#13 Meet the Producers

#13 Meet the Producers

I started a security and audio/video company in 2002, and part of my hiatus from music was when I was taking time to build the business. I got a call from one of my local musician friends, Mike Mitschele, who had just closed on his first house and was putting in a...
#14 Sioux Sioux Studio, Part I

#14 Sioux Sioux Studio, Part I

The studio can be brutal, man. I mean, it is hard-ass work. I’m not comparing it to some of the hardest physical labor jobs on the planet, but emotionally, it is not for the weak. Hell, I got fired off of one of the first songs we tried to record by the fucking...
#15 Sioux Sioux Studio, Part II

#15 Sioux Sioux Studio, Part II

We had a GREAT time Friday, and Chip and I were jacked up like two little kids leaving grandma’s house full of candy bars and cake. It was fucking wonderful, and we fell in love with the process set forth by both producers.  I told my wife, Julie, that she really...
#16 Icing on the Cake

#16 Icing on the Cake

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

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

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,...