We engaged warp3 from Turku at around 9'o'clock in the morning of Saturday the 12th. Starting of cool and easy, the trip got the normal salty undertone as we picked up Chuck on the last stop before hitting the highway. Politics and fisting we're discussed.
At Pink Noise, Tikkurila, Vantaa, Sami had already setup mics for the whole band as we arrived. Setting up drums and amps took a small while, but Indigoflood was on their way and playing by thirteen hundred hours.
The plan for the day was to record the final pre-production versions of the songs, with every instrument on their own track, so Sami could try out some tricks of the trade and we could do final adjustements for the fine tuning of the arrangements, throw out some ideas at the band and so on.
By around five p.m. the whole thing was a wrap and we had 10 songs recorded with ok sound and ok playing. It went down easy, as everyone seems to be a professional except for maybe yours truly. Future matters were gone through and the band headed home, as I stayed behind with Sami to have a meet and greet with M. Kervinen the third party of our collective production house called Perfect Sound. No further Indigomatters we're addressed, just overall business and a few beers that night.
Next morning Sami started with the mixing of the pre-prods done on Saturday. Basic sounds were picked as he worked his way through the one called Thisttle Pillow pt.2. I'm not much of help when it comes to mixing so I just listened. After the basics were there, we went through the song with a tighter comb and did a second version with some new ideas on the arrangement. We did a couple of experimentations that might or might not lead somewhere, but as even the band hasn't heard them yet, I won't go to details.
Sami promised to do the same to all of the tracks and we decided that on the 26th he'd come over to Turku and we'd go through the songs for the final time before we start the official recordings. I'll be telling you how that goes when we get there.
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Been doin' time at pre-prod hell for the last couple of weeks and having the time of my life! The songs are great, the playing & singing inspired if sometimes bit patchy. Well, we weren't doing anything final anyway...
Did the things I need to do before the leap: played a bit of keys, percussion etc to have some additional colors on the songs, did some cuttin' and some mixin'. It's my method, I kind of think out loud by playing and mixing and fixing. The songs take shape before me and we get to know each other...Next week we'll mull the songs over with the guys, lessee where we are then.
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