How was your studio session yesterday?

[Cat Burrito]

We have a very popular "how was your last gig" thread and a growing rehearsal one, but I can't see a studio one. It's a different beast and I am happy to kick start things. It'd be great to hear other experiences of where you are and how you got on. 

 

Yesterday, we returned to Mooncalf Studios in Wiltshire, for our penultimate session for album no. 3. Playing gothic original material, we usually record the drum tacks and keys on GarageBand, take them to the studio to upload and tidy up, and then add the guitars / bass / vocals. 

 

We uploaded the last three songs and recorded the bass and vocals. I used my Fender Jazz USA (2008) and my Squier Bass VI for the bass parts. I also got to use a Jerry Jones Sitar guitar that we had hired for the princely sum of one bottle of red wine. Oh, and I added a simple part on my David Bowie Stylophone. The sitar took a few runs. Mainly because I was writing the part whilst in the studio. The bass all went down in one take with no overdubs, across all three tracks. That doesn't always happen but it is nice when it does. I also did a few lead vocal lines, which went down pretty easily. 

 

We have three guitar parts and one of my vocal parts to do and the album is done. 

 

 

Anyhow, enough about me... who else has a recent studio session that they'd care to share? 

[Lozz196]

Great idea for a thread 👍

[BigRedX]

In my home studio putting the finishing touches to the drum programming for another new song.

 

We now have 5 new songs to work on for when we are next back in the rehearsal room.

[NancyJohnson]

My session (four days ago), was good.  It was nice to just be creating after a period of not really playing so much because of health/hand related issues.

 

Hopefully back in on Wednesday.