#16 Icing on the Cake

#16 Icing on the Cake

by | May 18, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste

As we recorded using my scratch vocals (“rough” vocals not intended for the final recording), Scavone said on multiple occasions that he heard the possibility of female vocals all over the album. He even offered up his own vocals (he’s an amazing singer in his own...
#17 Recording Vocals

#17 Recording Vocals

by | May 19, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste

The way that Scavone preferred to approach my vocals was to record four songs a day, maximum. We had an eight-song album, so this was going to require at least two more days in the studio. Most voices can only handle so much singing in a day; you can easily wear your...
#18 Overdubbing

#18 Overdubbing

by | May 21, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste

Earlier I wrote about not wanting to use the studio as a place to actually write the songs; however, that doesn’t mean things aren’t written while you’re there. As musicians, we begin hearing things in our heads that we may decide to add to a song. Recording is tough,...
#19 Bounces, Mixes and Mastering

#19 Bounces, Mixes and Mastering

by | May 22, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste

Scavone was awesome about uploading our bounces—basically, the very raw recordings—to DropBox so that we could go back and listen to them, zero effects and not mixed at all. On some songs, the guitars may be super-loud; on others it may be the vocals or bass, etc. It...
#20 Why Copy and Paste?

#20 Why Copy and Paste?

by | May 23, 2023 | The Making of Copy and Paste

We were all in the control room listening to the track “Last All Night” when I realized the guys had FINALLY played a certain breakdown perfectly, BUT they had only done it once instead of the three times I wanted it. I looked up and said, “You fuckers finally got...