Class #8 notes
Monday March 17th
Happy St Patty’s Day!
“Happy”
(played at the Oscars)
Artist: Pharell Williams
- vocals are driving the song, not the music
- ABABC song structure…Stevie Wonder inspired but today’s pop sound
- melodine instead of autotune. More electronic
- tonal kick drum
- tuning is essential -loosen or tighten to achieve desired tone, to remove a “note”
- use tape, sand bags, sound deadening cloth etc etc to isolate sounds and remove bleed
- at the end of a drum recording session be silent for 30 seconds or so to capture the final note
- get a bit of room sound
- capture each individual drum/cimbel for one”strike” in case you have to replace a problematic sound
- capture kick and cimbel struck together (for one “strike”)
Homework:
Read in WordPress “Setting up a studio” & then write out your own version “1 page”
How would you run your studio? Don’t screw up the vibe!!
7 recordings of mono drums – same instrument, different placement
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