Recording the CD
First Session
December 21-23, 2004
21 December, 2004
Met with Greg Robert at his studio to try out various microphones. The condenser microphone and I hit it off instantly and start trading recipes and phone numbers. That night we record “Magnus Retail” and “Ravens.”
22 December, 2004
5 Tracks of piano and vocals! Wow. GO US!
“When I Grow Up,” “Bad Man Go Good,” “Doctrine of Ethos,” “Two Hours Away,”
and “Some Believe” are done. Brian Richardson arrives with his drum set
so it can explore the basement and get comfortable before the next day’s recording.
23 December, 2004
6 Tracks of piano, vocals AND percussion!
We are serious troopers on this day.
This is much harder to coordinate though with me and the glass coffin (isolation booth),
and I will want to redo a couple of my piano tracks. I’m happy overall with the vocal tracks
and I’m loving having percussion -- especially on “Galatea” and “Get Down Mama!”
Now for the long drive home with the dump down CD to figure out how to proceed from here.
Pictures from last Recording Day.
Greg asked, “Do either of you have a camera? You might actually want to take some pictures of the recording sessions for when you write your memoirs.” Actually, he didn’t say that exactly. But he did mention cameras, so Brian and I whipped ours out (His is a phone too.), and started blinding each other with flashes. Er, we took picures, okay?
Mission Control
Greg Robert, Recording Wizard
Greg in Mission Control 