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Saturday,
March 12, 2005
Day
1 of album project: Drum tracks
Pete
and I arrived at Di Pietro Sound at 10 am with Pete’s
drum gear. I brought one bass, my 5 string Fender Jazz to
lay down some guide tracks. It’s purple. The main focus
today and tomorrow is on Pete’s drum tracks. Everything
else gets added later.
As
Pete was setting up the drums he realized he’d forgotten
to bring the fresh head he needed to put on his 12”
tom, so Yogi and I set out for Guitar Center to pick one up
while Pete and Darin got the kit mic’d and plugged up
to tha studio thingies. We came back as they were nearly finished...twiddling
knobs…recording bits… playing them back over and
over…discussing...twiddling more knobs. Once this was
all ready to go, it was time to eat lunch.
Over
to Red Robin for some fish ‘n’ chips and a chocolate
shake, a discussion about guns, the death penalty and killing
people with knives, then a stop for water, coffee, ibuprofen
and Girl Scout cookies on the way back.
Now
time to begin actual takes, beginning with IY. Yogi had already
put a click track together using his original demo which also
contained a keyboard part and a scratch guitar. I plugged
my Fender 5 string Jazz (did I mention it’s purple?)
into Darin’s Peavey tube preamp (yes, Peavey…it’s
modeled after a Summit and sounds very nice indeed) to lay
down a scratch track along with Pete’s first run through.
After which, I was done with the bass for the rest of the
day. Much gazing at its beauteous purplishness ensued throughout
the afternoon, as it stood happily in the control room, listening
to the drum sounds it would later be dreamily melding to.
Yeah, it has ears. Purple ears.
Have
I mentioned Darin’s kitty cats? Well, he has two kitties
who reside inside the house, and each time I go in to uh…rest,
they are there to greet me. And I love them for it, because
I love kitties, and need a fix whenever possible. So I visit
with them as much as time allows when recording at Darin’s.
They make me even happier to be in the studio than I already
am.
Eventually
Pete ended up with something he was mostly happy with for
IY, but not without some issues regarding a cymbal making
funny noises. It may need fixing, or may not. We’ll
figure it out tomorrow. Moving on to the next song, AKITS.
Some
guitars are already finished on AKITS, since we started recording
it during last year’s demo sessions in hopes of finishing
and releasing it as a single. That didn’t end up happening.
Yogi wanted Pete to redo the drums since he’s developed
the part a bit since then. The guitar tracks on it already
are the ones I did last summer, and Yogi recently added more
when he was doing guitars for the demos in the last couple
weeks. There are some sequenced keyboards too. I was planning
to throw down a bass track, but there wasn’t much point
since Pete didn’t need to hear it. He would really only
want to hear the click and the synth, so I didn’t bother
with a scratch track. I’ll be doing the final bass tracks
for these songs next weekend anyway, so there doesn’t
need to be one there for any other reason but to give Pete
some bass love while he does takes.
Pete’s
first take rocks our asses. I can tell his work with Charlie
Drown (and incessant listening to Rammstein lately) has influenced
his style a bit, in a lovely way. This track is going to kick
major ass. It helps that there are already some fat guitars,
one is me playing Darin’s ’75 Les Paul Standard.
There almost doesn’t need to be any bass…but of
course when there is it will be even cooler. We were all happy
with the first section of Pete’s first take, so that
was kept and he continued from there.
Pete
is very critical about his own playing. This isn’t a
bad thing, but sometimes he hears things that nobody else
hears as being a flaw. But when he says he can do better,
he always does. And so he did. After a number of attempts,
and some computer glitches along the way, he nailed something
really cool for the ending and we called it a night.
Tomorrow,
we come back to do one more song, ND.
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March
13, 2005
Day
2 of album project: Drum tracks
Today
we got right down to business. Next up was ND, a song Yogi
has recorded a couple versions of previously that he really
wasn’t satisfied with. So he’s trying again with
a new rhythm section and maybe some rearrangements in the
guitars and vocals.
Pete
did a little warming up and I plugged in my bass to play a
scratch track. We did a run through, then Darin hit record
and we were off. I missed the first note because I didn’t
know how long the countoff was, and it’s in 7/4. Oh
well, first time I’d heard it. Got to the end of the
song and Pete was happy enough with that to come in and listen.
