© 2017 Michael A. Bedrosian ℗ 2017 Plutonian Music (ASCAP)
Links
The Left Hand Set
- Michael Bedrosian – Vocals, Instruments
- Ed Russakoff – Harp
Song
- Already Fine
Recording
- Rooms – the basement / Rustic Music
- Multitrack – HD24 (12 tracks)
- Mixer – Soundcraft GB8
- Stereo Mix – Lynx L22
- Mastering – Discmakers
Notes
February 2017. This single started as a jam with Ed in his store (Rustic Music). Ed was talking with Scott about a guitar Scott was selling. I took an acoustic off the wall and strummed a rhythm in A. Ed brought out a harp and played along. It felt natural. I went home and wrote down some words about feeling optimistic while resisting.
A few weeks later, I had drums and bass tracks, and a scratch vocal. I brought the recorder to the shop after closing, and set up headphones for Ed. He used an Audix i5 someone had left on consignment, and nailed his track in two takes.
I was still experimenting with getting sounds in the basement – moving mics around, changing preamp gain, etc. I recorded the electric rhythm without realizing the mic was way off the center of the cone; when I played it back, all I heard was grungy distortion. Hated it at first, liked it later.