I awoke to a clear cold (rare) day in Houston. My first thoughts were about recording a string section for Sarah Sharp's new CD. I had seen the score penned by Kevin Ryan, and I knew how good the songs sounded already. I knew that we had my partner, Andy Bradley, engineering, so everything was going to sound sweet. So I went back to sleep! Usually, I am a nervous nellie before recording strings, but today I just knew it would be ok. And I was dead right! Not only did we get the strings recorded for the song, 'Be Still', but we were able to get strings cut on the end of a song entitled, 'Encounter' as well. Kevin had the forsight to bring the score just in case, and we got it done with ten minutes to spare.
It just doesn't get any better than this. After the session, Kevin, Sarah, and I reviewed our remaining studio dates to make sure we have all of our bases covered. We have two more days of vocal recording to do, then two more days of instrumental overdubs in the form of guitars, B3 organ, and a bit of 'we'll figure it out when inspiration strikes' type stuff. Maybe Kevin will 'play' a plastic garbage can full of wood again, but we will need to get studio Operations Manager Tim Wehrly to contribute to the mix on that.
Sarah's guitarist, Buffalo Speedway, (not his real name?), won the award for most valuable player last week when we recorded the solo acoustic guitar that we put strings on today, ('Be Still'). We spent over four hours, and went through two different guitars before we started to get the sound we were looking for. It was SUPER difficult because the part was very 'hyped up'.....ANY extraneous noise, such as clothing rubbing on the guitar, fret noise, string buzz, and yes, NOSE NOISE just ruined the sound. Finally, we controlled all but the nose noise, so Buffalo STUFFED WADS OF KLEENEX UP HIS NOSTRILS, LEAVING HUGE WADS OF TISSUE IN FRONT OF HIS FACE WHILE HE PLAYED HIS PART FOR OVER 45 MINUTES. You can only imagine the mirth in the control room as we watched Buffalo acclimate to having his schnoz stuffed.
Cool thing is, it worked flawlessly, and we got a super beautiful part.
I'm going home a happy man!!!
thelove,
Dan
It just doesn't get any better than this. After the session, Kevin, Sarah, and I reviewed our remaining studio dates to make sure we have all of our bases covered. We have two more days of vocal recording to do, then two more days of instrumental overdubs in the form of guitars, B3 organ, and a bit of 'we'll figure it out when inspiration strikes' type stuff. Maybe Kevin will 'play' a plastic garbage can full of wood again, but we will need to get studio Operations Manager Tim Wehrly to contribute to the mix on that.
Sarah's guitarist, Buffalo Speedway, (not his real name?), won the award for most valuable player last week when we recorded the solo acoustic guitar that we put strings on today, ('Be Still'). We spent over four hours, and went through two different guitars before we started to get the sound we were looking for. It was SUPER difficult because the part was very 'hyped up'.....ANY extraneous noise, such as clothing rubbing on the guitar, fret noise, string buzz, and yes, NOSE NOISE just ruined the sound. Finally, we controlled all but the nose noise, so Buffalo STUFFED WADS OF KLEENEX UP HIS NOSTRILS, LEAVING HUGE WADS OF TISSUE IN FRONT OF HIS FACE WHILE HE PLAYED HIS PART FOR OVER 45 MINUTES. You can only imagine the mirth in the control room as we watched Buffalo acclimate to having his schnoz stuffed.
Cool thing is, it worked flawlessly, and we got a super beautiful part.
I'm going home a happy man!!!
thelove,
Dan
posted by dan at 12/06/2003 06:21:00 PM
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