We're in the middle of recording our next ahem.... "album" Here's our M.O.
We have home recording equipment but decided to use a studio...nothing beats the convenience of an engineer turning all the knobs. We were fairly well rehearsed and had definite arrangements and ideas at least as a start before we started recording. We book sessions that run from 2:00pm till about 10:00pm. That time frame seems to work best for us. We all try to record live with a scratch vocal. We try and shoot for a good solo but if we have to redo one then there is enough isolation to be able to re-cut the solo. Sometimes we'll play chords through the solo section on purpose to create a strong back-ground and then overdub the solos later. Sometimes the scratch vocal is a keeper sometimes a line or two needs to be fixed. As far as laying down the nucleus of a tune: after about three takes we turn to mush so it's time to move on to another tune for the time being. If the overall take has a good feel/groove we go with it and fix any clams; if you don't know about ProTools you would be amazed as to what can be "fixed". So it's mostly live with the ability to fix any stray clams; add extra parts and get the best vocal takes. We bring enough elixir's to loosen us up a bit, not too much. After 4 or 5 hours we'll go the Italian restaurant around the corner and step away from the whole process. Two six/seven hour recording sessions have yielded us 6 or 7 tunes that are basically complete but still have to be mixed. Some of the tunes have been one take first take. Once in awhile you get lucky :) We space the sessions a couple of weeks apart this way it give us time to listen and absorb (with fresh ears) what we've done and also work on the next tunes. We've been happy with the progress thus far. On Mar 9, 10:36 am, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. > Got practice tonight with my little group Los Cold Hearts - we are writing > away and getting some songs ready with a view to recording, but how do you > all record? > > When I did it before, with a rock band, it was a nightmarish process of > doing it semi-live, then redoing everything until all track by track untill > all my ability to tell whether it was good or not had vanished. Now I wonder > if trying to do everything live would be equally nightmarish: doing take > after take until you get energy and a version where nobody screws up... > > What do you all think? Oh, and do you do acoustic music in Dobly? > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Steve Cantrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I also noticed the tumbleweed, but I assumed it was just for ambiance. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* mistertaterbug <[email protected]> > > *To:* Taterbugmando <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Tue, March 9, 2010 9:35:52 AM > > *Subject:* Crickets....... > > > It is very quiet on the discussion front. Nothing left to discuss, > > apparently. Hello? Is anybody out there? Check, one...two...is this > > thing on?....test...test...calling Rangoon... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+ > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
