Benjamin Session 3 - Are You Going To Get Dressed Today?
It’s sadly been almost 4 months since I’ve been to Benjamin, so last Saturday saw me recording my third new song with Jacob Israel, entitled “Are You Going To Get Dressed Today?”, for my upcoming EP.
It’s been the simplest track in terms of things to actually record, as it’s mainly based around 4 layered guitar parts, and opposed to the previous two songs which both had an acoustic guitar element, I only had to record electric guitar for this song.
We started off by prepping the separate tracks and focused on going through all the programmed instruments/parts first, replacing patches and deciding on sounds.
I had like three different bass tracks of which we dropped one and simplified the effects on the others. I am clearly writing without proper studio monitors, something that’s going to change soon. Anyway, like with the previous two songs, we used Jacob’s Prophet ‘08 synth for some of the bass.
We also sorted out some of the strings, beats and pads before quickly recording some clapping before lunch. My girlfriend helped out with an extra pair of hands for this :)
After lunch it was guitar time. I used a different amp this time round, thanks to Christiaan of Vampire 9000. I got a very nice clean tone out of his little vintage Fender amp. Jacob also used an old additional vintage mic which he fixed up recently.
Once I got my tone sorted, I laid down the 4 guitar parts. We tweaked the tones on each track, so that all the guitars didn’t sound exactly the same.
That was it in terms of actual “recording” for the day. We then started with the EQ and rough mixing, as much as our ears would allow us for the rest of the day.
It was the quickest session I’ve had so far and I’m pretty stoked with what we had accomplished. Final mix tweaks will happen along with the other tracks once I’ve got them all done.
I’m hoping to record at least one more song before finalising my as of yet untitled new EP. I get more excited about this release with each new song completed. I’m hoping to be done before the end of the year, let’s see how things go…
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