They played our demo on the Radio !!!

[lurgan liar]

hey - i play in an acoustic rock band and we have recently recorded our demo cd and it has been received well by local radio stations and music critics ...We have a dylan / neil youung / oasis sound ....

You can listen to our demo HERE - Captain Kennedy

Tomorrow at band rehearsals i am going to have a stab at recording us with my limited recording equipment

An 8 track Alesis Mixer
3 mics : Shure SM 58, £20 Dynamic Mic and a Sennheiser e845 ($140)
and i am gonna record onto a mini disc as our 4 track cassete recorder is crap

We consist of a rhythn guitarist who plays through an acoustic marshall amp
The Vox and backing Vox are miced through this amp as well
A bassist with a bass amp
Myself with epiphone les paul and a 100 W marshall
And a drummer

We usually recording using the line outs in our amps - but i am looking to mic the amps up properly myself ...
And try to mic the drums to create a live sound ....

Can any one suggest the best possible way to record us using this set up ( mic placement) etc etc would be helpful

I use Cakewalk sonar so if i got the drums recorded the rest of the instruments could be tracked later ....

Thanks in advance

 

[jonnyc]

This is the second time you've posted this, either you're bragging or you just don't know how it works.

 

[lurgan liar]

Actually no Jonny - i am simply looking to get as many opinions as possible ...Thanks for the response in the other forum by the way .... I heard another guy say that you could put 1 mic in between the kick and the snare and use a load of compression and it would work ...lol

So it is interesting to get as many suggestions as possible then try them all