The ending of this tune has a cool rideout that we’ve
been ironing out in rehearsal for months as Pete played around
with ideas. He liked the whole ending section on this first
take so much we kept it. Then he worked back through each
section to listen and fix the bits that needed tightening.
There
was one spot where I felt he should do a more exciting fill
than what he’d done. I suggested something using the
toms, rather than just a snare kick thing like he does a lot.
So, he spent the next 5 minutes perfecting a very cool roll
sort of thing down the toms, and recorded that. After all
that effort, only then did Yogi say “I think it’s
too busy.” Heh. So he came up with a more easygoing
thing that we all dug.
After
that was all spiffy, Pete gave another listen to IY from yesterday
and decided he liked the track as is. Darin was able to clean
up the weird cymbal noise, which was caused by the ride rattling
against the floor tom mic. Then he made me some rough mixes
with and without bass for me to listen to this week and experiment
with bass parts in preparation for my sessions next weekend.
And
that concludes this entry, brought to you by chocolate chip
cookies and purple basses.
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March
19, 2005
Day
3 of album project: bass tracks
It’s
my turn for much scrutiny! Pete and I arrived at the studio
at 11 am. Ok, we were a couple minutes late…there was
a line at Starbucks. It’s ok because Yogi had gotten
there early to fix an out of tune guitar part on a song that
may or may not be on the demo, and was still working on it
when we arrived. Turns out it was my guitar track from a year
ago that was slightly sharp on the open strings of the main
riff. Darin had Yogi’s Lab Series running through the
Marshall cab all mic’d up like they had it a couple
weeks ago, then when we decided it was MY guitar that was
screwy they switched over to the amp I’d used on the
track, the Groove Tubes “Soul-O”. Yogi played
the riff that will replace my guitar for that section (shhhh…don’t
tell). Meanwhile, Pete and I enjoyed our coffee, banana loaf
and raspberry scone. I enjoyed some kitty love.
When
the guitar was all squared away, it was time for me to lay
down my bass track for that same song which may or may not
be on the demo. We got the amp stuff set up while Darin told
us all about some screwball person who has been sending him
hate mail the past week. Finally the truth came out…it
was me who’d signed up a fake Hotmail account and called
up Darin’s oldest friends to gather secret information
about him so I could harass him anonymously. I get such a
charge out of that sort of thing y’know.
Anyway,
here’s the amp set up: I ran my Fender Geddy Lee Jazz
bass into a Sadowsky preamp/DI stomp box. From there, it splits
and goes into two separate rigs. #1 rig: Demeter tube preamp
to Stewart World 2.1 power amp to Darin’s SWR Goliath
II 4x10 cab, mic’d with a Sennheiser 421 (I think).
This is my huge woofy clean sound. #2 rig is the SWR Interstellar
Overdrive into a Peavey DPC1000 power amp into my cute little
Bergantino 1x12 cab. I rolled off all the bass, turned off
the tweeter and cranked the drive way up for a particularly
nasty sound chock full o’ grit. This cab was mic’d
with the Royer ribbon mic, uh, I think. Hm, should have taken
more notes. A third track was recorded using a DI straight
off the bass. I forget which preamps each mic and the DI went
through. Perhaps Darin could clear that up at some point.
Once
we got tones happening, I started on a take. This is a song
I was playing on guitar previously, so I was already experienced
with the difficulties of playing the rather syncopated lines
cleanly and in time. On guitar a little sloppiness is allowed,
but no such luck with the bass. Thankfully, Pete was there
to help point out the discrepancies between the bass and drums
and make me fix them. I got through a whole take, then we
went through one section at a time and cleaned up the bits
that needed it (which ended up being pretty much the whole
thing).
Someone,
I can’t for the life of me remember WHO, came up with
a brilliant idea, which was to stick a Big Muff in the middle
of the song so I could do a really nasty slide from the bridge
back into the chorus, and have it be a huge roar and make
us giggle with delight when we’d hear it. I have no
recollection of who thought up this crazy idea, but I’m
sure it wasn’t Darin. We spent a good 10-15 minutes
perfecting this bit, and all were happy eventually. I ended
up with rather red little fingers from sliding up and down
my low string many times. He, er, whoever suggested the Big
Muff idea also thought it would be cool to turn it on for
the very last note too. So we did that. That was cool. Too
bad you guys won’t be able to see the face he made to
demonstrate what it sounded like. Just think “RAWK”.
