Archive for October, 2007
I honestly don’t know if we got any good takes on the First Night, but we did achieve a beautifully raw, crunchy din, feeding in the highest levels so as to create too much distortion for the seasoned ear. Also, if nothing else, we got 3 solid hours of practice in, which is quite [...]
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We started recording the basic instrument tracks for Krakatoa on Friday right after work. Sarah and I picked up a pizza from Pizza Metro and a sixer of High Life from the D&D and we headed over to the practice/recording space to meet up with Ben. Basically as soon as we got there, I realized [...]
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Kick
Jordan basically said I was a fool for using a drum to support the kick drum mic, pointing out that when we’re playing, the mic will be bouncing all around and probably picking up extra resonances through the drum. I guess I already knew this but had pushed it to the back of my mind. [...]
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We are organized and prepared
Ben was out of town this weekend but I was itchin’ to get some work done for the recording so yesterday Sarah and I took the instruments back to the practice space and set them up. This was when I realized I don’t really know how to set up a drum set. I think I [...]
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Original Micing Concepts (TM)
These are trademarked so do not steal them:
1) Put SM58 in belly of a white whale, transport whale to Lake Michigan, perform on a glass-bottomed boat.
2) Duct-tape PZM to side of head, think really hard about what we want songs to sound like.
3) Camel stuffed with a pony stuffed with a pig stuffed with a [...]
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Unknowing the Known
To understand something is not to be able to define it or describe it. Instead taking something that we already know and making it unknown thrills us afresh with its reality and deepens our understanding of it. – Kenya Hara
The sounds on Krakatoa will be the same. There will be guitars and drums and voices. [...]
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Hot Lava
(This post is by Sarah – see? this is me)
Let me tell you a thing or two about apocalyptic volcanic fire shooting suddenly up out of the angry ground and how it relates to the band and our mysterious daily goings-on involving coffee, napping cats (& pug dog), goofy hyperactivity, and a shared appreciation of [...]
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(this post is by Nick and represents only his views, OK?)
My goals for recording Krakatoa are basically a response to the recording of Raw Yang. When we were getting ready to record Raw Yang at the Ice Factory for FP Records, I was really excited about having someone else handle the technical aspects of recording, [...]
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Porpoise
This is the blog where the Fake Fictions write about the recording process for our new album, which is called “Krakatoa.”
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