Re: d.i.p. - old band, new project
1You'll be in good hands, for sure. Only advice is to play your heart out. Let the staff do what they do best, which is let you do your best.
Re: d.i.p. - old band, new project
2Yeah, your plans are tight but definitely doable as long as you're prepared.
Personally, I like to mix with fresh ears, so assuming the basics are all done on day 1, I'd start day 2 getting the instrumental mix sounding good for an hour or two before beginning vocals. You could even record the vocals one song at a time, giving your voice a rest while finishing the mix of that song, then moving on to the next. I just really try to avoid the "oh shit.. we have 4 hours left, time to mix the whole thing" thing. I've never been happy with the results that way.
additional tip: drink a lot of room temperature water while recording vocals, or cooled down throat coat tea if you really need it.
Personally, I like to mix with fresh ears, so assuming the basics are all done on day 1, I'd start day 2 getting the instrumental mix sounding good for an hour or two before beginning vocals. You could even record the vocals one song at a time, giving your voice a rest while finishing the mix of that song, then moving on to the next. I just really try to avoid the "oh shit.. we have 4 hours left, time to mix the whole thing" thing. I've never been happy with the results that way.
additional tip: drink a lot of room temperature water while recording vocals, or cooled down throat coat tea if you really need it.
Re: d.i.p. - old band, new project
3If you have any parts that you kinda fucked up, remember you can always overdub. So, don't worry about flubs, as long as the performance is solid. I had a legendary session with JSP, where we had an absolute monster take, but there was one really obvious flub that was done by the whole band. JSP literally cut the flub out of the tape and made it seamless. I personally don't mind flubs if they aren't extreme, they add character. The most important thing is performance. A perfectly played song with a stale performance is not worthy of anything. With that in mind, it's real easy to go overboard and try to record a song more times than needed. Don't do that, you get diminishing returns. If you aren't really getting a good take within the first 3 or even 4 takes, take a break and move on, come back to that one later.
My rule was doing 3 takes at the most, often times we would get the best take on the 2nd performance. Every once and awhile, the first performance was gold.
My rule was doing 3 takes at the most, often times we would get the best take on the 2nd performance. Every once and awhile, the first performance was gold.
Re: DIP - old band, new project
4Sounds great upon first listen! I don't know who sings what but one of you sounds a bit like Lou Barlow.
Re: DIP - old band, new project
5Lost most of this thread because I’m an idiot; see first two posts here for info:
http://premierrockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=69933
Digital album was done in December… now the vinyl records are done!
Thanks again to FM Steve and all at EA, FM Bob Weston and all at CMS, and all the folks at Smashed Plastic!
http://premierrockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=69933
Digital album was done in December… now the vinyl records are done!
Thanks again to FM Steve and all at EA, FM Bob Weston and all at CMS, and all the folks at Smashed Plastic!
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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Re: DIP - old band, new project
6Whoa shit, your drummer is Bernt Carlson!?
I used to see The Pastaways play a bunch around 2002-2003 and hung out with him and the Eads brothers a good deal. My old high school band The Muggles used to play with them. Bernt was always a totally solid dude and he drove that cool old cop car with the searchlight. It's been 20 years since I saw him, glad he's still playing.
I used to see The Pastaways play a bunch around 2002-2003 and hung out with him and the Eads brothers a good deal. My old high school band The Muggles used to play with them. Bernt was always a totally solid dude and he drove that cool old cop car with the searchlight. It's been 20 years since I saw him, glad he's still playing.
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Solo project https://tomwanderer.bandcamp.com/
My band https://redstuff.bandcamp.com/
Solo project https://tomwanderer.bandcamp.com/
Re: DIP - old band, new project
7Yes! Not sure if you can see it, but in the picture of us playing live on the back cover of the album, his bass drum cover says "Pastaways"!Tom Wanderer wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:50 am Whoa shit, your drummer is Bernt Carlson!?
I used to see The Pastaways play a bunch around 2002-2003 and hung out with him and the Eads brothers a good deal. My old high school band The Muggles used to play with them. Bernt was always a totally solid dude and he drove that cool old cop car with the searchlight. It's been 20 years since I saw him, glad he's still playing.
I grew up in West Chicago; the Carlsons (from Wheaton) were family friends with my best friend/roommate in high school/college. My other best friend (the guitarist in DIP), via association with my first best friend, ended up rooming with Bernt at NIU in the late '90s. Shortly afterwards, Bernt started playing drums for us when our previous drummer (also originally from Wheaton) got too busy with one of his other bands. We've been in this format since.
Bernt has always played in multiple bands; he seems just about up for anything. I think the Pastaways are on a break at the moment, but they released a bunch of stuff in the past few years (https://pastaways.bandcamp.com). I find them quite amusing!
I don't think it's possible to overstate the awesomeness of Bernt.
BTW, Bernt also had a hearse for a while. I'm always reminded of Bernt when I hear the Pavement lyric, "the goth kid has a hearse."
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)