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  2. Setting up a studio in my basement this week with some gear, not a lot of high end stuff, but enough for me to finally crank out demos I've been waiting on. Here's what's coming to you:

    1. The Fountain [Probably just acoustic for this one, for now]
    2. Orphan Heart
    3. Close Encounters
    4. Untitled New Song
    5. Revolver

    Here's where I'm pretty much camping the next few days: got a little artsy in my inspired mood.









  3. ROCK that walls, Matt


    PS. I love the last photo. I l.o.v.e. it
  4. Matt that is epic! I'm so glad that you got a keyboard, you will never regret it!

    Once I get a new laptop (did I ever tell you guys that I tried recording something with an 11 year old laptop?) I will set up my own studio thing with Rob in his basement. We've actually had plans to do this for a couple months, we've just been waiting for a real recording devise. We have all of the cables and software, we just lack a portable computer with enough RAM and the right audio driver.

    Can't wait for the demos!
  5. Last night I jotted sown some possible titles. Some need reworking, some need to be dropped and some are fine. I'm going to filter them later on, but here is the list as of right now:

    Meanings Of Words
    Where The Most Obscure Things Are
    Pieces Of The Universe
    Trapped In The Universe
    Emergency
    Person Unlived
    Natural Disaster
    Our Place In Time
    People Under The Sun
    Guilty Pleasures
    The End Of Pop
    All Of The Possibilities
    Time For Everything
    Criminal Cognition
    World Of Broken Clocks
    Apocalypse Somewhere
    Another Dream
    Balance
    Where I Lose Myself
    Jerusalem
    Growing Pains
    All You’ve Done


    By the way, I might record a demo of Invader today (on the digital camera).
  6. One question for you amateur recorders: do you use metronomes while recording alone? I mean, when you're with one or more other people it's easy to keep time, but when you're on your own (and even worse if you try to record multiple sound layers or takes of something), it's sometimes hard to keep the tempo right. Do you use metronomes, whether digital or classic? Thanks
  7. Originally posted by LikeASong:One question for you amateur recorders: do you use metronomes while recording alone? I mean, when you're with one or more other people it's easy to keep time, but when you're on your own (and even worse if you try to record multiple sound layers or takes of something), it's sometimes hard to keep the tempo right. Do you use metronomes, whether digital or classic? Thanks


    I actually just realized that I don't. Honestly, that didn't run across my mind before now.
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong:One question for you amateur recorders: do you use metronomes while recording alone? I mean, when you're with one or more other people it's easy to keep time, but when you're on your own (and even worse if you try to record multiple sound layers or takes of something), it's sometimes hard to keep the tempo right. Do you use metronomes, whether digital or classic? Thanks


    I never did before, but I tracked some organ for "Revolver" last night and it was sort of imperative, so I set up the digital one on Sony ACID and had it running while I played. First time using one, won't be my last.

    I don't have a "personal drummer", meaning pretty much that every element of any song I've ever cut/released has been me playing some form of everything- I don't know too many drummers- so I usually track the guitar first, then vocal, then some sort of bass if I can fake it, and then use a percussive rhythm against the acoustic guitar (slaps/taps/mutes) or a drum machine that I manually play along with the rhythm of the guitar. It's much more complicated than tracking drums first to set a beat, but I still rarely use a met.

    Last night I was just playing straight chords for extended periods of time on the organ synth, and I needed to make sure the chord changes were even. Every song I've ever written has been in 4/4 time, Revolver made its way to 6/8 (If anyone knows that concept)
  9. Something tells me I should get a basement lol...

    Great pics there Matt
  10. Well, I've spent the last hour or so figuring out keyboard voices, drum patterns / tempos, vocal effects and backing vocals for Invader. I decided to take a lunch break and to crank up my air conditioner in my room so that I'll be ready to record in about an hour. Since I'm using so many tracks, it might be a while to mix. I really hope that the camera records the audio well, otherwise this is extremely useless.
  11. I use a Shure SM57 and an M-Audio interface that records really well. The SM57 is great to mic amps, many studio's use them, it also works alright for vocals, still need a pop filter, but I can get some decent recordings.

    And good news, (not that it matters to you guys )

    MY BAND IS GETTING BACK TOGETHER!!!!!
  12. First of all, congrats Alex! Hopefully some new material will come easy and you guys will have a blast

    Nick, your song titles are always so spacey and Muse-like, I really like the pinpointed focus and creative wordplay. Favorites would have to be Apocalypse Somewhere and Person Unlived, also "Emergency" sounds like it could take some sort of Bloc Party twist and come out sort of crazy/cool.

    Tracked some guitar parts and a half-assed drum sample for "Revolver" today; the song being in 6/8 time is really a pain in the butt. It'll be clean electric blues, perhaps a BIT of overdrive in certain sections/the solo, but my amp & pedalboard are at Incognito Burrito (my band's) drummer's house right now, as I didn't have the car space to lug it all back after the last show. Will pick it up this week to track the actual guitar parts, but for demo purposes, the acoustic has laid out a nice map of the song.

    Thinking about pulling a few old lyrics out of the bag to fit "untitled new song", and possibly writing something for "Optimistic", taking the EP to 6 tracks as opposed to 5.

    "The Fountain", which the lyrics for are on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread; should be easy- an acoustic version should only require guitar and vocal.

    "Close Encounters" will most likely take me forever, as it has the most production behind it, seeing as how I need to sample bits from the movie, which requires ripping, cutting, EQing, and levelling into the mix of the music. Bleh.

    I can't wait to share some of this stuff with you guys!!!
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