Finally! Hit the studio

[PeteDuBaldo]

with Yellow 9. Loaded in and set up equipment on Friday evening and managed to lay down the drums for 5 songs. Saturday and Sunday we were back in the studio bright and early to do the drums on 6 more songs and start laying down bass tracks. The bass (20th StingRay5) tracks should be done on Wednesday and guitars will start Wed/Friday.

This stuff is too much fun!

Here's a little spoiler with the drums and scratch guitar tracks on a song called Rising Storm. The album is called Dead Man's Cigarettes.

 

[guitfiddle]

This stuff is too much fun!

It's a blast isn't it Pete? Thanks for the first vid, and please keep us updated. I love hearing studio stories!

 

[misterB]

Dead Man's Cigarettes is an AWESOME title!!!

 

[Stratty316]

I don't know... I think it needs a little more Cowbell!!!!

 

[smd24fan]

Pretty cool Pete! Keep us updated on how things are going.

 

[Colin]

nice job Pete! let us know when the album is ready for purchase

 

[Gio_Force_One]

good luck with everything , can't wait to hear the finished album

 

[Danserrano]

Psyched for you pete. Keep us posted!

 

[TNT]

Pete, what amp and delay are you going to use to record (I assume you're using your JP)? Did you collaborate on the music scores and arrangements?

 

[ScoobySteve]

Envy you Pete! Keep on rocking man! Wish I was in them shoes!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Pete, what amp and delay are you going to use to record (I assume you're using your JP)? Did you collaborate on the music scores and arrangements?

I'll be using the rosewood neck JP on most of the tracks, but I'll also be sneaking in a BFR AL, 20th Anny Silo, the double-neck, and maybe a 25th Anny EBMM and/or Silo Bass. The amp I'm using is a Soldano SLO-100 and I plan on recording completely dry.

The guitar in the clips is Jay on his minibucker guitar through a tweaked Gries (I asked to have my copy with no lead so I can practice my parts - I still have to write my solos!)

We collaborated on arrangements for all the songs, but there are 4 songs that were written mostly by individual band members and then brought in -- Rising Storm is the drummer's baby, then Brian (bassist) wrote one, Jay (guitars) wrote one, and I wrote most of the title track. The individual songs were all tweaked as a band so it's not like one person did all the writing.

 

[ScoobySteve]

Recording the amp entirely dry? You sir are brave! BRAVE!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Steve, that's how I play at gigs, too - just a little delay here and there on a solo, and touch of chorus even less than that.

 

[ScoobySteve]

That's great. That SlO will definitely give you the hot tones. I'm just trying
To be a real man and not use delay. So hard T_T

 

[RacerS]

Nice!! Sounds great.

SB

 

[TNT]

pete,

I'm with you on that.

I don't use any verb (well, just a micro hair), however delay is my baby (quality not quantity), Eventide and Damage Control!! I like a very warm, punchy, fat brown sound - and when too much verb is combined with too much delay the sound is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to thin, spacey and sweet.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

We are starting guitars tonight! Here are a few pics from the past few days

 

[TNT]

nothin' but funnnnnnnnnnnnn - thanks for the pic's!!!!