Brian, Jeff, Hollister Fracus at Sound Arts
We finished mixing Hollister Fracus last night about 3am at Sound Arts Studio (press the title for a link). Brian TOTALLY hooked us up on the mixes! The work was intense, but so was the fellowshippin': We went out to eat at Pappy's (?,... I hope I have that right), and I had some awesome chicken tenders and a wonder thing called a 'scorpion tail' which is shrimp batter fried over a jalapeno. But I digress,....
I had such a good time working with Jim, Aerik, and Mike. Jim's dedication to making his vocals sound world class was really inspiring. Mike (gtr) had wonderful suggestions for the mix presentation, and Aerik provides more support than any manager I've ever worked with. The love was definitly in the room.
Brian Baker, and Sound Arts owner/guru, Jeff Wells, were supurb hosts. The band has a great relationship with the studio, and I can certainly understand why. The room and gear worked great, the vibe was very friendly and relaxed, and Brian Baker proved to be an incredible captain of the ship during tracking and mixing. Brian's skills are way mad and way deep. I learned a lot. I really cannot wait to work together again, and Brian and Jeff are going to have to come over and hang at SugarHill with us.
Logan hasn't listened to the mixes yet, but I know she's going to love them!
Back in GarageBand.com-land, follow this link: Eileen Faxas on GarageBand!!!!, to go see how her song Vivelo is being featured in the 'what's hot' section of the Latin category. Eileen is coming on strong, and it is exciting to see how her music is getting positive peer reviews on GB!!!! Look out Miami! Here she comes.
Time for me to go work with Joyce Pierce, but first an interesting aside: In my previous post, I included several screen shots of my editing for Hollister Fracus' mixes. A sharp-eyed engineer noticed that one of the shots was of a pitch-correction software. He left Aerik an email questioning the wisdom of showing that sort of editing (like we should be ashamed for pitch-correcting vocals, or instruments). Point well taken.
My response is this: 1) Good Eye!, and 2) Let it be known that Jim can sing his f**kin ass off!!!! I'm just going for perfection-- and I'll punch in, re-edit, DO ANYTHING to make a CD sound awesome. Even the hottest supermodel uses makeup in front of the camera. Consider me Jim's,.... well don't do that,... but you get my point.
~thelove,
Dan
I had such a good time working with Jim, Aerik, and Mike. Jim's dedication to making his vocals sound world class was really inspiring. Mike (gtr) had wonderful suggestions for the mix presentation, and Aerik provides more support than any manager I've ever worked with. The love was definitly in the room.
Brian Baker, and Sound Arts owner/guru, Jeff Wells, were supurb hosts. The band has a great relationship with the studio, and I can certainly understand why. The room and gear worked great, the vibe was very friendly and relaxed, and Brian Baker proved to be an incredible captain of the ship during tracking and mixing. Brian's skills are way mad and way deep. I learned a lot. I really cannot wait to work together again, and Brian and Jeff are going to have to come over and hang at SugarHill with us.
Logan hasn't listened to the mixes yet, but I know she's going to love them!
Back in GarageBand.com-land, follow this link: Eileen Faxas on GarageBand!!!!, to go see how her song Vivelo is being featured in the 'what's hot' section of the Latin category. Eileen is coming on strong, and it is exciting to see how her music is getting positive peer reviews on GB!!!! Look out Miami! Here she comes.
Time for me to go work with Joyce Pierce, but first an interesting aside: In my previous post, I included several screen shots of my editing for Hollister Fracus' mixes. A sharp-eyed engineer noticed that one of the shots was of a pitch-correction software. He left Aerik an email questioning the wisdom of showing that sort of editing (like we should be ashamed for pitch-correcting vocals, or instruments). Point well taken.
My response is this: 1) Good Eye!, and 2) Let it be known that Jim can sing his f**kin ass off!!!! I'm just going for perfection-- and I'll punch in, re-edit, DO ANYTHING to make a CD sound awesome. Even the hottest supermodel uses makeup in front of the camera. Consider me Jim's,.... well don't do that,... but you get my point.
~thelove,
Dan
posted by dan at 1/21/2005 02:56:00 PM
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I'm sure you have a few makeup tips you could share! I can't wait to hear the final product. (Will you let me know ahead of time if they blow thru my town?)
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