8 Track Sundays
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.
January 11th, 2005 at 11:54 am
A big amen from the new bassist - I’d love to hear that tape. You know what would be great - to hear it during practice. It would be nice to get some feedback (no pun intended) before the performance instead of after…
January 12th, 2005 at 8:52 am
What that delay on the acoustic coming off the board? NO MORE DELAY ON ACOUSTIC GUITARS. Remind me to tell the sound guys.
Wow! We were in a hurry to end that song huh? The electric guitar could be louder ; )
January 12th, 2005 at 8:53 am
Excuse me. My last comment should have begun, “Was that…”
January 12th, 2005 at 9:13 am
No it wasn’t from the board, I added it for a bit more of a U2 feel - maybe a bit too much I guess. I take the “blame” for the tempo but I contest that I was encouraged.
January 12th, 2005 at 10:28 am
I’ve never been labeled as an encourager before.
You know, in the moment, what feels right isn’t always what is right. Nice metaphor for temptation…
January 13th, 2005 at 5:21 pm
Sounded pretty good to me. I agree with David - there were spots where we were not tight, and John’s vocal was a tad flat in a few spots up front.
But when the jets hit the runway and we took off - Boy howdy! We were a flyin’. Dave - thanks for the tempo spike!
It is cool serving with you guys.