Music Tech Forum: Enter Grice

Well this is Semester 2

And what have you done

First semester over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Semester 2

I hope we have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very merry Semester 2

Happy something that rhymes with fear

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

We've started the second half of music tech forum and to celebrate I decided to ruin a great song. Sorry John. This week we got a rundown of what to expect this semester and started to listen to everyone's studio projects. Lucky for me we haven't done mine yet. Visiting studios sounds like it's going to be great, and getting professional feedback is really excellent. I think I'm going to bring along some drum recoding as that's something I'd really like to improve on.

Listening to everyone's studio projects made me wish mine was a whole lot better, especially Ben's who has done the same band. Rowan told an interesting story about the troubles of getting everyone together to actually do their stuff and be prepared for it. The vocals were a bit lacking, but I think he got really good guitar and drum sounds so I really enjoyed it. Ben just like myself recorded Bad Bodine, and to be honest I feel he did a better job of it. The singer and snare were a little soft, but having worked with the band I think he did a really good job of capturing their sound. Brendan had a really interesting mix, I had heard it before he mastered it and I could hear the difference. I think he got a really great piano sound on this track and he already knows I'm stealing his method of getting it.

Scott H had the band I would've liked to record. I'm not really sure why as I don't really get into that kind of music but for some reason recording it seems like fun. As I was quick to announce in class I think the production really suited the music here. The standout thing for Stuarts track for me was that he really got a great sound out of the vocal harmonies in his track, the drum level could have been more consistent though. Josh recorded myself, Jake, and Brendan and boy am I glad I went home before having to sing. It should be noted that all takes here were done after 2am so we maybe could've played a little better...

The song we heard of Laurens was produced really well, when the drums came in the snare and kick drum sound was great. Next week should be great, it will be good to be in a decked out studio. The week after that is more projects, mine will probably come up so sorry Stuart in advance.