Some times, making a record is just about hanging a microphone in a room, inviting in some friends and hitting record... Mostly it's not though.
Here is an example of the kind of detail we've put in to the new record -- these notes are for one instrument (cello), on one song (Turnaround).
intro
- i'll need to hear this against the organ/rhodes stuff. it'll probably work
verse 1
- i'll probably use all / some of this
chorus 1
- fucking gorgeous.
- check tuning
verse 2
- give it to me, probably too busy - fights the vocal often, but i might grab a phrase or two.
chorus 2
- fucking utterly lovely
- check tuning
bridge A
- honestly, i think these ideas are the ones we should go with. the tuning, timing and specific note choice of some of the "connecting phrases" just need to be improved/tightened.
- seriously, this general approach is gonna work! we just need to commit to it.
- on the chop parts - i hear two cellos doing really tight / tempo-locked harmony chops - with the note(s) you currently have. just thicken it.
- the "connective phrases" between the chops sound out of tune and maybe a bit to obvious / "i'm an orchestra guy". having said that, I don't think they need to be "weird / out there". I'd go for subtle harmonic color, actually. don't feel like you have to do the heavy lifting - let the vocals do that.
bridge B (speak up, hold on, walk away)
- love the pizz
solo
- heart breaking
- love the top notes in the 2nd half
- don't change a god damned thing
verse 3 - empty / quiet verse
- yes. nothing here.
verse 4 - building verse
- this feels like 10 pounds of cello in a 5 pound bag. BUT - give me them all and I'll pick the ones that work with the organ/rhodes tracks. you're fine.
final chorus(es)
- lovely.
descent into outro
- god damn -- gorgeous
outro
- yup. you're done. i might do some trimming / slimming, but it's all there.
churchy final outro
- lovely
- some of the notes need to be more in tune
John Common
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I love mixing. Recording is mostly technical; it's all about capturing the performance of the musician and his/her instrument as accurately as possible and with the best possible room sound. But mixing-- which parts to cut, how to pan, what type of reverb, how much, EQ, riding the faders... and if you have multiple takes, which ones to use, or which parts of the various takes to use-- mixing is more artistic. I love mixing.
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