Motown records founded by Berry Gordy in 1959 in Detroit.
Hitsville: http://www.questgarden.com/130/18/0/110824093954/images/hitsvilleusa.jpg
-Assembly-line approach (brought from experience in Ford automotive plant). Same group of musicians used (the Funk Brothers) for different vocalists.
-Search for the (quickest) best “total effect” achieved rather than anxiously re-iterating to perfectly capture the written song.
Themes of Motown: Repetitive groove, [...]
Toss the Feathers with the Aggie Fiddlers
My schedule was like so:
6:00 – Set Up
7:00 – The Fiddlers arrive. Begin recording session
Record throw-away violin tracks
Record Drums
Mute throw-away violin tracks
Record Bass and Guitar
Re-record violin [...]
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I had the studio from 9:30 to 10:30
9:30-10:00 Set-UP
10:00-10:15 Levels
10:15-11:15 Recording
11:15-12:00 Doubling/buffer time
12:00 – 12:30 Take down
I attempted to use sketch and failed, so here is my very amateur paint sketch.
The new elements were recording a woowind (saxophone), recording a piano, Live studio [...]
I scheduled the recording studio for a couple of different times over the past week, but because my performer had to reschedule our meeting a couple of times we ended up having only one session in the studio on Tuesday March 27 from 1:00-4:00. The plan was to use [...]
Pre-Recording Session Schedule:
1:30-1:45 – Gather equipment and begin set up
1:45-2:00 – Adjust mics to performer for guitar track
2:00-2:10 – Set approximate levels and prepare connections (any preamps/Protools settings)
2:10-4:00 – Record all three tracks (guitar, lead vocals, background vocals) by overdubbing, reviewing each take before moving on to the next [...]
So after attending class last Friday, I found myself driving around this weekend listening to the radio, minding my own business, when all of a suddent this song comes on: OneRepublic – Good Life
About 10 seconds pass and I find myself hearing a familiar snare mix. Phil Spector would be proud?
On a [...]
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What it is
Alias—these tracks have a lower than usual sampling rate; partials that are above the Nyquist frequency (half of the sample rate) are “folded over” the Nyquist frequency like a mirror image, so we hear very high inharmonic partials. Hiss—Low signal-to-noise [...]
Flights of Fancy is a dialogue between rhythmically and melodically connected iterations of both ambient and piano-based sounds. This dialogue is heralded and concluded by a shimmering piano motif, dominated by a sinister pattern, and covered by a rich ambient drone.
The title of this piece is vividly connected to [...]
Attend the upcoming concert (required for the course), and submit responses via e-mail to your instructor by class time the following day.
Read the questions before the concert, but all of your work should be done in reflecting after the concert; you shouldn’t need to write or use electronic devices during the concert for this assignment. Just [...]
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Erin { Yesterday: This is the best use of fret noise I have heard all semester. It is also my favorite recording of yours. Well done, sir.... } – May 03, 12:16 AM
Erin { I like it! I'd lower the reverb a little bit. It gets a little distracting on some of the vocal parts. I love the piano... } – Mar 28, 9:36 PM
Trevor Gray { I think it would sound cool pumping up the lower notes of the piano a bit. The upper piano notes could do with a more... } – Mar 08, 12:22 AM
jeffmeyers14 { As an afterthought, the song is Anthology by Thrice, played by Aaron Gonzales } – Feb 26, 12:31 AM
Erin { As a side note - ASUSO (Aggies Support USO) is having a profit share from 7-11pm tonight (the night of the concert) at Red Mango.... } – Feb 23, 11:03 PM
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