Power metal-nap

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 by Anthony
Today we arrived to the studio a little late because we were all exhausted. We worked so late last night and we have all been drained of energy from rocking out so much in the studio. So randomly throughout the day we have all taken naps. All except Ben, and he was starting to feel sick yesterday. I think we will all have decent sleep tonight.
We started the day with Eric finishing rhythm guitars and Ben rocking the bass on "Dougale". Then Ben recorded his rhythm tracks on "Rocktober" while Eric slept.




After a lunch break we started on "Finale" with Eric and Ben both recording their rhythm guitar tracks.
Here is Ben carefully listening to his recorded parts.



In between takes we stopped for a few minutes to have a mini two hand touch game in the library parking lot across the street from the studio.



In case you are not familiar with studio recording, here is a short rundown on course of action:
The first thing we do before starting a record is get together (the producer and the band) and talk about what the goal is for the album, We discuss the sound, the treatment of the instruments, the time frame, and the budget. Next we will organize a calendar that includes all of the recording dates as well as holidays, breaks, and other dates of interest or concern. All the while, the band is sending to the producer their demos of songs that may appear on the forthcoming album. The producer, in this case me, Anthony Stubelek, will listen to the demos for many months and keep in close contact with the band about changes and modifications that should be made to the song before bringing it into the studio. Eric and Ben are very good at recording their demos for new songs and it makes my share of work very easy.

Next the band will contact me with ideas about different instruments and effects that they may want to include on the record, and I will get these things lined up for them to use while in the studio. I will get the studio ready to accommodate the band for numerous weeks and work out a detailed schedule for recording times during the days of recording. The sessions for this record have been running about 12 hour days starting between 10 and 11 a.m. Ultimately I would like to have earlier days for several reasons: it is much easier to get dinner at 7 o'clock rather than midnight; I like waking up at 8:30a.m. as opposed to 2 p.m.; overall it feels like you have accomplished much more if you are done at 6:30 in the evening. I will continue this diatribe on a later blog. Peace.