Friday, June 02, 2006
Epiphany
Okay, I know this word makes it on the top ten "most-overly used" word list, but I had a few regarding my album.
1. Voice. I paid a visit to my demos and found that my voice was most pitch-perfect and full when I was singing in a more "let-it-all-hang-out" tone of voice (See "Rabbit Byrd"). I was so sure I had done the best ever on "Lunita," but my voice sounds almost whiney and is certainly not as on-pitch as it should be, due to the fact that I'm trying to smooth out my tone into this Sam Beam meets Sufjan Stevens tone. Those guys manage it fine, but my voice tends to be somewhere between Neil Young and Joanna Newsom on the tone scale. So that's what I'm going with.
2. I finally kind of figured out the studio. Guitar Sound in Coleman seems to be the right place. They don't have Pro-Tools (although, contrary to popular opinion, there was music recording before Pro-Tools) and they don't have a close-mic drum set-up (there was drum recording before there was close-mic drum recording as well.) Despite these "flaws," the engineer/producer seemed genuinely interested in my music. He's a songwriter himself and has 150 tunes to his name. Price: $35/hour vs. $55/hour at Big Bear.
3. I bought an I-pod, because music is about the only thing I'm interested in and it's worth it to me. Should be getting it tomorrow. It was $150. ¶ 1:47 AM
1. Voice. I paid a visit to my demos and found that my voice was most pitch-perfect and full when I was singing in a more "let-it-all-hang-out" tone of voice (See "Rabbit Byrd"). I was so sure I had done the best ever on "Lunita," but my voice sounds almost whiney and is certainly not as on-pitch as it should be, due to the fact that I'm trying to smooth out my tone into this Sam Beam meets Sufjan Stevens tone. Those guys manage it fine, but my voice tends to be somewhere between Neil Young and Joanna Newsom on the tone scale. So that's what I'm going with.
2. I finally kind of figured out the studio. Guitar Sound in Coleman seems to be the right place. They don't have Pro-Tools (although, contrary to popular opinion, there was music recording before Pro-Tools) and they don't have a close-mic drum set-up (there was drum recording before there was close-mic drum recording as well.) Despite these "flaws," the engineer/producer seemed genuinely interested in my music. He's a songwriter himself and has 150 tunes to his name. Price: $35/hour vs. $55/hour at Big Bear.
3. I bought an I-pod, because music is about the only thing I'm interested in and it's worth it to me. Should be getting it tomorrow. It was $150. ¶ 1:47 AM
