Author Topic: I'm recording a 5 track LP next week (Read 9133 times)

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **on:** July 15, 2009, 11:48:03 PM »

I'll be in the studio (great studio) for 2 weeks recording a 5 track CD with my band, we're called "Urania" and the track listing is as follows: (Track times are estimate)

1. The Cycle of Madness 8:00
2. Rushing Dreams 7:00
3. Never-Ending Love 6:00
4. The Wings 20:00
I. Learn to Fly
II. Hang Gliding
III. The Fall
IV. Violent Landing
5. A Passage Through my Past Life 14:00

That's about 55 minutes of cool music. Wish me luck, DTF. You guys are having one track or two as soon as I have 'em in my hands. I'm pretty excited

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:50:24 PM »

Awesome. Can't wait.

reneranucci · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2009, 10:09:43 AM »

So... what kind of music does your band play? What instrument do you play? How long have you been together? What´s the name of the album? etcétera etcétera

Nihil-Morari · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2009, 10:17:01 AM »

Yeah, give us some insight about the band.

Progmetty · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2009, 10:45:10 AM »

Good luck man, it would be awesome if you called your album Sample or Test.
Urania - Sample..
small flask with yellow liquid in it as artwork..

Global Laziness · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2009, 12:06:47 PM »

Cool! My prog metal band Endspace will be recording our first album (untitled at the moment) later this month, too (track times are approximate):

1. Ethic Wreck (5:53)
2. The Passage of Time (5:26)
3. Archetype (10:38)
I. An Inevitable Change
II. Dance of the Innocent
4. Our World Today (5:03)
5. Lost to the White Line (8:32)
6. The Shadow Cast (7:12)
7. Create a Memory (5:23)
8. Reality Rising (20:00)
I. Inferno
II. My Own Prison
III. Revelation
IV. A New Season
V. Beyond
VI. Rise

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2009, 10:29:43 AM »

Quote from: reneranucci on July 16, 2009, 10:09:43 AM

So... what kind of music does your band play? What instrument do you play? How long have you been together? What´s the name of the album? etcétera etcétera

Well this is it.

We're called Urania and we're a progressive metal band that's trying to make a breakthrough in Mexico's poor Metal scene. We've been together for just half a year, and we've done incredible thins. There's a bunch of compromise from every member, and we consist of drums, guitar, bass, vocals and keyboards. I'm a keyboard player myself, and I'm going to record with Yamaha MOTIF ES8 and an Alesis FUSION 8HD synths. There's a big Dream Theater influence on us, for sure, but we are trying to stray as far away as we can from their core sound by incorporating many things DT usually doesn't do, like electronic sequencers, different vocal styles, etc. There's even one section from "The Wings" that has a certain pop song influence. The name of the album is yet undecided, although if things keep going like they are, it's going to be called "The Cycle", all songs share a common thing with cycles, somewhat.

Quote from: Global Laziness on July 17, 2009, 12:06:47 PM

Cool! My prog metal band Endspace will be recording our first album (untitled at the moment) later this month, too (track times are approximate):

1. Ethic Wreck (5:53)
2. The Passage of Time (5:26)
3. Archetype (10:38)
I. An Inevitable Change
II. Dance of the Innocent
4. Our World Today (5:03)
5. Lost to the White Line (8:32)
6. The Shadow Cast (7:12)
7. Create a Memory (5:23)
8. Reality Rising (20:00)
I. Inferno
II. My Own Prison
III. Revelation
IV. A New Season
V. Beyond
VI. Rise

Talk about odds! We should play together sometime soon

ZBomber · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2009, 04:46:12 AM »

When are you going into the studio? Its been my life-long dream to record an album, always great to see someone getting a chance to do that!

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2009, 11:09:04 AM »

Today we're going to get all our equipment into the studio and tomorrow we will begin recording basic tracks.

I'll make sure I can get most out the experience and tell you how it goes!

Nick · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:44:16 PM »

Good luck Darklord, I look forward to hearing it!

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2009, 09:59:08 PM »

Only if you promise you're going to broadcast some of the songs in your radio show

Oh, and I just went today to the studio to leave all my equipment there and it's amazing. I'm going to upload pics whenever I get the chance to do so, it's like on the movies!

