Going to the studio. Any suggestions?

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Thanks dudes. This is super helpful.

Mudfuzz wrote:Play tight and play soulfully/intensely. It is always better to get more feeling in the performance then have it perfect. Perfect is nice but if it come out robotic or un-energetic or stuffy it will be bah.


Def one of my big mantras. Luckily our music plays right into this type of mentality. It's all about finding a certain balance between musicians and striking that energy rather than worrying if everyone is getting the composition perfectly. :thumb:
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i know one thing. i've never been in a studio or nothing but if i ever did i would definitely take advantage of some of their out-board & vintage gear that they have. i think that is what is think is cool about certain studios. even smaller one-man operations. little eccentric things like a Wurlitzer. a Fender Rhoades. Roland Space Echo. et cetera... little things like that.

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Oh yes. Bass will be rumbling through a 70s ampeg. And I'll be testing out a Fulltone Tape Echo.
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archlilim wrote:Thanks dudes. This is super helpful.

Mudfuzz wrote:Play tight and play soulfully/intensely. It is always better to get more feeling in the performance then have it perfect. Perfect is nice but if it come out robotic or un-energetic or stuffy it will be bah.


Def one of my big mantras. Luckily our music plays right into this type of mentality. It's all about finding a certain balance between musicians and striking that energy rather than worrying if everyone is getting the composition perfectly. :thumb:


Especially considering that I can't hold an odd time to save my life! Mwhahaahaha!

I can't wait to plug into that V4 Ampeg.
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The V-4 will rock your world and spoil you for any thing else.

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How are you guys breaking up the session? You doing 30 hours straight or three 10 hour sessions? What's the game plan?
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Yea, 10 hours a day.

Btw, the V-4 burned the house down. The studio is gone guys sorry no one else can record here. :) :D
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danpV wrote:Yea, 10 hours a day.

Btw, the V-4 burned the house down. The studio is gone guys sorry no one else can record here. :) :D


10 hours a day will make for a long day but should be manageable! Have fun and don't let things get too tense! Let us know how it goes when you are done.
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I won't say much... archlilim likely has a more epic use of the english language to describe how its going so far. But I will say this: being in a studio like this, unbeknownst to me, makes such a huge difference. /me is noob. I love the atmosphere, the work we got done so far has been phenominal, and I think the entire band is really happy with what's being produced. We'll see how it goes today. :D
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