$30 Parking
Players:
Matt Cole – drums
Matt Wilson – bass
Phil Christensen – guitar
The fruits of a recent jam session with a couple of my favorite players. We had gotten a room at Smash Studios in Manhattan, but forgotten it was right around the corner from MSG. The circus was in town (really!) and we ended up getting royally boned on parking.
The expense was well worth it, however. Although we'd all been out of practice and forced to do the "day job thing" since our respective bands dissolved, I thought there were some really nice jams that came out of this session.
I was particularly happy with the quality of the recording, considering I was limited to a single AT4033 to record the whole thing. I'd had problems with this setup before, particularly that the drums were too loud, so this time I actually faced the mike away from the players, and tried to catch the ideal reflection off the pseudo-soundproofed walls.
Once in ProTools, I put a slight delay and LFO on the right channel, tweaked the EQ a little, and added some reverb.