Thursday, June 15, 2006

This may use up a bit of your Download Quota

The time has come to post mixdowns of the band that I recorded. Two songs were recorded, and then mixed. It was challenging to record the band when a) you have no one assisting in setting up and microphone placement, and b) you play in the band yourself. I think the songs came up pretty well considering we've only been together for about 6 weeks prior to the recording date. The second song was only completed 4 days before the recording session, and one of the guitarists had never even heard the song until the recordings were made.

The equipment used by the band was a bit of a mixture of cheap gear, borrowed gear, and what gear we could find from around the EMU, including the Juno-6 and Laney guitar amp. Next time, we record (if there is a next time), a better drum kit would be ideal. Some parts of the kit required significant gating to correct some of its shortcomings.

I would like to post these songs with external links, but don't have the time to work it out. An essay has to be done. Here is the first song for your listening pleasure (I think its called Rescue Me):


The second song, called Queen of Hearts is also here (if you wish to listen to it):


Here are some photos I've decided to add to this entry:

















Albums that made this blog possible:
The General Electric by Shihad

1 Comments:

At 11:24 pm, Blogger unknown said...

Adrian, I swung by and listened to your mixdowns (well, parts of them - I'm on dial-up!) Nice work. I like the thrashy guitar sound you got in queen of hearts. That's some tight playing for a band that's only been together six weeks. How did you meet up with them, are they also students? I hope you stay together long enough to make it to your next recording :) Good weekend.

 

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