Hello everyone!
So recording is done. It took 21 hours of studio time altogether, and once all is sorted, something fantastic will emerge very soon!
I spent 5 hours the first day laying down piano and “guide” vocals (handy for when you need to pick up recording halfway through – vocals/lyrics give you a good idea of where you are!) but it turned out on the Saturday that the work I did playing to a “click” timer meant that the recordings sounded a bit stilted and unnatural. So only the 3 solo song recordings from the Friday were kept.
Ah well! On the Saturday we changed course and all 7 band tracks on the album were recorded “live” in 9 hours; all of us plugged in and ready to go we managed to record the piano, bass, drums together as a band, and then recorded the guitar over those recordings. Phew!
The following Saturday I returned to the studio alone to record some piano fixes and record all of the vocals in 7 hours. I can’t run a marathon, but I have stamina when it comes to music! I laid down the main vocals, backing vocals (ahhs, harmonies, etc) and also added glockenspiel and tambourine to one of the tracks. How Stevie Nicks.
Some photos from the day are here on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151...
So! Next steps: mixing, mastering, photos, design, duplication, barcode/registration, digital distribution, physical distribution… I am still aiming for a July release, but if not, it’ll be the first week or so of August for sure.
All funders £10 and over will receive their “exclusive bonus track” to download in mid-July. And it has changed slightly – it will be an exclusive video, around 2 weeks before the album is released! (aren’t you lucky)
Hopefully once the release is through I’ll also get some music videos going! I’ll let you know if I need any extras…!
Thanks again for the support and the love – it means a lot. I really hope I have made something you will play over and over and I will be proud of forever. And you made it happen.
xxx
Kat
So recording is done. It took 21 hours of studio time altogether, and once all is sorted, something fantastic will emerge very soon!
I spent 5 hours the first day laying down piano and “guide” vocals (handy for when you need to pick up recording halfway through – vocals/lyrics give you a good idea of where you are!) but it turned out on the Saturday that the work I did playing to a “click” timer meant that the recordings sounded a bit stilted and unnatural. So only the 3 solo song recordings from the Friday were kept.
Ah well! On the Saturday we changed course and all 7 band tracks on the album were recorded “live” in 9 hours; all of us plugged in and ready to go we managed to record the piano, bass, drums together as a band, and then recorded the guitar over those recordings. Phew!
The following Saturday I returned to the studio alone to record some piano fixes and record all of the vocals in 7 hours. I can’t run a marathon, but I have stamina when it comes to music! I laid down the main vocals, backing vocals (ahhs, harmonies, etc) and also added glockenspiel and tambourine to one of the tracks. How Stevie Nicks.
Some photos from the day are here on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151...
So! Next steps: mixing, mastering, photos, design, duplication, barcode/registration, digital distribution, physical distribution… I am still aiming for a July release, but if not, it’ll be the first week or so of August for sure.
All funders £10 and over will receive their “exclusive bonus track” to download in mid-July. And it has changed slightly – it will be an exclusive video, around 2 weeks before the album is released! (aren’t you lucky)
Hopefully once the release is through I’ll also get some music videos going! I’ll let you know if I need any extras…!
Thanks again for the support and the love – it means a lot. I really hope I have made something you will play over and over and I will be proud of forever. And you made it happen.
xxx
Kat
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