So, this weekend I was going to start on "The Album". How did it go?
Well, I got as far as pulling out all my guitars, fixing a cup of coffee and strumming a Dsus2 chord. In terms of positive progress, that was about it.
Okay, so I'm being somewhat "glass half empty" about the whole thing. What I did do was make some choices as far as the style of the album etc and also in terms of procedures. What does that mean? Well, stuff like how I would record stuff, the need to document amp settings, mic placements etc, making sure that my hand-held digital recorder was handy for capturing ideas etc.
Musically, my mojo was on a break, though. Despite hours of noodling and brooding I didn't feel like I made any tangible progress, artistically. Still, I guess just starting is something. You gotta start somewhere...
Oh, stylistically we're talking some raw electric blues mixed with the occasional acoustic plucking. Swampy and honest.
March 1, 2010
Baby Steps
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Well before you do all the hard work such as working out mic placements, drum patterens and so forth you first need to have some songs. Write a clutch of songs first. Then make the album. Otherwise (even with the best will in the world) it won't happen.
Oh, absolutely. What I meant to say was that when I've recorded stuff in the past I've sometimes wanted to go back at a later date and add a bit here and there. Fills etc... you know. BUT I've not bothered to note down amp settings etc so dialling up the same tone hasn't been easy. I also have a bad habit of finding 'the sound' I want for a song then dialling away from it and never being able to get it again.
What I thought I'd do is make notes for each song how I recorded it etc.
Not sure what to do if there's too much heavy air one day, though...
moving on...
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