Back In the Studio

Don in the booth

On Monday, we went back to the studio to finish the song. Or so we thought.   This time, I just got to sit back and relax and let Brian and Don do the work.  Brian laid down the bass track.  Don, after several tries, got the keyboard track done.  Then he went into the isolation booth to lay down the mandolin and bouzouki tracks.  After 3 hours, we were done. 

So now we have the tracks done.  Next step:  do the mix.  We decided though we'd work on a couple of more songs before we do the mixing.  Apparently it is better to mix all songs at the same time so that the mix is more consistent. 

So, next Monday is another night of recording.  Song this time is Earnest and Lucy.  Dominant instrument is piano and Brian on vocals.  So it might be another night off for me.   I play the acousticguitar underneath the keyboard and do backing vocals when we play the song, so if all goes well with Don's piano and Brian's vocals, I might be called on. 

What I'm learning is that recording is a long process.