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:33:29 PM »

Alright, Day 1 is done. Today basically consisted in getting all the cables set straight and the engineer setting up the workspace and recording few drum tracks. Recording is harder than I expected it to be, click tracks are tricky as hell (especially in prog, heh) and I can't tell how nervous my drummer was in the first shots. 3 drum tracks are done by now, and I've got to say that it sounds incredible. The engineer that's producing us is from Argentina and has been in the business for quite some years. Be sure to follow DarkLord's recording diary. More details coming up tomorrow

ZBomber · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:35:50 PM »

I envy you so much! You play guitar?

How much is it costing you guys to record, and how many days/hours do you think you're gonna put into it?

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:40:19 PM »

We have the studio booked for 2 weeks, and we're working 8 hours approximatedly for every day of the week except Sundays. In dollars, we're paying around 1500-1600 bucks for the whole proyect (includes recording, producing, mixing, editing and the mastering which is going to take place in another studio). It's really exhausting, though. We have to be there in the whole process for matters of production, etc. But so far (1 day, lol), it's been an incredible experience.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:40:36 PM »

haha, yes, the good 'ole click track. Whenever I record, even just for fun or demo purposes, I ALWAYS record with a click.

ZBomber · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2009, 10:02:35 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 20, 2009, 09:40:19 PM

We have the studio booked for 2 weeks, and we're working 8 hours approximatedly for every day of the week except Sundays. In dollars, we're paying around 1500-1600 bucks for the whole proyect (includes recording, producing, mixing, editing and the mastering which is going to take place in another studio). It's really exhausting, though. We have to be there in the whole process for matters of production, etc. But so far (1 day, lol), it's been an incredible experience.

That is awesome! I'm happy for you, I'm sure it is as much fun as I dream it to be. Can't wait to hear the finished product, and keep us updated on the daily progress!

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 20, 2009, 10:07:25 PM »

I'll give you my address to send my copy whenever you are done.

From the Mexico : Awesome files.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #17 on:** July 21, 2009, 10:01:03 PM »

Day 2 is complete. This day was great because, all the basic drum tracks were finished. No more intense drumming, no more tempo mistakes...it's all done. We spent about 2 hours making the click map for the long epic track, in which there are lots of tempo changes...it was exhausting but totally worthwhile. The drums are sounding incredible and the bass tracks are going to be recorded tomorrow. Lots of pics are coming whenever I have the time to upload them.

ZBomber · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2009, 09:09:03 PM »

What order are you gonna record in? Drums, bass, guitar, keys(?), vocals?

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #19 on:** July 24, 2009, 03:28:37 PM »

That's exactly the order we're recording on. Drums with the programmed click track, bass, guitar, keys and at the very end, vocals, sequences, samples, arrangements, etc. Day 3 and Day 4 were great, we already finished with the bass and the guitar, and I'm beginning to record keyboards. I'm going to take a while because there's a lot of patches I use, and I got to record them individually. Things are looking (and sounding) good,

ZBomber · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:09:59 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 24, 2009, 03:28:37 PM

That's exactly the order we're recording on. Drums with the programmed click track, bass, guitar, keys and at the very end, vocals, sequences, samples, arrangements, etc. Day 3 and Day 4 were great, we already finished with the bass and the guitar, and I'm beginning to record keyboards. I'm going to take a while because there's a lot of patches I use, and I got to record them individually. Things are looking (and sounding) good,

Awesome! Things seem to be moving along quickly. Any photos from the studio? That'd be cool to see!

Also do you guys already have someone doing your album art? Or are you gonna figure that out once you finish recording?

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2009, 10:30:20 PM »

I think we're dealing with the album art once we are 100% done.

By the way, I have in my hands the raw, unmixed instrumental demos. They sound amazing! I'll share a track for you right here, it's raw and unmixed so expect some bestialities.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1FT5A1VX

ZBomber · « **Reply #22 on:** July 27, 2009, 11:29:32 PM »

Nice dude! Sounds pretty awesome. Do you still need to record more tracks or are you going into the mixing process now?

