just head fer the lighthouse... On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
> I hope you don't cause any shipwrecks with your "siren" sound. > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:31 AM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Got a call from the TBone camp a couple days ago regarding doing a > > vocal on the current EC project. I didn't know which song(nor did the > > caller at that point), just that I was elected to go do the vocal. > > Once I found out the title, I copied down the lyrics and began > > highlighting the vocals on the page and took into learning the parts. > > By now it was the night before the deed. I ran through the vocals some > > more the next morning in between webcam lessons, including suggestions > > from EC via email and from TBone's primary engineer Mike Piersante. > > When I got to the studio, they had the mic set up with wind screen, > > stool, headphones and baffles. I met the engineer, Joey Turner, who > > turned out to be a jolly and competent fellow. So, I sat down to > > listen to the tracks and find that EC had sung harmony to himself all > > the way through song pretty much. Red flags...what was it I was > > supposed to do? Time to make the Blackberry earn its keep. So I got on > > the phone and called Ivy (TBone's girl Friday) and she gave me > > Piersante's number. I think I woke him up, poor man. More info. I sent > > off an email to EC(who was on a plane to Vancouver) for more input. In > > the end, I decided to lay down tracks of what I had on the page. So, > > Joey muted the other EC track and I sang the lines over and over > > trying to match phrasing and tones, sing harder here, softer there, > > drag out the vowel here, make a three-syllable short 'a' sound there, > > sang that one sharp, that one flat, do it again, etc. This went on for > > 2 hours nearly. The parts I thought I needed to do went pretty fast, > > so I did a couple extra verses for good measure. Finally, I was > > satisfied, thanked Joey, got in the car and left. About 2 miles down > > the road I got an email from Piersante and noticed that they wanted 3- > > part harmony on one line and a "siren" sound on three words at the end > > of a line, so I turned around and raced back to the studio. Joey was > > gone, but fortunately not far away. He came back and we did the rest. > > So, over the course of 2 1/2 hours, I got it done. Now, here's hoping > > I did what they wanted me to. We'll see... > > > > TBug > > > > On May 23, 6:23 pm, "bo'weavil" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think Im living in the wrong country. Everyone here just wants to > >> over produce everything. I think it more about the engineer and what > >> turns them on and not about the artist. > >> > >> I think you realy have to search for an engineer/producer that hears > >> you and what you're trying to communicate. TBone sounds like a gem > >> maybe I can find a sir-loin over here :) > >> > >> Bo'weavil > >> > >> On May 24, 8:16 am, Holstein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > "The TBone way, perfection is sacrificed for energy and impact." > >> > >> > This is a powerful message and can apply to so many things...I really > >> > like it. > >> > Thanks for the real life insight into a place some of us can only > >> > imagine TBug. > >> > >> > ...Tstein > >> > >> > -- > >> > 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 athttp:// > 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 athttp:// > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > My CD of original tunes played on mandolin, mandola, and mandocello > http://www.HillbillyChamberMusic.com<http://www.hillbillychambermusic.com/> > > -- > 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. 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