That’s the face.
That
track complete, we went out for some lunch. This time, the
conversation was largely about mega-churches in the local
area. That was after the discussion about the chick at Hooters
with the set of cannons. A quick stop for coffee afterwards
and we were back at the studio to start on the next song.
This
one is AKITS. I switched to my Fender MIA 5 string Jazz bass
(yep, the purple one now sporting a very snazzy mirrored pickguard)
and Darin made a few changes such as using a Groove Tubes
DI and changing to the Avalon preamps for the mics (I think).
Alls I know is it sounded kick f-in ass! We kept the grit
in there, and by itself the three tracks of bass sounded pretty
raging.
There
is a main riff that runs throughout the song; intro, verses,
solo, end fadeout. It gets a little monotonous when there
aren’t any vocals to entertain us. First I tried tracking
with the synth track off and the guitars up. Then we took
the guitars out and tried it with just the synth, so I could
lock in with that since it’s very precise already and
the guitars can “float” a little and still sound
in time. Sometimes we listened to just bass and drums to hear
how they were locking together. My part on this is pretty
aggressive sounding, and I’m doubling the synth bass
part so I had to have a consistent attack. I have a habit
of dropping notes out here and there. Maybe it’s because
I’m a girl, or I’m too dependent on compressors.
I dunno. I sometimes play too “expressively”,
when I really should just slam the hell out of the strings
on every note so none get lost within the mix.
I
get one little fill to do in this song. I had a general idea
or shape for what I was going to do, but I purposely didn’t
work out a specific rhythm for it. This way I could try different
things and at some point something spontaneous would occur
that we all liked and we’d keep it. This is in fact
what happened. A little coaching from Yogi and head nodding
and/or shaking from Pete and I managed to do something really
smoove that fit the spot nicely. There was much discussion
about one little spot where we couldn’t all agree on
what was making it sound not quite right. Finally, ten minutes
of discussion later, I just played that whole section over
again and that solved the problem. See, it’s easy and
FUN in the studio!
Once
we got through all the bits, and played it all back, the little
nitpicks were well worth it and we now have a rocking bass
track for this rocking song. The bass and drums are solid,
tight, and locked in like a nice married couple/rhythm section
should be. The guitars sound huge on this one too. Whew, now
it’s time to go home for the night and come back tomorrow
for two more songs: IY and ND.
Discuss
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March 20, 2005
Day
4 of album project: bass tracks
As
I expected, ND was a right bee-otch to get recorded. I decided
to begin with that song since I knew it would be the most
arduous. There are lots of syncopated grooves that require
precision to lock to the kick drum, the main groove is in
7/8, and I also was expected to throw in a bunch of really
cool fills off the cuff. Darin changed around the mics on
the cabs that were still set up from yesterday. I believe
he added an Audix D6 and a Neumann to the SWR Goliath II 4x10.
I’m not sure if he actually used the Neumann or not,
but it was set up anyway. The Sennheiser 421 went over to
the Bergantino 1x12. He will have to come in and tell us what
preamps he used. Again, alls I know is that it kicked some
almighty ass.
I
took a few run-throughs to get warmed up and finally managed
to do a take that the other guys thought was good enough to
patch up. I thought it sucked. But on playback, it wasn’t
as bad as I thought. Some of it even got kept! You know, it’s
hard to play a groove in 7/8 and make it flow nicely and not
sound all herky jerky. This was my challenge. It helps to
have the drums already there to guide me, but sometimes my
fingers just don’t want to play the notes at the exact
spot I tell them to. Of course the more I play these bits
the tighter they get, so eventually it happens. And none of
us are willing to settle for any flams between bass and drums.
Even if they don’t sound that bad, and they might get
covered up with layers of guitars, having the most solid underlying
foundation possible does indeed make a difference in the impact
of the whole track. I’m glad Pete is so anal about these
things.
Now,
there comes a point where the anality (probably not a word,
but so what) has diminishing returns. That is when we spend
a half hour on trying to improve upon a little one bar part
that all but one of us thinks is perfectly fine as it is.
After some ProTools zooming in and analysis (notice how the
word anal is contained in that word) about the diddly bits,
the person-in-charge deemed that part perfectly fine and declared
it time to move on to the next section. Whew.
