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« on: December 11, 2008, 05:42:47 AM »
Hey everyone, just wanted to start this topic on the subject of my band’s upcoming recording studio venture.  I’ll be tracking drums this weekend for 5 new songs.  Hopefully I’ll be able to give frequent updates as we get further and further in the recording process.

As for now, here’s a picture of my guitarist Kevin with the engineer Brian Potts.  Kevin is also known as “KevinMakesMusic” on this forum.
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 08:16:19 PM »
Picture update

1) Drums
2) Final Solo Rehearsal
3) Wood Chips from Sticks
4) Changing Heads - Top & Bottom!
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2008, 11:46:52 PM »
Time lapse video of the drum setup in the studio
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 10:43:52 AM »
That was swweeettt!

The only time I hate being a drummer is when I have to either tear down or make 10 trips up the stairs to load or unload! I don't mind setting up though.  Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008, 09:33:38 PM »
yeah seriously man.  I'm with ya.

Pictures - Tracked 5 new songs on Saturday with Engineer Brian Potts
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2008, 11:21:37 AM »
Great looking studio and drum kit!!! Smiley
Post some audio samples from the drums please? Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2008, 11:00:33 PM »
i'm actually interested in hearing the drums solo'd as well.  For our upcoming album we'll be offering stereo stems of the music, which will essentially isolate each instrument.  I don't think I dig the snare sound we got unfortunately, so it might have to be sampled/replaced.  We'll see.
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 07:22:22 AM »
Hi Brian,

Cool to see your kit. I changed my setup a month ago and put one of my floor toms to the left like you did with yours. I love this!! It is very useful for me when trying to play melodically and helps to give new ideas.

Hope you'll find something to do with you snare sound. It's an important part of a overall drum sound!

Hope you liked your recording experience!!

You drum really looks great, I'd like to hear how it sounds. Good luck for the next session!!
Daniel
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 09:37:46 PM »
Dangig, do you have any pics of your new setup?

Here's the first video of my tracking session.  Audio sounds over-modulated.  oh well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMwu_KX8PHM
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2009, 05:45:34 PM »
Here are some pictures of my kit (new setup).

I've had my basic Taye kit for about 4 years now (and I love it more day after day). I like to change the way it is configured, so this is what it looks like for now! I know I have a lot of things, but I always try to keep in mind basic principals of music :
- Less Is More (easy to say with a kit like that haha)
- Play for the music

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=1118325&imageID=14880217&MyToken=a0218fa2-25da-430b-9ce9-8f6847705c8e
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=1118325&imageID=14880244&MyToken=a0218fa2-25da-430b-9ce9-8f6847705c8e
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You can go at our myspace page http://www.myspace.com/neodymemusique and see a little bit more in the DrumDan album!
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2009, 05:35:28 PM »
cool setup Dangig.  Long hair too!  \m/.

Here's a 30 second clip of one of our new tunes.  This has a harsh sound to it, so I must warn you.  The recording you'll hear is the live drums which I recorded in December, backed by MIDI guitar and bass, and backed again by a really loud click.  It's essentially what I hear when I record.

http://www.concreteprophet.com/brian/ltc.mp3
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2009, 12:33:17 AM »
I'm a bit curious. Seems you prefer a "flat" constant click which doesn't mark odd-time signatures while recording, may I ask why?
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2009, 07:11:18 AM »
Well that's just it...this song changes time sigs a few times.  This one in particular, although you can't really tell from this clip, has the following time sigs...

4/4
15/16
6/8

to program accents would be way too much work, so I just go with the straight click and no accents.  My guitarist Kevin actually came up with the backing tracks so I just told him straight 16ths the whole time.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2009, 07:59:45 AM »
new video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyXdjs8GB4
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2009, 05:48:56 PM »
Dig the video Brian. Nice chops ya got there. Looks like a lot of work - but its worth it in the end.
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« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2009, 04:54:34 AM »
thanks A, i hope to put more videos up of the other songs.
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« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2009, 09:25:59 PM »
new video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmgvYaKmUeY
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« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2009, 04:29:52 AM »
new video...this time I'm 'yelling' at KevinMM.  I think it's funny FWIW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIuIZ-214sA
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« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2009, 07:39:04 PM »
Bass tracking videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyhMHbuZjxo

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vii5W6rXag
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« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 07:21:45 PM »
Here's a recent video of my bass player tracking the bass to our upcoming song titled, "Freeze Frame".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYPhGzqzlZY
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2009, 04:56:36 AM »
Another bass tracking video of "Family Tree Dysgenic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfX1Jhsi2Bg
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« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2009, 09:44:11 AM »
Hey Brian,

Just took a couple of minutes to check some of your awsome vids! Let me tell you bro that your band seems pretty solid and your music is quite incredible! Man, I really dig that kind of tunes!!! Is there an album due out soon?

Keep in touch and keep the rock alive and kickin'!

Mark
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« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2009, 06:51:23 AM »
Hey Marc, thanks for the MySpace request and for checking the stuff out here.  Glad you dig the tunes.  We have 5 songs in the works, due out sometime this year.  :-)  We're recording guitars next week.
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« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2009, 09:41:25 AM »
Yes Brian, I really dug the kind of music you guys are creating! Just to show you that i'm not telling you bullshit, have a peek at this video that I recorded back in 2005 or so while reheasing with my older band. I'm pretty sure that you will find some similarities between your music and the song you will hear, which is a tune I composed.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1077927302814

Though you can't clearly see it, I'm the one at the far left, just by the amplifier stack. The other one that you see poping in the frame is Marc Rivest who still plays with me in our current project with Stephan. The rest of the band is entirely new. The song you hear will probably be officially recorded in the upcoming weeks; now having a whole band to perfom everything, it's a great chance for me to get some of my songs a nice facelift! lol

Tell what you think about the tune!

Bye!
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« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2009, 05:53:23 AM »
cool vid man.  Basement jams are always fun, aren't they?  Too bad you were a little hard to see.
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« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2009, 04:39:10 AM »
Here's Meridian1928 tracking the bass to a new tune titled "Kinetic"
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« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2009, 06:46:53 AM »
Here's KevinMakesMusic tracking guitars to our song titled, "Family Tree Dysgenic".
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« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2009, 05:13:24 PM »
Hey Brian,

I was watching the guitar tracks recording and couldn't help noticing that Kevin really makes an abusive use of the F word! lollllllllllllll

Pretty good studio vids by the way....!

Cheers!

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« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2009, 06:27:41 AM »
Ha, yeah that's my favorite part!  Language adds character IMO.  :-)  Glad you dig bro.
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« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2009, 09:44:11 AM »
Hahaha!

You know, when we will be able to post some vids of our own stuff, I'm pretty sure that some of those bad words will fly in from everywhere! We French Canadians have a very wide range of words to use when swearing! lollllll
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