Pianist/Singer/Songwriter, Analog Recording

[springreverb]

nice

[greatgreatriver]

Awesome but did you really use a sm7 for the lead vocals?

[Mount Cyanide]

Nope. Lead vocals were tracked with a Telefunken 250.
The video footage is just from rehearsal in my studio.
Here's the video with the actual rehearsal audio (including the sm7 vox) in case you wanted to hear that "Before You Lose It" Rehearsal Video on Vimeo

[Dean Roddey]

Nice! A lot of Mazzy Star vibe going on there, and that's a good thing in my opinion. I love that type of music.

[Mount Cyanide]

Oh yes, Dean. Mazzy Star is definitely a big compliment in my ears. Thanks!

[Mount Cyanide]

And to properly address the goal of this forum. This was an API/Studer combination.

[Mount Cyanide]

Here's another song!

[greatgreatriver]

Hey the Rehearsal Video sounds great! Sounds like you have a nice room. The drums sounds very nice. Thanks for sharing!

[Mount Cyanide]

Thanks. The majority of that drum tone is through the SM7 vocal track! (comp'd with a chameleon 7802)

[Liquid360]

Sound like sex music.

[Hilden]

Originally Posted by Liquid360

Sound like sex music.

Yes. Which is why it is awesome.

Very nice. Didn't grab me much for the first few moments. Band came in...SOLD. Very cool. Loved it.

[Mount Cyanide]

Well, for any LA folks interested, Naama is playing this Thursday (7/28) at Amplyfi on Melrose. Come down!

[Mount Cyanide]

This single is now on iTunes.
iTunes - Music - Before You Lose It - Single by Naama Kates

Telefunken ELAM250 on vox, Pair of u67's on piano, the majority of the drum tone is a u48 in front. All going thru an API into Studer and mixed IN Pro Tools. Enjoy.

[alexvdbroek]

Good job. I love same room recordings..
A.

[Adimus]

I like it the music quite a bit.
Any chance of finding a hard copy? (Album/single on a CD/Vinyl?)

[Mount Cyanide]

Thanks fellas!
Hey Adimus, the single is only available digitally as of now but we're planning on doing up the full length album on cd and, hopefully, vinyl.
Question though, what aspects of the hard copy make you prefer it? non-mp3? artwork?

[Mount Cyanide]

New official music video up NOW!
Check it out folks. I'm really excited about all of this coming together.

[Andreas Leonhard]

Hi..all in all nice video, nice girl, nice song, but - sorry - the mix is not as great and clean as it could be. And last part of the song is squashed (overdone and bad limiting) to dead. Too bad. for this good song.

[Mount Cyanide]

Hi Andreas--
Tell me how the mix could've been clean or great.

Overdone as in what? Too many instruments?
And there's no limiting on it.
It was mastered with an EMT compressor though.

[Mount Cyanide]

We're playing at Hotel Cafe tomorrow (Monday March 12) at 7pm if anyone is interested in checking it out. Full ensemble, piano, drums, bass, cello, violin, trombone. Should be a goooood one!

[Mount Cyanide]

Back to this thread!
Here's a video from the tracking session at Stagg Street in Van Nuys, CA.

[Emwolb]

Originally Posted by Mount Cyanide

This single is now on iTunes.
iTunes - Music - Before You Lose It - Single by Naama Kates

Telefunken ELAM250 on vox, Pair of u67's on piano, the majority of the drum tone is a u48 in front. All going thru an API into Studer and mixed IN Pro Tools. Enjoy.

Do you realize the sample audio in itunes has NO SINGING... Its a music section of the song...

Also the levels seem really low- was that on purpose?

Just curious!

[Mount Cyanide]

Because it gets really loud at the end.

[Emwolb]

Originally Posted by Mount Cyanide

Because it gets really loud at the end.

So you decided not to ride the faders to really give the dynamic/volume change emphasis?

[Mount Cyanide]

Riding up the quieter parts would dull the emphasis.