The fastest paced session I have ever worked on. This week involved tracking bass guitar and keyboard parts with two of O’Brien’s friends who he has known for a long time. Megel plays the keyboard and Clive plays the bass and both are very experienced musicians who were able to come up with some parts for the three tracks whilst in the studio and it was my job to ensure we kept the session running smoothly for everyone involved. As these two instruments were going into the desk via direct injection, there was no need for any microphones except for a 414 we hooked up in the live room to hear the musicians talk to us about the different takes. O’Brien stayed in the live room with Migel and Clive to sing and give more of a feel to the different takes we recorded.

Clive, Megel and O’Brien

After about three hours of recording various parts and takes we were very happy with the results we had got and played the overall rough mixes to O’Brien and we were all very happy with them. Reflecting on the production process so far, I feel I have kept a well managed project going with a lot of attention to planning out time slots. So far the project has nearly all the tracks we need for the EP and the final recording sessions will involve recording vocal tracks and harmonies. The project so far has been a good learning experience and a lot of fun too!