So,
we came to the ending section that Pete nailed on his first
take last week. I was able to get much of it in one take but
patched up a few things here and there. One little flub turned
into a cool fill (one of those aforementioned off the cuff
things) that I kept the flubbed part of but fixed the rest
that was out of time. I played the same thing, just better.
Finally got done with this track, which took a total of nearly
6 hours. Holy crap! Time to eat.
Today
we enjoyed some Mexican food at Azteca. I had the nachos,
a personal favorite, while we had a spirited discussion about
world politics, wars, dictators, homeless people, and other
fascinating subjects like Darin’s favorite artillery.
Upon
our return to the studio, we decided to go ahead with the
last track, IY. I figured this wouldn’t take all that
long since it’s more of a feel good groove kinda track.
Naturally, like all things in the studio, it took a little
longer than I expected. But the end results are nice! I had
to warm up all over again, so a few run-throughs and we were
off. We backed off the gain on the Interstellar Overdrive
and cleaned up my tone.
This
was yet another deceptively difficult tune. There are syncopated
rhythms happening during the pre-chorus, and if they’re
the slightest bit off it sounds like total crap. So we made
sure it was all happy with bass and drums. I tried a few different
things with some lines and Yogi had to sing through some parts
to help figure out if they would interfere with vocals. Ended
up keeping it mostly simple and solid since there are many
vocal layers planned and no room for bass pyrotechnics. No
slapping solo, no Geddy Lee/Neil Peart fills, no Chris Squire
counter melodies. Well, maybe a little of that but with a
mellower tone.
Got
done with that and had one last little thing to add in on
AKITS, which was a two bar muted dub-like line that happens
during a break in the RAWK. Nailed that pretty quickly and
then we were done for the weekend. Mission accomplished: I
finished my bass tracks for the 3 new album tracks that Pete
did drums for last weekend, and I finished one more song that
may or may not be on the demo. Next up is Yogi’s vocals
for the demo tracks, then I suspect mixing of the demo tracks,
then guitars for the album tracks.
I
had a great time working with the guys, and I want to thank
Yogi, Darin and Pete for making this so much fun. I’m
really happy with the results, and I can’t wait to hear
what Yogi comes up with for his guitar tracks. I know it will
be filled with creativity…and there had better be a
whole lotta Big Muff on it.
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Saturday,
April 16, 2005
Day
5 of album project: More Drum tracks
This
weekend actually began last night when Pete and I brought
the drum gear to the studio so Pete could set up and he and
Darin could get drum sounds in preparation for the next two
days. While setting up, Pete and Darin talked about how to
go about making an ambient kit to use on the verses of one
tune we are doing. Besides the usual stuff. Once they were
happy with Darin’s mic placing and knob twiddling we
headed home to get a good night’s sleep.
Saturday……where
to start? The first tune of the day was actually not a tune,
but an intro for the song I’ll just call RO. In rehearsal
we’ve been jamming around freely on the intro of this
song, and Yogi wanted to capture some of that vibe on the
recorded version. He created a click track and an idea that
he’s been playing in rehearsal that we could screw around
with. Pete put down a part while I played along, somewhat
at a loss for what to do because I wasn’t sure exactly
how long it was going to be. Good thing that will be replaced!
Yogi suggested adding a shaker, so Pete did a couple passes
at that and we called it good.
On
to RO. This tune is a kind of swingy rock thing with Rush-inspired
chords.
Sorry,
I have to interrupt this diary entry to say that I can’t
remember so much about today’s music because I can’t
stop thinking about squirrel tubes, tan lines, Rainier boxes
and turkey basters. Man, these guys are lucky I’m not
easily offended. Sure would have been a boring day otherwise.
So
anyway, Pete got through RO pretty easily then we went off
for a meal break. Upon returning, and after much laughter
about all things wax, it was time to begin work on TP. This
is yet another challenging one. It’s full of twisty-turny
bits, weird swingy grooves with accents on the upbeats and
for Pete, lots of drum fills to get all crazy on. After some
attempts at getting a complete take down, I finally managed
to actually play my guide track without totally screwing up
(except in that one place). Then I could relax and listen.
Pete however was not feeling comfortable with it after a while,
and decided to move on to another tune before wasting away
the hours with no satisfactory results.
So
next up was OS, which is a cover tune Yogi wanted to do just
because he likes it so much. It’s a rockin’ noisy
song where Pete just sort of bashes away with reckless abandon.
