Week 8 Progress

In week 8 the band and I took major steps forward to finishing the project. We now have 3 songs completely recorded, one that still needs guitar, bass and vocals and the direction of the fifth song is still in limbo. I will provide samples of the unmixed bass, drum and guitar tracks at the bottom of the page. Next week i will have mixed samples of the three songs up on here. We had some late nights the past few weeks so I can meet my deadline but so far the recording process is picking up and going better then anticipated. The band seems excited to see their project come to life. I have not ran into any problems this week as far as recording goes, however i am trying o find the right balance on the drums as I begin to mix the three songs. The guitars in Rose to the Flame seems powerful and dirty like an old Offspring song and the drums behind them seem small. I am working on compressing and EQing the drums to make them sound huge but not so over done that it takes away from the rest of the band. We have a full week of recording at night with a goal of having the entire 5 song EP recorded by Friday morning.  The guitarist and I are going to take another shot at recording a piano for the last song to give the EP a mellow song to even out the upbeat songs that are recorded. The last piano we tried to use did not sound great and we thought about scrapping the song but we think it could be a really strong song if we get the right sound. This time I will use a pair of SM57's as room miss along with two Audix pencil condensers for the piano itself. I beielve that I can have the record mixed by the end of next week or the very beginning of the following week. I am also starting to work on the album artwork for the front and back of the CD case. For this I using photoshop which I have only used a handful of times, hence why I am starting to work on it now rather then later.               

Rose To The Flame Bass Sample

Rose To The Flame Drum Sample

Rose To The Flame Guitar Sample