SOUND ENGINEERING (STUDIO) A - STUDIO PROJECT

The band I chose to record for this project is local 3 piece "Glamville". Their line-up consists of drummer, guitarist/vocalist and bass player/ vocalist and their musical style could be described as jazz-punk. I knew Glamville would be a difficult recording subject as their songs are very loosely structured and the element of spontaneity is paramount in their musical ethos, rendering it difficult to record one instrument at a time to maintain absolute production cleanliness. In the studio, I compromised with the band to the extent where I managed to separate them physically by placing the guitarist in the dead room and the drummer and bass player in the recording space with baffles strategically positioned. Naturally I still had trouble with spill but the band was happy to be able to lay the bed tracks down together simultaneously. The bed tracks were laid in 2 x 4 hour sessions with another 4 hour session allocated to overdubbing extra guitar parts, vocals and a last-minute piano track. I then spent around 12 hours mixing down, cleaning up and generally earning my keep as a putative sound engineer. Click to below to hear the result.
MP3 MIXDOWN - GLAMVILLE - HERMETIC CO-ORDINATES - CLICK HERE

MP3 MIXDOWN - GLAMVILLE - INSOLUBLE SOLUTION - CLICK HERE

PROJECT PRODUCTION AND RECORDING NOTES PDF - CLICK HERE