Ty Lane
CREATOR
1 day ago
Project Update: Tracking Complete!
Oh man- Still riding high after last week. Crazy in the BEST WAY!!!!
My producer and I spent Monday going through tracks, reviewing arrangements, and preparing for drum and bass tracking. I knew going into this that 6 tracks was a lofty goal for 5 days of work. My producer however was optimistic and said we would shoot for it!
On Tuesday we cut Drum and Bass tracks for all 6 songs. After spending nearly half the day Monday getting drum sounds just right in the recording room- Tuesday ended up being a very creative day, exploring different drum patterns and creating the foundation for my songs. With the exception of one tune, my original arrangements made the cut. One song we changed the music to align with the lyric content better and as soon as I heard it back, I knew we made the right call. Can't wait to share it with you!
On Wednesday we cut more scratch tracks on vocals and guitar along with main tracks for lead guitar, fiddle, viola, dobro, and lap steel. This ended up being a 13 hour day, but I was really thankful that my musician friends were there to support, and create really amazing instrumental parts.
Thursday was a vocal prep day, where tracks were reviewed and mixed down into something I felt good singing vocals to. We really had to get after it on Thursday and Friday- my flight home was Friday evening which didn't leave a lot of time after returning my rental car and taking a shuttle to my gate. We finished vocals on the very last song with about 2 hours to spare!
I haven't heard my vocal tracks yet, but I have heard all the music (both live and recordings) and I am beyond pleased. It was TOTALLY worth working these songs out, and I don't think I could have chosen a more perfect team of pros to get it done. I'm super grateful for this experience and it really confirmed that I will likely go down to finish my album with this team, hopefully next spring.
Now the engineer and producer start the process of preparing tracks for mixing and mastering. I'm being patience and letting them do their work, but secretly I am going crazy waiting for the first full rough mixes.
The songs we tracked for the EP are:
"The Joke"
"I Blame You"
"Control"
"Guy Like Me"
"Slow Dance"
"On a Roll"
While I don't plan to share any of THESE tracks until they are all finished, I do plan to start releasing some demo recordings. I'll be dropping them as Exclusive Content for the folks that backed this project, and then a few weeks later these Demos will be available on Spotify. Some of these recordings were done in local studios, some of them were taking on a cell phone- but all of them are small glimpses into how each tune started it's life before being professionally recorded. I can't wait to share them with you!
My next update will come once I have something new to report.
Cheers Ya'll!
Ty
My producer and I spent Monday going through tracks, reviewing arrangements, and preparing for drum and bass tracking. I knew going into this that 6 tracks was a lofty goal for 5 days of work. My producer however was optimistic and said we would shoot for it!
On Tuesday we cut Drum and Bass tracks for all 6 songs. After spending nearly half the day Monday getting drum sounds just right in the recording room- Tuesday ended up being a very creative day, exploring different drum patterns and creating the foundation for my songs. With the exception of one tune, my original arrangements made the cut. One song we changed the music to align with the lyric content better and as soon as I heard it back, I knew we made the right call. Can't wait to share it with you!
On Wednesday we cut more scratch tracks on vocals and guitar along with main tracks for lead guitar, fiddle, viola, dobro, and lap steel. This ended up being a 13 hour day, but I was really thankful that my musician friends were there to support, and create really amazing instrumental parts.
Thursday was a vocal prep day, where tracks were reviewed and mixed down into something I felt good singing vocals to. We really had to get after it on Thursday and Friday- my flight home was Friday evening which didn't leave a lot of time after returning my rental car and taking a shuttle to my gate. We finished vocals on the very last song with about 2 hours to spare!
I haven't heard my vocal tracks yet, but I have heard all the music (both live and recordings) and I am beyond pleased. It was TOTALLY worth working these songs out, and I don't think I could have chosen a more perfect team of pros to get it done. I'm super grateful for this experience and it really confirmed that I will likely go down to finish my album with this team, hopefully next spring.
Now the engineer and producer start the process of preparing tracks for mixing and mastering. I'm being patience and letting them do their work, but secretly I am going crazy waiting for the first full rough mixes.
The songs we tracked for the EP are:
"The Joke"
"I Blame You"
"Control"
"Guy Like Me"
"Slow Dance"
"On a Roll"
While I don't plan to share any of THESE tracks until they are all finished, I do plan to start releasing some demo recordings. I'll be dropping them as Exclusive Content for the folks that backed this project, and then a few weeks later these Demos will be available on Spotify. Some of these recordings were done in local studios, some of them were taking on a cell phone- but all of them are small glimpses into how each tune started it's life before being professionally recorded. I can't wait to share them with you!
My next update will come once I have something new to report.
Cheers Ya'll!
Ty
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