Studio Report: Part 5
Bass and vocals are ready. Olek managed to finish recording bass on Friday, just as he was supposed to. I’d thought I would finish recording clean vocals by Friday as well, but eventually I took a break at the weekend (well, actually it wasn’t really a break: we travelled about 1100km and played a gig) and got back to the studio on Monday morning. I finished recording last background vocals on Tuesaday…or actually Wednesday, since it was well after midnight. I’m not the person to judge my own work; all I can say is that I did my best and so did Krzysztof (Kramarz). You will be the judges – I can only hope that my performance will not disappoint you.
On Wednesday afternoon I was back in Dębica in Chinook Studio. Together with Krzysztof (Godycki) we built a huge wall of equipment and started looking for a perfect guitar sound. This is always the best part for me – this time we had loads of fun, too! We had 5 all-tube heads and 5 guitar cabinets at our disposal, so we tested all possible combinations and experimented with different microphones. Eventually we decided to record 2 amps simultaneously: my Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Roadster hooked to an Orange PPC412 AD cab and Peavey 6505 hooked to a Marshall 1960 cab (thanks, Tomasz!). What does it sound like? Well, me, Papirus and Krzysztof (Godycki) were blown away, Alek also definitely liked what he heard, only Olek seemed a little disappointed, but only because, as he said, he had expected a slightly different sound. On Thursday I started the actual recording and managed to nail ALMOST 2 tracks. Today we finished that not-quite-ready track plus got about half way through another. Thanks for your spiritual support! On Saturday we start early morning, lets hope it will be a fruitful day.
