(tron valdez)I'm in Chapel Hill, NC right now with Mike and Chris from Tron Valdez (link for their brand new myspace page). We got done with the first day of recording and we're almost done! We're recording in Chris's living room. We did drums and guitar live, with the guitar amp miked up in a bedroom so that there wasn't too much bleed to the drum mics.
Music is happening a lot faster than I thought it would! I think the standard time from now on will be one day per song. I mean, I came here a day early because Lonnie Walker's songs went so fast! There is a boatload of mixing to do... there will be time for that soon. Here's a little update on that: Two of Cara's songs still need bass. I guess that will get done after she gets back from tour. Future Islands' songs will be mixed after Tron Valdez's, because that has a sooner deadline (for the Tron Valdez/Future Islands split 12").
There are three new tracks in the player! Fresher than Fresh, I guess.
First is "Obliteration", the first piece I recorded for this project, which was composed by Du Yun and performed by her with John Mannion and Jeremy Nissan. This is a three minute excerpt from the middle of the 20 minute piece for chinese zither, low-frequency noise/electronics, percussion, and vocals.
The other two tracks are so rough and so fresh! These are rough mixes, but that's what this site is about!
Tron Valdez is recording two songs total, and we only really have vocals left to track! Went really quick, and I'm pretty happy with the sound! Tron Valdez!
2 comments:
these tron valdez tracks sound good. the drums are recorded especially well...a really clear, crisp sound. sometimes drums can sound muddy or something, but the way this guy plays and the way you recorded them make 'em sound tiight. aiight!
does the "Governor" track have a subtle delay on the drums or something?
It's exciting to listen to the unfinished tracks because, as I think you said, there's gonna be vocals added - it's fun to imagine what they are going to be.
I guess I'll have to "tune in next week." (Or whenever.)
Brian - what are you, some kind of drum-delay geek? I guess so!
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