Studio Day 2
I met up with producer Shane Garland again on Tuesday for my second day of recording. I spent over 3 hours laying down the bass track and the electric guitar for “Forgive”, “One Step” and “Before”.
Shane had already cleaned up and added a few minor effects to the acoustic tracks that we recorded early. They sounded awesome. The tone was crystal clear, I was really impressed. We talked for a while and he played a few songs that he recorded with a band from Johnstown, Shades of June. The songs were really good and the mix was amazing. Shane and I discussed how we were going to lay the bass tracks and the layers of guitar. After I transposed my chords into bass lines and different voicings, we started recording.
I’ve been doing solo gigs on a consistant basis for over a year and before that I played open mics and a show here and there by myself. I have mentioned it before, there is no feeling better than when someone approaches you and comments (postively) on one of your original numbers. The past few shows, I have received comments specifically about one song – “One Step”. Although Shane has never heard me perform this song live, when we started our session on Tuesday, he said, “This is the song we are doing first!” It was a good feeling and made me think, “Wow, this song actually might be good.”
After a few hours, and multiple takes on producing feedback, we wrapped up for the night. Shane played the songs one last time before I took off. We are only half way there and already, I’m really impressed. Next, I will be laying down the vocals and the drums. I’m really excited to hear the final piece. If everything goes according to play, I’m expecting the songs to be completed mid-June.