Recording
Since we met up at this time last week, J recorded some additional tracks on Adelita, and the song is ready for mixing. Today we started working on a Cajun waltz. We recorded button accordion and scrub-board together (a basic metal and wood model, not one of those fancy-smanshy zydeco frottoirs), then added a track with J playing claves (we actually used an instrument known as the frog), and me playing triangle. J is going to add some accordion harmony, a bass track, and alto sax (!) on the chorus. This one isn't going to sound all that traditional/regional....more like College St.....but it is going to sound very good!
6 comments:
Good going! Recording is so interesting. Are you going to play your accordian for the sessions?
Sounds like a whole lot of fun. Do you record at home or in a studio? I've been thinking of learning a bit about recording and create something in future. Don't know what because I'd like to do a whole lot of stuff...
By the way, thanks for dropping by my blog...
Yep, sounds like fun...I like the"college st." description curious to see what that means to you guys...what a terrific experience. I like hearing about it...
Tim: I'm playing button accordion on all but one or two of the tracks, and on those I'll play piano accordion.
Candy: by college st, we don't mean the college st that is 4 squillion restaurants in a row, but the College St west of Dufferin. When I say we're doing it College St., I mean that it is urban and culturally diverse rather than regional/traditional. J is Italian/Argentinian. There are Portuguese sports bars down the street right near Vietnamese cafes and so on. Our recordings too reflect that kind of mixed up international flavour - like a cajun two step done more like a Portuguese march....
Lola, we record in a makeshift studio using a good mic and some old but very good equipment. It isn't fancy but it does the trick.
That's so cool!
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