I've been working on a new album, Bare Bulb. I started recording and experimenting back in August 2010. It's taken longer than expected . My goal is to have the album mixed mastered and out for duplication by the end of February .
The studio is my one car garage. I've been recording on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and through the week I'd play with the tracks researching techniques and training my ears to get the sound I'm looking for. It's interresting how the recording process changes how you hear things, things we as listeners take for granted, there are little things little tricks that make a "sound" cohesive.
I'm a big fan of simplicity and raw music. I love the Muddy Waters tracks with just a guitar, bass, harp, and voice. I love Charlie Parr for his constant stomp and Piedmont Picking. The Black Keys and Jack White for taking the blues back, stripping the polish off of it and getting it back to street level, and Hasil Atkins for doing his thing his way regardless of what is in vogue at the time.
Bare Bulb is what it is. One guitar. One voice. One foot. It's primitive rock and blues. Its a A-Body rat rod with a modern 325 and fuel injection. It uses recent technology of the times, loop pedal, recording software, usb sound interface and inexpensive condenser mics. Its heart and soul is the electrified wire pushed to the wood by a man as he sings stories and pictures.
The Rig is a 1997 Strat with an S1 switch installed through a 1993 '55 Blues Deluxe Reissue preamp out to Peavey Mega-Bass and a 15" bass cab.
The Songs are all written loved, polished, tarnished, played, worked and sweated by me.
I should have CDs to sell by March. I'll update again when I have a Hard Date.
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I'd love to talk shop (recording) with you some time! I'm adamant about learning my techniques empirically...sure I read up TONS...but implementing my ears and intuition in practice is the way for me. Maybe I have some insights you'd be interested in?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, can't wait to hear the album!