Rough Mixes
I’ve spent most of this evening listening through the recording sessions and doing rough mixes of all of the songs. I still have a few to mix, but I’m really pleased so far.
From a personal standpoint, I’m pleased in a couple of ways. Normally, I like to lay down scratch drums for everyone to record their tracks, then go in at the end and lay down my final drum tracks after everyone else has laid down parts. I do this so that I can put fills in appropriate spots. This time around, I’ve laid down my drums first. We played the songs “live” while I recorded drums. Since I consider myself a better live drummer than a studio drummer, this worked out pretty well. I was able to get most of the songs in two or three takes, which helped speed things along. I think it’s some of my better studio work.
The drums also sound really good. I am biased, but I think a good drum sound makes or breaks a recording. The lodge had great acoustics and you can tell on the drum tracks. I made some good choices on drum mics, and made sure my drums were tuned well (I am sometimes lazy about tuning my drums).
We still have a lot of work to finish the album (more songs to record, vocals, extra stuff), but I’m excited for the chance to share these songs with people. Hopefully that will be sooner than later.
