'This is Stina Nordenstam' - vocals and more...

[tho_dk]

Hi Tchad

A couple of questinions on the album 'This is Stina Nordenstam'...

1 You mentioned that on the album 'The world is saved' Stina Nordenstam recorded some of her vocals on cassettes, dictaphones etc.. Was this also done on 'This is Stina Nordenstam'? If yes, how did you go about it? Can you remember any exact songs it was done on?
2 You have a way of getting the choruses to sound more breathy/roomy without using (obvious) reverb. For example on 'Circus'. Part of this seems to me to be the use of double tracked vocals (and sometimes harmonies) on the chorus as opposed to just one single voice in the verses... Any other things that might contribute to that sound? A different mic on the chorus? Something else? Or is it just Stina singing differrently :-)
3 The musical arrangments on the album ... How much was planned in advance by Stina and the band / how much of it was all of you playing around in the studio? And do the sounds you come up with shape the arrangements or is it mostly the other way round?
4 The filtered-sounding guitars for example on 'Welcome to happines' ... was that done with your tubes/mecanical filters ... or is it just eq and/or a boxy-sounding guitar-amp?

I know its a bit much ... thanks for anything you can find time to answer

Best regards
Thomas

[tchadb]

Originally Posted by tho_dk

Hi Tchad

A couple of questinions on the album 'This is Stina Nordenstam'...

1 You mentioned that on the album 'The world is saved' Stina Nordenstam recorded some of her vocals on cassettes, dictaphones etc.. Was this also done on 'This is Stina Nordenstam'? If yes, how did you go about it? Can you remember any exact songs it was done on?
2 You have a way of getting the choruses to sound more breathy/roomy without using (obvious) reverb. For example on 'Circus'. Part of this seems to me to be the use of double tracked vocals (and sometimes harmonies) on the chorus as opposed to just one single voice in the verses... Any other things that might contribute to that sound? A different mic on the chorus? Something else? Or is it just Stina singing differrently :-)
3 The musical arrangments on the album ... How much was planned in advance by Stina and the band / how much of it was all of you playing around in the studio? And do the sounds you come up with shape the arrangements or is it mostly the other way round?
4 The filtered-sounding guitars for example on 'Welcome to happines' ... was that done with your tubes/mecanical filters ... or is it just eq and/or a boxy-sounding guitar-amp?

I know its a bit much ... thanks for anything you can find time to answer

Best regards
Thomas

1-Yes, using decks that have an OP of some sort. She would hold in her hands and sing, very close, to the mic. I can't find the record but it's pretty apparent which tracks, it's quite noisey.
2- Most of the time it's performance. Sometimes C's need help and anything goes, dbl track, perc, KB's....etc.
3-I fit sounds to the initial arrangement but I find that when you get characterful sounds, less ODing is needed which is a way of influencing arrangements. It's all a dynamic process.
4-I don't remember but could have been an old bandpass filter we used often in those days.
I love that record.

[tho_dk]

Thanks a lot

Originally Posted by tchad blake

1-Yes, using decks that have an OP of some sort. She would hold in her hands and sing, very close, to the mic. I can't find the record but it's pretty apparent which tracks, it's quite noisey.

What do you mean by 'OP' ?

Originally Posted by tchad blake

I love that record.

Me too - it's an amazing record

Best regards
Thomas

[tchadb]

Originally Posted by tho_dk

Thanks a lot


What do you mean by 'OP' ?

Me too - it's an amazing record

Best regards
Thomas

OP= output