Demo CD update again

BIG MISTAKE!
We should've recorded the drum machine on an empty salvageable track! (read: to be erased and used back later).
After a good many attempts to record the drums track I gave up. I thought miking the drums was going to be the hardest part, but boy, was I mistaken! With the tempo changes and having only rhythm guitars and piano as a guide it was practically impossible to get the drums right.

So we trashed everything and started over, with a real drummer now... what a difference!
Got the two rhythm guitars, drums, and main vocal for the first song.

We then did the second song, recording the piano, drums, and rhythm guitar. After two takes for the main vocal I wasn't convinced it was a good one, but we had already been working for almost four hours, and it was late, so we called it a night. I'll work on the piano part for the first song and a couple of virtual tracks for the main vocal (I'm sure my Nakamichi mics will rise to the ocasion!)

As always, it's very hard to keep things simple; this is supposed to be a demo CD of what we sound like live, so I have to restrain myself from adding any other instruments that we don't play (or even doubling the ones we do... would you believe a couple of extra singers? No? ...darn!

Hear you later!

Demo CD update

I didn't like the piano on the first track, so back home I re-recorded it. I had a hard time doing it; maybe our timing was not that good, or something was off beat.
Tried recording a drum track manually, using the keyboard with drum sounds on the keys, and realized it is going to be harder than I thought at first... Sounds OK, but the tempo changes are going to be a real head-banger!

Demo CD

Just started on our new demo CD.
Laid down basic rhythm tracks for a couple of songs. The drummer couldn't make it (Sundays are sacred for some people...) and thus used a drum machine as a guide. Did not record the drum machine, since the first song is a compilation of five different songs, having key change and tempo change in a couple of places. After a good number of takes we were happy with the two guitars, and then added a basic piano track.
The second song uses piano and one guitar, so using the same setting we recorded the piano and one rhythm guitar... everything else will come later.

Hello World! ...again

It's amazing how things tend to go around and come back to either bite or aid us.
Having been musicians for many years, we have gathered our diverse talents and pulled together to make something bigger than just the sum of us.
This is what this blog will be about; us, our music and how it has impacted our lives... and how it can make an impact on yours too!
So without further ado, let the tapes roll! (well, 'let the hard drives spin' doesn't have the same kick to it, does it?)