A few answered questions and some thanks
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:40 amHey guys,
Thanks for the reviews. I appreciate feedback .. bigtime ..
Where we recorded:
Our CD "Light it Up" was recorded at Retrophonics Studio in St. Augustine, Florida. Jimmy Divito (no relation to Danny) was the engineer and it was Mastered at Studio101 in Melbourne, Florida.
Our CD "Sept.23 sessions" was recorded at Martells in Kingsland Georgia. Stan Martell engineered and Mastered it.
Vocals: Welp... thanks for the kind words.. since I'm the singer for the band and can only say I appreciate it very much. Thank You. =o)
The song "Light it Up" yes ... there was a little strain. LOL... Retrophonics is very expensive and we only had a limited time. We busted out 4 songs start to finish in two 10 hour days ... and ... we recorded Analogue on two inch tape... no Pro-Tools.. so I had to sing everything straight through start to finish until it was right... including all the BGV's, and Son of a Gun if that weekend I got sick with a chest cold.. So.. with Light it Up being the last song we tracked the vocals on ... fatigue and the flu had started to set in and I had a tough time with it. But we said... "what the hell.... lets use it anyway" LOL...
Oh... the tape at the beginning of the Crash and Burn video is the actual tape and machine we used to record the Light it Up cd.
But just to give ya an example... the song Flower and Light it Up were both tracked vocally on the same day (Sunday) I sang Flower first... as you can tell there is quite a difference in the vocal performance between the songs. In retrospect, we probably should have done Light it Up first, because its a little more demanding.
Lyrics: Our lyrics are rather simple... we did that intentionally though. We want our music to be very "Primal" so to speak and the lyrics to match our "stripped down style". We want to people to hear our stuff and like it without having to think too much... it geared to make ya move... and speak to your animal instincts and so far the chicks really dig it... and where there's girls shakin' it... guys will follow !!! We are working on a few acoustic tunes with a little more substance lyrically. But I'm not sure when we'll record it... it comes down to MONEY.. !! as I'm sure you guys can relate... and because we do post our music for sale as soon as its recorded and Mastered, we prefer to use a Pro studio so when when people buy it... they're getting a Professional product.
However, as a musician, I do appreciate well written lyrics. There are times when I want to listen to thought provoking music... then there's times when I just want to rock it out and feel it...
Itunes... (to Musics07) in the help section of Itunes, you can find out how to get your music there. We tried other sites but Itunes has the most members and people already have all their payment info .. credit cards etc... set up with Itunes... so it keeps people from having to enter personal info on yet ANOTHER website. We had been using several "secondary" sites but in the short time we've been on Itunes.. we've already surpassed everyone of those combined in purchased downloads.
We do have hard copies we sell also... for some folks, there still nothing like holding a CD in your hands. I'm one of those people.
But its fun... we're having a good time. There's only three of us so there's little conflict. It seems the biggest challenge now is how to come up with some better, more creative marketing. So we'll see what happens...
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Thanks for the reviews. I appreciate feedback .. bigtime ..
Where we recorded:
Our CD "Light it Up" was recorded at Retrophonics Studio in St. Augustine, Florida. Jimmy Divito (no relation to Danny) was the engineer and it was Mastered at Studio101 in Melbourne, Florida.
Our CD "Sept.23 sessions" was recorded at Martells in Kingsland Georgia. Stan Martell engineered and Mastered it.
Vocals: Welp... thanks for the kind words.. since I'm the singer for the band and can only say I appreciate it very much. Thank You. =o)
The song "Light it Up" yes ... there was a little strain. LOL... Retrophonics is very expensive and we only had a limited time. We busted out 4 songs start to finish in two 10 hour days ... and ... we recorded Analogue on two inch tape... no Pro-Tools.. so I had to sing everything straight through start to finish until it was right... including all the BGV's, and Son of a Gun if that weekend I got sick with a chest cold.. So.. with Light it Up being the last song we tracked the vocals on ... fatigue and the flu had started to set in and I had a tough time with it. But we said... "what the hell.... lets use it anyway" LOL...
Oh... the tape at the beginning of the Crash and Burn video is the actual tape and machine we used to record the Light it Up cd.
But just to give ya an example... the song Flower and Light it Up were both tracked vocally on the same day (Sunday) I sang Flower first... as you can tell there is quite a difference in the vocal performance between the songs. In retrospect, we probably should have done Light it Up first, because its a little more demanding.
Lyrics: Our lyrics are rather simple... we did that intentionally though. We want our music to be very "Primal" so to speak and the lyrics to match our "stripped down style". We want to people to hear our stuff and like it without having to think too much... it geared to make ya move... and speak to your animal instincts and so far the chicks really dig it... and where there's girls shakin' it... guys will follow !!! We are working on a few acoustic tunes with a little more substance lyrically. But I'm not sure when we'll record it... it comes down to MONEY.. !! as I'm sure you guys can relate... and because we do post our music for sale as soon as its recorded and Mastered, we prefer to use a Pro studio so when when people buy it... they're getting a Professional product.
However, as a musician, I do appreciate well written lyrics. There are times when I want to listen to thought provoking music... then there's times when I just want to rock it out and feel it...
Itunes... (to Musics07) in the help section of Itunes, you can find out how to get your music there. We tried other sites but Itunes has the most members and people already have all their payment info .. credit cards etc... set up with Itunes... so it keeps people from having to enter personal info on yet ANOTHER website. We had been using several "secondary" sites but in the short time we've been on Itunes.. we've already surpassed everyone of those combined in purchased downloads.
We do have hard copies we sell also... for some folks, there still nothing like holding a CD in your hands. I'm one of those people.
But its fun... we're having a good time. There's only three of us so there's little conflict. It seems the biggest challenge now is how to come up with some better, more creative marketing. So we'll see what happens...
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