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- My new 24 track digital work station.
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- Dewey at his keyboard
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- Pat playing his Telecaster
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- Dave laying down his bass track
We got together last month and recorded a new song. The song was not an original song of our creation. We were asked as a favor to do the production of the song for a friend of ours. He wrote several songs and send them to us as mp3 files attached to an email. We were humored and impressed with a couple of them so we took on the task. I was really excited by the idea mainly because we have not been inspired for a long time. This song has not been copyrighted as of yet, so I cannot divulge the topic or the content. However, I can say that I think it is a very original idea. I think we were all inspired because it is a country rock song which gave Pat the opportunity to use his acoustic guitar. (We haven’t been able to do acoustic guitar songs along with the band until now) It was a learning experience for all of us because we were able to record multiple tracks on my new 24 track digital work station. Dave recorded a lead vocal, as well as three additional backing vocal tracks with different octaves. Pat recorded three guitar tracks including acoustic guitar and steel guitar via his Les Paul with a guitar effects pedal.
We had a lot of fun with that production. We took our time with the process so we did not have the pressure that is usually present when you in a recording studio on the clock. (In a recording studio, your paying by the hour, so you’ve got one eye on the clock which makes your get stressed out when things are taking longer than expected)
The writer of the song wanted a finished version of the song without any vocals because he wanted to cut the vocal tracks himself. We took the liberty of completing the song with Lead and Backing vocals. I then mixed down a version for him without the vocal tracks. I hope he likes the finished product. That being said. If he want’s any more song’s recorded for him in the future, he’s gonna have to pay! ……………………………………… Hey, were musicians!
