Ventura
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James Lugo":3g8ldj8h said:
What makes ya think it's only the young guys starting out with recording
Peace,
V.
What makes ya think it's only the young guys starting out with recording
Peace,
V.
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Exactly. What V said.Ventura":lqd4igzq said:James Lugo":lqd4igzq said:
What makes ya think it's only the young guys starting out with recording
Peace,
V.
Personally, it took me until I was over 40 before I could finally afford decent recording gear... and it's still not even that good!
Mini tutorials like this are awesome. Thanks James!
R~
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Well cool then, I'm glad you guys are getting something out of these. Here's the video from today's mic, pre, compressor and tape selection.
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We start vocals today.
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Thanks man.
Finished lead vocals on 3 of the 5 tunes today. All is going well, it feels good. My goal is to have everything done and ready to mix by Thursday. Man the vocals sound so rich with tone and harmonics going to tape. We were listening back tonight to some of the takes and I was blown away by the sound. I'm really exited! It's kind of an eclectic bunch of old tunes that I wanted to get recorded and out of the way before I started writing new stuff. Some ballady, some almost country-ish and some pretty hard rock. I will post as things progress.
Finished lead vocals on 3 of the 5 tunes today. All is going well, it feels good. My goal is to have everything done and ready to mix by Thursday. Man the vocals sound so rich with tone and harmonics going to tape. We were listening back tonight to some of the takes and I was blown away by the sound. I'm really exited! It's kind of an eclectic bunch of old tunes that I wanted to get recorded and out of the way before I started writing new stuff. Some ballady, some almost country-ish and some pretty hard rock. I will post as things progress.
sebby123
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James Lugo":2ylowdgy said:
Great call on the API! I need to get my hands on one and now you make me GAS for a tape machine and clasp! goddamn you man your pickupshootout made me buy bareknuckles the amp shootout made me buy a splawn and now this
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Here are some clips from vocal tracking.
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Last day of lead vocals:
Jimmie
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James Lugo":wn5z2u11 said:
Would it be in poor taste to ask a man to "borrow" his Telefunken/Neumann U87?
that mic sounds amazing! thanks for the walk through James
skoora
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James Lugo":1xgjf46l said:
Sounds good, especially the bridge riff but I'm honestly not a fan of hard rockin' going into pretty choruses. Sounds like mixing Chris Cornell with insert English band here. Blame it on my heavy leanings to 70's Classic rock over 90's/2000's English rock, even though Muse is pretty interesting. I hear that gnarly riffing then want to hear a man step up and sing that shit and sometimes pretty seems anti-climatic. Plus knowing how rockin' you can get made it more so. Please don't take this harshly because I dig so much of what I see your play in your vids. Plus I really miss straight up balls out rock in today's music.
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skoora":1y0uejjw said:
Yeah I hear ya, I'm kind of with ya but I've written and recorded 100s of songs and I'm just trying to do something different for me. I have a ton of slammin rock music and honestly I've enjoyed venturing out. It's a little weird not knowing how people who have grown accustomed to me screamin' will take it. Actually all 5 songs are kind of strange; ballads, country, pop etc.. I already told myself the next batch is gonna be slammin.
skoora
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I know what you mean too. You just need to get it out and on "tape". I like so many approaches to guitar music, poppy and heavy, trying to express them in songs can get tricky. I like Missing Persons and Discharge equally. Now that's fucked up Go with your gut and if you like it even more after repeated listens, roll with that bad boy.
Go with your gut and if you like it even more after repeated listens, roll with that bad boy.
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luxxtone
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This is turning out awesome Mr. James!!!!!!
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luxxtone":3j2avhf5 said:
Thanks Jerry.
Here's a video from tracking harmonies, second video is uploading, will post later:
dstroud
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awesome stuff James! Thanks for including us on the journey of this - very cool to watch you guys work 
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dstroud":1pl4zdyq said:awesome stuff James! Thanks for including us on the journey of this - very cool to watch you guys work
I'm glad you like it. Here's the last harmony video:
Bob Savage
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Finally watching one of these (#4). This is a very cool idea James.
Bob Savage
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James Lugo":34fx95bo said:dstroud":34fx95bo said:awesome stuff James! Thanks for including us on the journey of this - very cool to watch you guys work
I'm glad you like it. Here's the last harmony video:
Whoah, love the female harmonies man. So far the tune in #5 is my favorite but I've only seen a couple now. Great idea...
Random Hero
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I've been watching these the past few days. Overall I think it sounds really good man and I've been enjoying the vids, particularly the guitar tracking one. I thought the guitars ended up sounding pretty fantastic. Only thing I don't quite get is the melody on the "LA" tune in the verses, over the Bb to Db part, I dunno if there's an intentional clash or it's just me... *shrug*
Digital Jams
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Watched the last couple of vids, very cool to see the layers and hear them both solo'd and in context.
