July 10-28: The Fog of Mixing

Kevin Barry's guitar parts marked the end of the scheduled recording sessions.  A few decades back that would have meant the process was near its end, since "mixing" an album was mostly about making sure all the parts could be…

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June 1 (full day): Time to sing 

With all the guitar parts and most of the bass parts done, I devoted my third full studio day to recording vocals.  I'm sure I'm not alone in finding vocal recording the most nerve-wracking part of the process.  Capturing a…

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May 11, 2017 (Full Day): Raining Guitars

After an emergency root canal for Eric sabotaged our intended start date, I finally got into the studio for a full-day session on May 11, 2017.  The day was devoted to recording reference guitar/vocal tracks for all 12 songs, which…

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