He took some time getting into the feel of this one, but before
too long was getting some happening takes. Darin came up with
an idea to try with a delay on the snare, but Yogi vetoed
it with his ultimate record company president powers. Eh,
something about “getting in the way of the vocals”.
VOCALS SCHMOCALS, I say!
Ok,
not really… I agreed with him.
Once
this track was done it was time to go home for the night.
Tomorrow is the big one…the song we will call simply
S. I’m not looking forward to doing my bass tracks for
this because it’s a right bee-yotch to play. But that’s
why God invented the punch in, and I’m sure I will make
judicious use of this wonderful thing when my turn comes.
For tomorrow, a guide track without big mess ups will do for
Pete to get his part down. Wish me luck!
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April
17, 2005
Day
6 of album project: more drum tracks
Today
we got straight down to business with the song of the day,
S. I threw down a guide track during Pete’s first run-through
as I have been doing for everything else. I played it better
than I expected I would, using my Fender Geddy Lee Jazz bass
which is tuned down to drop D flat. Darin ran my bass through
some DI box that cost $800, then a Grace preamp and some sorta
compressor which I can’t remember the name of. Oh, and
I forgot to mention in yesterday’s entry that I played
my 4 string Fender American Standard Jazz bass on the guide
tracks. It’s purple. For the record.
Then
my “work” was done and I played videographer the
rest of the afternoon. I got footage of Pete at the kit working
his magic, LOTS of footage of the back of Darin’s head,
a bit of Yogi’s noodling and some shots of the crazy
Seattle-can’t-decide-whether-it-wants-to-be-rainy-or-sunny
weather.
For
S, Pete had some cool ideas about using a different sound
on the verses. He and Darin set to experimenting with using
just room mics, then later set up another kick, snare and
ride in the big room so he could double the part. We all had
ideas to try, and everyone seemed to think the results were
quite groovy and very usable. The plan is to put effects on
it to make it sound loopy only it’s a real person playing
and not a loop. It’s going to be way cool, especially
once the yodeling overdubs are finished.
And
that’s about it. Pete had to head out for a rehearsal
and Darin had someone else coming in for a session so we called
it quits around 5:00 with one song done today. One song with
lots of bits on it, that is! There wasn’t time to revisit
TP, so that will wait til the next set of drum sessions. In
two weeks I’ll come in to do bass on S, OS and RO plus
the little intro piece we are calling N.
Until
next time!
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April
30, 2005
Day
7 of album project: bass tracks
Whew.
What a long frustrating day. But at the end of it, I had a
bass track for S I think I can listen to.
I
used the Geddy Lee Jazz in the drop D flat tuning and approximately
the same amp and cab setup I’ve been using on the demo
and album tracks we’ve done so far. Why mess with a
good thing, I say. I don’t know which preamps Darin
ran which mics through, but the amp setup was as such: Fender
Geddy Lee Jazz bass > Sadowsky preamp/DI > Morley A
+ B splitter: channel A. Demeter VTBP-201s tube bass preamp
> Stewart World 2.1 power amp > SWR Goliath II 4x10
cab. Morley channel B. SWR Interstellar Overdrive (drive cranked
up high for maximum dirt) > Peavey DPC1000 > Bergantino
HT112 with tweeter off. We also took a DI straight off the
bass for a total of 3 tracks of bass.
Man,
this friggin’ song kicked my bass playin’ ass.
The main riff is a series of hammer-ons and pull-offs that
are perfectly simple to do on guitar, but a bit more challenging
with fat bass strings. It took me some time to get into the
swing of things and get that smooth, but I did get it eventually
so it grooved with the drums. The song is peppered with little
impossible licks that I knew beforehand I would have to punch
in and make many attempts before I’d get them all right.
Though the first fast 6-triplets-in-a-row lick I managed to
get on the first take. Getting the one at the end of the song,
however, took several hundred takes. Well, it seemed that
way.
I’m
fairly certain I was psyching myself out on this, and was
already not looking forward to the difficulty of recording
this song. I’ve been woodshedding these parts for the
last couple weeks in preparation. I know it helped, because
my hand actually wasn’t tired at the end of the day.
But it does piss me off that I was repeatedly missing licks
that I know I can do, but the moment I need to pull them out
it doesn’t happen for some reason. Purely a mental thing…proof
is in the first take where I nailed that one lick, probably
the hardest one in the song. Relaxing and not thinking so
hard about it is what I need to do to let things flow. I must
try to remember that.
