Bill took some video while we were in the studio yesterday (Solar Peace Productions) of me singing “Fly with Angels” (just part of the chorus) while Ian records the guitar track. Unfortunately Wordpress is not recognizing my video file so I’ll work on that. Once I get it up here (which I WILL do) you’ll hear an annoying tapping noise, that’s the click track; annoying but very essential! If you’re laying down separate tracks the click track keeps everyone ‘on track’. I’ve tried recording without it and it’s the most nerve wracking experience I’ve ever had in the studio!!
Anyway, once all the instrument tracks are down I’ll be recording the ‘real’ vocal track (without phones ringing, pussycats purring etc…). Just thought you might be interested in the process.
Me and Ian listening to a guitar take
Once the track is recorded you need to listen very closely to make sure there are no oopses; silly things that you never notice during a live performance, things like fret noise or the chair creaking or the odd twang. Then we ‘punch in”; that means Ian will play along with the original track and at a spot just before the oops, Bert will ‘punch in’ - start recording the new part with, hopefully, no oops. If that sounds simplistic and low tech it’s because that’s what I am when it comes to the recording part of all this - simple and low tech!!