The preliminary release date for State Cows new album has been set to 18th of June!
The album will contain 11 songs and the running time will be 51:14.
More info to come!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Backup Plan
How many westcoast records can you name that don't contain blazing harmony parts?
Daniel and Stefan recorded scratch vocal arrangements early on in the process to make sure there was enough room when the time came to put the real vocals on. Soundscapes tend to clutter up fast when adding instrumental overdubs. The arrangements turned out quite intricate with lots of tight notes and tricky jumps as well as some castrate like tenor parts.
In order to get good performances and a nice mixture of voices, some really versatile vocalists were badly needed. We found them in Christian Thomsen (above) and Marcuz Granberg (below), two extremely talented singers! They totally delivered and did all their parts in less than a day. Kudos to you, guys!
Daniel and Stefan recorded scratch vocal arrangements early on in the process to make sure there was enough room when the time came to put the real vocals on. Soundscapes tend to clutter up fast when adding instrumental overdubs. The arrangements turned out quite intricate with lots of tight notes and tricky jumps as well as some castrate like tenor parts.
In order to get good performances and a nice mixture of voices, some really versatile vocalists were badly needed. We found them in Christian Thomsen (above) and Marcuz Granberg (below), two extremely talented singers! They totally delivered and did all their parts in less than a day. Kudos to you, guys!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Vintage Vibe
Daniel recorded the rhythm guitar using one of two tube amps - a Fender Pro Jr and a Vox AC30. The Pro Jr is a small amp without any bells and whistles, only volume and tone knobs and a great sound!
Pedalwise, a Tube Screamer and a Hot Cake Fuzz were frequently used throughout the recordings.
Daniel's main axe is a Gibson ES 335. It's been around for quite some time and delivers a great vintage smooth hollow body tone, perfect for westcoast music.
Les Pauls, Teles and Strats were also used a lot, all in the best interest of the song. What wasn't used was amp software plugins. While they do get closer and closer to the tone of real amps, the feeling of moving air is just not there - at least not yet!
Pedalwise, a Tube Screamer and a Hot Cake Fuzz were frequently used throughout the recordings.
Daniel's main axe is a Gibson ES 335. It's been around for quite some time and delivers a great vintage smooth hollow body tone, perfect for westcoast music.
Les Pauls, Teles and Strats were also used a lot, all in the best interest of the song. What wasn't used was amp software plugins. While they do get closer and closer to the tone of real amps, the feeling of moving air is just not there - at least not yet!
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