Well I took the ADAT to church on Sunday and recorded the music. Except for an acoustic guitar pickup producing less than acceptable tone, a noisy bass and a lack of keys (I direct outted the wrong channel on the board), it turned out pretty good. This week we added a new band member playing bass so the old bassist moved to his first love – electric guitar. We just mic’d a small marshall with a 57 and it sounded great. Now we just need a kit – I’m currently playing djembe and percussion.

Listen to Blessed Be Your Name

I like to record to look at how we played under a microscope and find general places we need to improve. As usual I need to focus on tempo. There are still a few places where it takes off in the louder sections of the songs. We also need to listen a bit more as a band to punches and accents. There are a few places where different people are an 8th note off – it makes transitions and big endings sound rather sloppy. I didn’t really notice as we practiced and played, thus the value of recording.

I think we’re probably pretty far from a true live recording but we might be able to pull off some smaller arrangements – maybe an “unplugged” feel.