Longing for the day ...

Recording Alive and Alone - day 3

Today I started again, recording just the guitar parts. Took longer then expected because I was able to pay more attention to the nuances of what I was doing and didn't like some of what was happening. I used exactly the same microphone setup, standing up with the NT5s at guitar level and the NT1-A at mouth level. I bumped up the gain on the NT1-A a little so that it makes a meaningful contribution. Kept the stomp box mic (SM-57) as was. Guitar tracks recorded today:

1. Cry to Heaven
2. Forever Mine
3. Whiskey and History
4. Simplicty (sort of - not happy with that one)

It's interesting when you listen to the guitar part behind the first takes of each song and compare that to the subtleties that emerge from the guitar played on its own. I think the luxury of being able to separate the guitar and vocal parts in teh studio has allowed me to really focus on making the two parts work together. Adding guitar accents that emphasise the vocal accents, and getting guitar noise out of the way of the more subtle vocals. Neat trick, that ... hope it's making things better.

I've got a few days in a row off this week, so I'm gonna binge on the whole thing and really try to nail this development. Will post the results when I can.