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This is so funny and at the same time so very true.
I’m sure there’s been a time in every (male) musos life where a similar situation like the one in the article below has occurred.
Personally I know a few musos like this. Do you?
PS: Thanks Michael for turning me onto this article 
The recording session went very well yesterday however, I wasn’t quite prepared for the time it was going to take to get things done. Right now, it seems like it’s going to take forever to complete this CD.
In a 6 hour period Darren and I only completed one and a half songs and I was really feeling the frustration early on in the day after being so used to the immediacy of live music. I tell you the temptation to just say “yeah, that’s good enough” on any particular guitar track we recorded was high on my list but I remained strong.
I’m glad that we’re taking the time to get this part of the recording process just right.
We arrived at the studio at 9:30am started recording at around 10:30am after Darren finished setting up all of his guitars and amps that he and I were going to use for the day.
We started off proceedings with Billboard Angel
Overkill? I think NOT!
A nice rack
Once we finished Billboard Angel we had pizza for lunch thanks to Fat Pizza and Yiros (staple studio food) and by 2:30pm we started on the second song Back Of My Mind finishing up at around 4pm.
Anthony Stewart loves his pizza
Darren Zaza
I learnt a lot about patience and tolerance yesterday but I also started to learn the fine art of music production and how to use the recording studio as a separate musical instrument. It’s amazing what you can do to change the overall ambience of a song through the layering of sounds on top of one another.
By the end of the day I was absolutely worn out due to the amount of listening and concentration that was put into the session but somehow I had to get home and get ready to run the Open Mic @ The Dan that night.
The recording madness continues next Wednesday…
Peace,
Corey
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After many, many enquiries from interested folks I’ve finally decided to get back into teaching guitar again.
What does this all mean for you?
Well, have you ever wanted to:
If you said YES to any of these questions then consider me as your guitar teacher.
As well as being a songwriter I have also been a guitarist for just over 25 years and I reckon in that time I’ve picked up a thing or two about playing the guitar and how to get the best out of it. My experiences and what I’ve learnt on my journey is what you will learn from me.
You’ll also learn everything you need to pick up your guitar and play your favourite song, jam with others, expand on your own chordal and theoretical knowledge or write your own songs using the guitar as your primary songwriting tool.
Each lesson will be customised for you and for the goals you want to achieve, whether it be to play for relaxation or as a step towards playing music as a profession.
You’ll learn at your own pace with someone who is patient, understanding and very knowledgeable.
That would be me!
To make a booking or for more information about my fees and/or what I can do for you and your guitar playing please contact me.
Peace,
Corey
All of the drums tracks and the guide bass tracks for the remaining 9 songs on my preliminary song list for the CD project are now done and with that, a major part of the recording process has now been completed (with a huge sigh of relief).
In CD Project Update #1 I mentioned that the concept of recording a guide track to a click and then using those tracks to record the drums separately rather than recording everything live was very new to me and therefore, something that I felt a little nervous about.
I mean, I’ve always thought that I keep good time however, I also know that ProTools does not lie. Thankfully Tim was able to use my guide tracks to his advantage and have all of the drums recorded without any major hitches getting in the way.
I’ve always been fascinated with recording technology and how you can manipulate a recorded track to correct things such as shifting an element of a track like a bass drum, which was played either a little early or late. It’s amazing what you can do but I promise you, no autotune will be used on this recording.
Another thing that fascinated me was the difference a variety of snare drums makes to a drum track. In the recording Tim used four different types of snares and would change them around depending on the song we were recording at the time such is his dedication to getting the right sound for the song.
All in all I’m very happy with what’s happened so far and look forward to getting stuck into my bass tracks next Wednesday because once the rhythm tracks are all sorted, the real fun begins with the layering of guitars (acoustic and electric), keys and vocals.
Peace,
Corey
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