Here and There

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This is my band Here and There. I did all of the engineering and recording in a tiny beach house beside the ocean on the island of Faial in the Azores, in extremely cramped quarters, on gear the band purchased and shipped to the island...basically just a quick PC, MOTU 896HD, Event TR5 monitors, a couple 57's, couple 58's, NT1A, some pretty poor Nady tom, kick and drum overhead mics, and an older Audio-Technica condenser. I constructed an isolation booth out of bamboo from our backyard, fishing line, and blankets. All recording took place in the kitchen. My brother(the drummer's) bedroom was the control room. My girlfriend and I lived in the other room, the rest of the band and a group of friends lived in another house in the "village". I also mixed the entire project at a small studio I have access to back here in Canada. Most of the vocal tracks were also done here in Canada, as I had serious allergy problems in the Azores. Let me know what you think.

dan
 
Oh man...I'm really digging your page. Nice sounds and songs. "Pax Americana" is nice, love the way it starts right away with the vox. I love "Killing from a Distance". I'm on "Hold On"...Great vocals and great production. I love it.
 
..."Saratoga Song"...Love the guitar part in the verse. This is all, catchy, yet well written and played stuff...Again, whoever's singing has it down.

"Mlle. Erb" is a great change, has a a 70's prog rock feel to it. Great arrangement. Allows you guys to let it loose a bit chops-wise.

"Buried" has a great mood. Love the vocals. All the songs are well arranged, yet organic sounding...Love the drum sound, and I'm not easy to please when it comes to that.

You describe yoursleves as "alternative". You might be eliminating alot of people who would love your music but wouldn't check it out depending on what their perception of "alternative" is...It's too bad there has to be a label, because you're so much more than just that.

Great stuff guys.
 
thanks a lot Rami! I agree that the whole labelling thing is kind of a downer. The worst is when people ask you what kind of music your band plays..."as many kinds as we can" is what i usually say, but that ends up confusing more people than it helps.

I also appreciate your comment on the drum sound, I am actually pretty proud of the sound I got out of those mics! I used a 57 on the snare, and an audio-technica condenser over the hihat, but other than that it was all nady drum mics that I got for like $300 for the whole set.

again, thanks a lot! hope some others get a chance to listen

dan

ps. I am the vocalist and electric guitarist...rather, I did all the electric guitar tracks on this album, our other guitarist played strictly acoustic up until that point, now we are experimenting a lot more with our new material with two electric guitars.
 
Saratoga.....

Very original, very commercial, I can hear this on the radio......great writing/playing/recording.....all around great......
 
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