This week we made huge strides in finishing the recording of the 5 song EP. We now have three songs completely recorded and are about 3/4 of the way through the mixing process and the last two songs are not far behind. We need to finish the vocals for the song Bottom of the Glove and we need to record acoustic guitar and vocals to Change your Strings on Sunday which is the song that we recorded piano for. The recording session with the piano went a lot better then the first time we tried. The room sounded great and the piano was in tune and sounded wounderful. For the piano, I used two Audix pencil condenser microphones, one on each side on top of the piano with the lid open and I also used a Shure SM7B as a mono overhead to get a little more room feel. This combination is sounding really nice. This past week the only real issue i ran into was when we were recording the piano. Since I had to take all the gear out of my house, I forgot my Ilok and thus was not able to use Pro Tools to record the piano which is my go to DAW for any situation. I instead had to use Logic Pro X which was almost foreign to me. We did manage to get great audio and when the session was done I simply exported the files and imported them into Pro Tools to start the edit process. We are right on track to finish the recording by Thursday of this week and I will hope to have the mixing portion of the songs done by next Friday to give me the weekend to finish or fix any little issues that might come up during mastering. I have also started working with a friend on photoshop and I have worked with the band to come up with original ideas for the album art. I have been a little stressed that I would not finish the project on time and maybe that is normal for most people but that little extra pressure has pushed both the band and myself to get the best product we can. I do not see any major issues arising in the next week and most of the process remaining is is straight forward.
Around Sample full band
Heart of Fire Sample full band
Rose to the Flame Sample full band
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