Recorded backing vocals and acoustic guitars last week and finished off some loose ends here and there! Now I'm in the process of recording some additional keyboards, some guitar leads here and there, i.e. wrapping up recordings!
My goal is to finish off the recordings this year, so I can begin mixing in January. A lot has already been pre-mixed in stems and is ready to be glued in with the rest. In general the original, unprocessed sounds are 80% what It'll sound like. So mixing shouldn't take that long when the mixing process consists of mainly balancing the instruments and fine tuning sounds.
Did a promo mix and a demo mix of the whole album a few months back. Have got some great feedback from some friends and industry people already. One, whom opinion I have high regards of because his experience and technical knowledge, was amazed how good it sounds.
And I have to admit, with the risk of smelling my own farts here, it does really sound good. The songs and sounds will blow away anything we've done before, easily.
Recorded lead guitar and "crunch" overdub-guitar with a DIY tube amp kit head, UralTone Jr. Very simple, for dummies-, all tube head, with just preamp, two master and a tone controls. Stick a tube screamer in front and a Les Paul and you'll be sailing and wailing all night long on the high seas of searing lead tone.
With that head I'm using an old English FAL 2x12 cab. Really obscure seventies crap. In crap I really mean crap, but it works!
My fucking MXR Distortion+ broke down in the last minute, damn shame, was going to use it for crunch stuff. But the tube screamer does a VERY good job. Really like that pedal even though I'm just using a cheaper tonelok version, that isn't even mine. Borrowed it from Ari, our ex-bass player. Used my Gibson Les Paul Custom for all lead and crunch stuff as usual, it has some amazing sustain and the vintage pickups are just perfect for a singing and smooth textured tone.
After a few weeks I'm off to England again to relax with my honey bunny gf, so we'll try to wrap up recordings as we speak as I'll be returning in mid December and then after that Christmas fucks up our schedules anyways. But there's not much left anymore. Thank science. Some small stuff here and there, Tuukkas and my lead guitars, some additional backing vocals with the guys.
Hasn't been hard to record, the contrary in fact, but it's been a scheduling nightmare. Because of the amount of stuff to record and interference from our own normal life schedules (as we have to have day jobs etc.) and then throw in all the arson stuff, complications with my leg, Janica gets the flu just before scheduled vocal recordings. Force majure stuff basically.
The goal is to record everything before new years, and after that, 1-2 months of mixing, then off to mastering. After mastering, the final release date depends on who's going to release this and their schedule! :P
I'll also start looking into album cover art...
The album has 15 tracks (one intro and one instrumental) and running time is about 61 minutes. Packed with goodies and suprises! :D
/Jonas
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