November 9, 2006: "Bad, Bad Man" Again

After listening to the rough remix of "Bad, Bad Man" from our previous session, Mike and I returned to the studio to touch up a few parts of the song. It's no surprise that the recording sounds different depending on what sound system it is played on, e. g., in the car or on the home stereo, so we spent a little time balancing and eq'ing some of the mix. Performance-wise, the vocals, bass and drum tracks were fine so no work was needed in those areas. However, some of the guitar work needed to be tweaked. We completed some touch-ups on Mike's lead guitar track and experimented with some different sound settings for the rhythm guitar track. The rhythm guitar sound seemed a little to 'jangley', so we were looking for something with a little more depth and definition. We expect to re-do the rhythm guitar track at the next session, which should wrap up this song.

Tonight we also took a big step forward with our second song, "Rhythm Of The Radio" (another original by Mike Casey), by dumping from ADAT tape to PC the tracks we had recorded in a basement practice session a few months ago. At our last practice we listened again to the ADAT recording of this song and quickly decided that we like the overall sound and performance of what we captured, with the exception of some bass and vocal parts that we will take another shot at. Using the ADAT recording as a foundation should enable us to knock out "Rhythm Of The Radio" in minimal time.

Following "Rhythm Of The Radio", we are anxious to continue work on our long list of originals, possibly "Call Me" (written by Mike Casey) or a new funk-oriented song that Bob McCarthy has come up with.