band camp 07




Sorry I haven't been blogging, I've spent a few days holed up with Brandon, Dave and Matt at camp Superchick. When we write, everyone works with me one on one so I can tap into their ideas without any pressure from everyone else. After we get some ideas that we like, all the guys sit down to work out the arrangement as a band because when the song has a direction already, it's easy for us to tell which parts fit and which don't. We're not actually tracking drums here, we're using v-drums to keep the volume down since no one wants to hear live drums 11 hours a day in close quarters. It also gives me the midi information so I can manipulate it at will. We had lots of fun trying crazy ideas, which we do as much as possible when it's free. We only spend 2 days in a big studio tracking drums and besides the mix, that's the only money we spend renting studios. Nowadays the technology is so affordable you can set up almost anywhere with very little gear. The most important thing is how your space sounds and I've got a blog coming that will discuss how to control sound with cheap 703 fiberglass.

Posted: Fri - December 21, 2007 at 01:42 AM          

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