01/03/10

this week i started on my second track , it was very productive i managed to record all the guitars and alot of the vocals, ive decided to use midi drums to save time and because they do sound pretty real anyway.To finish recxording this track all i need to do is finish the vocals and add the new harmonie parts i wrote for the session mucisian too play.I also got mary beth to take a few pictures of how we mic`d things up although i havnt had chance to get them off of her yet to upload them so i will do that soon aswell as uploading a rough version of my track when i have all the parts reocrded.

1st Feb

This week I helped Curtis record drums for his track , I mainly helped out by setting up mics and positioning them while we were taking levels to find the best sound, but I also had some input on how the mixer was set up for recording e.g what had low and high cuts. I took lots of pictures of how things were mic`ed up too so I will upload them soon. I was planning to do guide tracks for my other song this week but I havnt finished some parts of it e.g lead parts so I am going to wait until I do which will probably be next week. next week I am also helping dean record some acoustic guitar for his track.

25th Jan

I started guide tracking my guitars with Jason this week for my first track, we added midi drums to get a rough idea of how there going to flow with the track. I spent some time re writing the intro to the track because I didn’t like it very much and didn’t think it suited it well, I also added a few harmony parts I didn’t have before. Too record guitar we used the pod running through the line 6 amp because when we went through just the amp we got a buzz on the recording. We mic`ed the amp up by using 2 sm57s , one on the front and one on the back and it sounded fairly strong. I still need to sort some of the midi drum parts out because they didn’t fit the song as good as some other beat would so I plan to do that soon. Next week I plan to start recording my other songs guide tracks.

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showcase CD
working with local bands
cover tracks
would help benefit me by helping me learn skills like producing , mixing tracks , also helps local bands by giving them recordings
target audience - local bands fans , other musicians to show them my work