Your instruments? Their instruments?

[bdmctear]

Hi Tchad,

I am curious how much of the time you provide key instruments used on your records? Do you bring along a lot of instruments when you are tracking? Or is it more common that you default to the band's collection? I suppose I want to know how much of your snare sound might come from, among other things, a recurring snare or collection of snares, etc? Same with bass, guitars, acoustic guitars?

Can you think of an example of an instrument that we might be able to listen for on, say, a Los Lobos recording AND a Dandy Warhols recording (just for example)?

Don't ask me why this is such an appealing idea....

Thanks.

[tchadb]

Originally Posted by bdmctear

Hi Tchad,

I am curious how much of the time you provide key instruments used on your records? Do you bring along a lot of instruments when you are tracking? Or is it more common that you default to the band's collection? I suppose I want to know how much of your snare sound might come from, among other things, a recurring snare or collection of snares, etc? Same with bass, guitars, acoustic guitars?

Can you think of an example of an instrument that we might be able to listen for on, say, a Los Lobos recording AND a Dandy Warhols recording (just for example)?

Don't ask me why this is such an appealing idea....

Thanks.

I have lot's of instruments. More important than lots of recording gear.
Perc, keys, gtrs, drums, bass, everything and they get used all the time, even when I'm just mixing.

[it's a Pleasure]

Originally Posted by tchad blake

...they get used all the time, even when I'm just mixing.

hmmm...interesting. i never thought of taking those types of liberties when mixing. (that would bring my turd-polishing potential up to another level for sure)

how far do you go w/ that? (assuming that you were just hired to mix..not produce)

[Curtis Franklin]

even when I'm just mixing.

really? Do you have the band come back and re-record? Do you add things to the mix?

btw... thanks for being here you rock.

[tchadb]

Originally Posted by it's a Pleasure

hmmm...interesting. i never thought of taking those types of liberties when mixing. (that would bring my turd-polishing potential up to another level for sure)

how far do you go w/ that? (assuming that you were just hired to mix..not produce)

I only do it with artist permission. Mainly percussion stuff but I have been known to do the odd gtr, bass, kb or drum augment.
Just icing on the cake stuff.