We
worked for a good 8 hours on it and I think I’m happy
with the results. And to think I was expecting to get two
songs done today…ha. That pina colada I had at dinner
afterwards was awful good, and dammit I deserved a good pina
colada after all that. I
still needed to do the verse section for S, so that would
be the first thing to tackle tomorrow and then the plan was
to do some backup vocals for the demo tracks so we can be
done with those once and for all.
Sunday,
May 1, 2005
Day
8 of album project: More Bass tracks and demo vocals
Arriving
at noon, we discussed what kind of sound to have on the verses
of S. I was set against tracking bass with any effects on
it, but Yogi very much wanted to get the effect at the beginning
rather than leaving it open to a million options to think
about later on down the road. I was persuaded, and I’m
glad we did it, at least for this part since it was more of
an atmospheric thing than a proper “bass line”.
We could fuck up the sound and not lose the booty.
Two
words: The Worm. That’s all I can say.
Oh
yeah, there will be a new product on the market soon: The
Lizzy Daymont Signature Bass Pick. It works even better than
fingers, and it’s just the right thickness for bass
string spacing. There is a nice hole in the middle to aid
with gripping. Amazingly, it also can double as a cymbal felt
for a hi hat clutch. Coming soon to a music store near you!
So
we got a cool tripped out sound for the verses on S, I played
them, then we put the bass away and set up some vocal mics
for me to sing some backups on the demo songs that are very
nearly finished.
Not
much to tell about that, I sang some bits that I’ve
been singing live, I impressed everyone with my incredible
vocal prowess (HA) and we even got Pete in on the singin’
action. He sang some low harmonies on Throw Me A Bone, which
is sounding quite good I must say. I observed many ants in
Darin’s vocal booth, and tried not to do too much farting
while I was in there (at least not while the mic was up).
We
finished all the backups for 3 of the demo tunes, which leaves
two more to finish and then we can mix. Yogi still has a few
bits to do for the lead vocals which we hope to get to later
this week.
Friday,
December 16, 2005
Day
9? Of album project (for me, anyway)
Er,
yeah. I'm writing this entry long after the fact. I forgot
that I never wrote anything about this quick evening session
where I recorded a bass track for Only Shallow, a cover tune
that Yogi loves and wanted to throw down with us. It's kind
of a "bang it out" sort of tune, with the same chords
over and over but the bass notes can vary to give it some
shape.
Admittedly,
I don't love the tune. I don't hate it by any means, but it
isn't a favorite. Pete had recorded the drum tracks months
ago back in April, and we hadn't played the song as a band
since then (or much at all), so it wasn't something I knew
inside and out or had a specific part prepared for. I thought
I knew what Yogi wanted me to do on this. I spent a little
time at home running through it, just to remember what the
arrangement and chords were. I was expecting to jam it out
and call it a night.
That
didn't quite happen. I ran through it, and Yogi started directing
with ideas of where he wanted me to go with it, which were
different than what I was thinking. Unfortunately, this made
me suddenly feel completely unprepared, since he was asking
me to play in a way that I wouldn't normally have played.
At least, not spontaneously. I was playing on instinct alone
and at that moment wasn't feeling terribly creative or capable
of thinking "outside the box" like he wanted me
to. I was expected to do something utterly wild and cool,
as if I were John Entwistle, and absolutely nothing was coming
to me. I especially have a hard time playing totally blind
and free when there are three people in the room watching
every note I play and listening intently.
We
went around and around with things and ultimately I got really
frustrated with it and had to step out of the room to relax
a little, and play through some ideas by myself. I think this
freaked everyone out a little…I wasn't mad at Yogi,
I just needed to get away from the tense atmosphere that was
brewing before it got any worse. Basically he was pushing
me in a way that made me feel inadequate. I know he didn't
intend it that way, but due to my own feelings it just wasn't
helping. Nobody was yelling or anything and nothing was thrown.
Once I chilled out a bit and went back into the studio things
were more relaxed and eventually we got a track we were all
happy with.
Still,
I couldn't help thinking for a few days after that I hadn't
played anything like what Yogi was hoping I would play, and
that I should go in and do the track again at some point after
taking some time to jam on it with the band. But Yogi insisted
that my track was fine and we shan't speak of it again.
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