We have proposed yet another plan for recording that, we can only hope, will work. This plan involves us setting up in a very large hall near the middle of the state and playing our songs live. We’ll record all of the tracks simultaneously using a very sophisticated digital recording apparatus and hopefully the hugeness of the stage will reduce any echo or weird effects we often find when we play in small concert venues.
It does seem that this plan is just another attempt but this time we actually have it scheduled. I guess, if you think about it, it’s really just another experiment. But whatever. I like experimenting. How else does one learn and grow or find out what does and doesn’t work? Either way it should be fun to do something different.
I’m purposely giving limited details here to keep the hype down. I think we’re pretty safe in telling all 3 of our fans that read this blog. We’re very trusting.
In a side note:
We have been discussing the merits of a good recording and have had a couple disagreements about it. To me, a good recording is representative of the music and, without it, the song just isn’t as good. A recording that doesn’t have professional sound will never be played other than by very close friends or deeply rooted fans. Thus, the reasoning behind my push for a good couple tracks.
While we may have some really cool songs and our live presence is darn spectacular we are still in need of some good recordings to use as demos and to pass out. Our goal never was to make money by selling CDs – just to make good music that people listen to. BUT good recordings do COST money. And since we don’t like spending money (Dave is a financial advisor and, subsequently, advises against it), we need to do things ourselves. Recording, mixing and mastering is an art form – and like any art form it takes practice to be good. We’re on our way and this blog is a record of our findings in this area.
Hopefully this new “experiment” will give us some good results. Otherwise, it will just be another page in our book – which is an end in itself and, consequently, does not mean failure. 🙂
