Studio Update - Week 3 (drum tracks)

Our goal was to get drum tracks completed for three band songs. Two of the songs were fairly straight-forward, but one of the newer tracks has a pretty ambitious drum part.

My plan all along had been to play drums myself (like on the last CD), but after a couple of weeks of practice (and lots of stress), I decided it was best to just hire a pro. I know a number of players around town, but, as fate would have it, I ran into an old friend after a gig a few weeks ago...

Mike Hinton is an accomplished live and session drummer in the Atlanta music scene. I met him about 10 years ago when he was teaching lessons over at Atlanta Pro Percussion. I learned quite a bit from him and have enormous respect for his talent. Over the years, we lost track of each other, so it was great to run into him just when I needed the right person for this project!

Anyway, we met over at Groove Tunes Studios in Alpharetta and got to work. I was excited because I was able to focus all my energy into producing, while Mike used his talents to just kill the drum parts. Here's a quick video of Mike and I working together...





At the end of the session, we had drum parts for all three songs.

This stuff sounds really good.

I can't wait for you to hear it.
Marc

Studio Update - Weeks 1 and 2

During week 1, we worked on guide tracks for the band songs and recorded final versions of a couple songs that will be just me and the piano.

Week 2 was focused on getting piano and keyboard tracks down. We made some good progress, but there's plenty to do in future sessions.

Next week, we record drums with Mike Hinton. I can't wait!

Some pics so far...


Eric at work in the control room.

Singing into this Neumann mic is just heavenly.

Stay tuned!

Back In The Studio!

I am very pleased to say that I am back in the studio working on some new material to be released in early 2011. This is an ambitious project... not in terms of the number of songs, but rather in terms of quality and getting the right sound for my music.

I will once again be recording with Eric Tunison at Groove Tunes Studios in Alpharetta. Eric has a state-of-the-art environment and the skills to help me get the best possible sound for these songs. I also hear he plays a wicked cowbell :-)

Add to that some of the best musicians in Atlanta, and I think I have the right mix for a very successful project. Exciting stuff!

Stay tuned... I will be posting updates of my progress on this blog and on Facebook.

Best,
Marc