and I finished up two more songs on Monday night for the orange is in CD we’ve been working on. His guitar is sounding amazing and with the great drums and bass already there, this is turning into a tremendous record. We laid down the tracks for Run Towards the Warmth of the Sun. I’ve listened through to all… Read more →
Really Great First Day of Recording Guitars
After a delay mainly because my house was such a disaster, we are back to recording tracks for the upcoming orange is in CD. Chris and I put in a few hours pulling up tracks and working on guitars today. It was a really good session. We made excellent progress and, wow, the sounds… First off, holy crap those are… Read more →