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first, i’d like to say that my pre-ordered David Crowder’s Remedy album has still not come in the mail…and…what’s up with that? what am i pre-ordering something for if it isn’t going to come either A: the day the album is released (which was 3 days ago at this point…) or B: one day after?
do yourself a favor and don’t pre-order cds from musichristian.com.
with that said, the post can begin.
i am back in the studio. no, that picture is not my studio…it was taken in…2004, i think, when i recorded a cd with the college hour worship team.
i learned a lot recording OLS and hope to apply all sorts of things to my new projects. the most important thing i discovered is the absolute necessity of worktapes when recording.
a worktape, as defined by me, is the rough draft of a song, recorded relatively quickly (one or two passes at most, just to get the major errors out and the major ideas in) for use in listening and formulating what the final produced song will become. i didn’t use worktapes on OLS, just flew by the seat of my pants whenever i was tracking, and i think that the discipline and patience of using worktapes to gain musical ideas will help a lot in my upcoming productions.
today i tracked the worktape for one of my newer songs, Magnify. piano, bass and vocals…that’s it. got them down and now i can start listening for what’s missing. already i’ve had some fun ideas. i’ll post it in a little bit.
plus, i got to use a new piece of hardware: our behringer ultrafex tube processor. i am very pleased to finally be processing vocals with tubes because the vocals on OLS are my number 1 complaint (for lots of reasons). it was a champ and i can’t wait to use it more.
i’m excited to be recording again. there is something terribly fulfilling about producing music. it may just be for myself, or for the Lord, it may end up being for the internet or for my congregation here, but no matter what happens to the finished product, even if it just sits forever on a hard drive somewhere, it is a worthwhile process.
blessings
