Wow! It's been crazy busy around here lately! Family Christmas before Christmas, shopping, Black Friday, and on top of that the typical Studio work. (Recording, Mixing, Mastering, drinking lots of coffee...)
So, I recently had the privilege of Recording Singer-Songwriter Justin Clark. Justin has been a long time friend from way back in my High School days and at that time he was just starting out on the guitar. In fact, he conveyed to me that I was the first person to show him a chord! Well, fast forward to now and man alive! This guy is good! After we reunited through a concert I was having at a local coffee shop, we got to talking about music and "geeking out" on acoustic guitars. One thing led to another and I was recording him here in my home studio. Needless to say it has been a blast!
We have discussed already that we are going to work through an EP for him to release in early February. (that's my goal) I thought I would document my progress each step of the way and so here is my first installment. In the video below I cover some of the production elements that I added to what was originally intended to be a sparse arrangement. The first thing he wanted was to just get a song recorded. He was expecting a simple acoustic guitar track and a vocal over top of that. However, after discussing different options, and showing him what could be done with the song by adding a few elements to it on the production side of things, he jumped in feet first with a full production.
So, I recently had the privilege of Recording Singer-Songwriter Justin Clark. Justin has been a long time friend from way back in my High School days and at that time he was just starting out on the guitar. In fact, he conveyed to me that I was the first person to show him a chord! Well, fast forward to now and man alive! This guy is good! After we reunited through a concert I was having at a local coffee shop, we got to talking about music and "geeking out" on acoustic guitars. One thing led to another and I was recording him here in my home studio. Needless to say it has been a blast!
We have discussed already that we are going to work through an EP for him to release in early February. (that's my goal) I thought I would document my progress each step of the way and so here is my first installment. In the video below I cover some of the production elements that I added to what was originally intended to be a sparse arrangement. The first thing he wanted was to just get a song recorded. He was expecting a simple acoustic guitar track and a vocal over top of that. However, after discussing different options, and showing him what could be done with the song by adding a few elements to it on the production side of things, he jumped in feet first with a full production.