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #23 on:** July 27, 2009, 11:39:15 PM »

We still have to record all the vocals, which will takes us all of this week. Acording to the engineer, mixing will last for 2 weeks, approximatedly.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2009, 12:29:30 AM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 27, 2009, 10:30:20 PM

I think we're dealing with the album art once we are 100% done.

By the way, I have in my hands the raw, unmixed instrumental demos. They sound amazing! I'll share a track for you right here, it's raw and unmixed so expect some bestialities.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1FT5A1VX

Well you've just topped anything that I was gonna record.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #25 on:** July 29, 2009, 08:23:48 AM »

Quote from: Global Laziness on July 28, 2009, 12:29:30 AM

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 27, 2009, 10:30:20 PM
I think we're dealing with the album art once we are 100% done.

By the way, I have in my hands the raw, unmixed instrumental demos. They sound amazing! I'll share a track for you right here, it's raw and unmixed so expect some bestialities.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1FT5A1VX

Well you've just topped anything that I was gonna record.

That's not true, it looks like you have lots of interesting things going on with your album!

ZBomber · « **Reply #26 on:** July 31, 2009, 01:38:23 AM »

Any more updates? I still think you should get videos or pics of you guys in the studio... I'm sure you're gonna wanna remember this in a few years.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #27 on:** July 31, 2009, 12:10:06 PM »

We're done! Yesterday, lights in the studio were shut down and we finished all the recording. It was a great experience, I'd say that recording vocals is the funniest experience of all the recording. The engineer also seemed like he was having a great time when recording the vocals. We actually had our singer and 2 girls making some cool harmonies, a'la Pink Floyd. I'm uploading pics and videos pretty soon. Stay tuned

ZBomber · « **Reply #28 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:03:36 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 31, 2009, 12:10:06 PM

We're done! Yesterday, lights in the studio were shut down and we finished all the recording. It was a great experience, I'd say that recording vocals is the funniest experience of all the recording. The engineer also seemed like he was having a great time when recording the vocals. We actually had our singer and 2 girls making some cool harmonies, a'la Pink Floyd. I'm uploading pics and videos pretty soon. Stay tuned

Awesome! Time for mixing now? Do you know the running time of the songs yet? Anything go a little longer or shorter than you expected?

Looking forward to the pics/videos!

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #29 on:** July 31, 2009, 08:40:48 PM »

Quote from: ZBomber on July 31, 2009, 07:03:36 PM

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on July 31, 2009, 12:10:06 PM
We're done! Yesterday, lights in the studio were shut down and we finished all the recording. It was a great experience, I'd say that recording vocals is the funniest experience of all the recording. The engineer also seemed like he was having a great time when recording the vocals. We actually had our singer and 2 girls making some cool harmonies, a'la Pink Floyd. I'm uploading pics and videos pretty soon. Stay tuned

Awesome! Time for mixing now? Do you know the running time of the songs yet? Anything go a little longer or shorter than you expected?

Looking forward to the pics/videos!

Running times are the following:
The Cycle of Madness. - 8:30
The Wings. - 20:28
Rushing Dreams. - 6:55
Never Ending Love. - 6:15
A Passage through My Past Life. - 12:29

55 minutes in total. A couple of tracks are longer and a couple are shorter. That's mainly because of the click tracks and the BPM we applied to them. We obviously played the songs without metronome at rehearsals, so applying a click track to them slightly modified their running times.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #30 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:50:42 PM »

How come you bumped The Wings up to track 2? The longest song shouldn't be second...

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #31 on:** August 02, 2009, 06:40:25 PM »

No, that isn't the order

The Cycle of Madness
Rushing Dreams
Never Ending Love
The Wings
A Passage Through my Past Life

That's the correct order

Dimitrius · « **Reply #32 on:** August 02, 2009, 10:04:44 PM »

The last one sounds like an epic song.

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #33 on:** August 03, 2009, 11:45:51 AM »

We want pics and vids please.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #34 on:** August 03, 2009, 04:19:47 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on August 02, 2009, 06:40:25 PM

No, that isn't the order

The Cycle of Madness
Rushing Dreams
Never Ending Love
The Wings
A Passage Through my Past Life

That's the correct order

Yeah, you had listed that order originally. I like it a lot more.

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Author Topic: I'm recording a 5 track LP next week (Read 9133 times)