Studio diary #3Today we worked mainly on songs earmarked for our forthcoming EP. A couple of them are well on their way already, and it has been refreshing to track melodic parts. In addition to recording more things live, we have been trying out all sorts of new things in the arrangements and I left the studio with a fair amount of inspir-ado.
We started the session recording an idea that woke Tyler up this morning... he heard a percussive sound outside of his window and now it is embedded somewhere in the tracks. I will only say that it is not a live animal.
Casey also came in today and played some great parts with some found drums. He has a knack for scavenging things around the studio and making them sound like they belong on a drum kit. For my part I try not to look at what he's playing when he auditions different objects so it doesn't cloud my judgement [being naturally pre-disposed towards junk myself]. I actually have no idea what he was hitting. But I liked it.
Oh yes, and then Emily played her most ass-out rock part ever on a yamaha electric harpsichord.
Labels: recording, studio
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