Posts Tagged ‘Blackstar’

Day 11: Guitar Solos Start. And Finish!

Weds 21st July
Before I begin, I must show you the new toys from Blackstar.  I mentioned the amp and cab yesterday well, here it is in all it’s glory…

Nice, huh?  And it sounds better than it looks.
Couldn’t sleep beyond 7.45am.  I woke up and started thinking about Wacken; it dawned on me that, two weeks [...]

Day 10: Eight Vocals Down, Two To Go!

Tuesday 20th July
Arrived at the studio at 11.15, throat feeling pretty tired from yesterday.  When recording vocals, you sing very differently to how you tend to live.  Live it is all about projection and breath control, studio singing is more about feeling; how you are singing each word being extra expressive.  This uses totally different [...]

Day 7: End Of Bass / Start Of Guitar

CT was editing “Sick!” in ProTools when we arrived at 11.  Weather wasn’t as good today so he parked his car nearer the studio – we couldn’t see it from the lodge so we nearly didn’t go in, thinking he wasn’t there yet.  It was only the fact that I took some rubbish out that [...]