Session times: 12:30pm - 5:00pm
After listening to the takes we did at the last session during the week, it became clear that the tempos drifted too much and, as Wayne thought they were a bit slow to start with, we decided to re-record three of the four songs from last time.
The band had rehearsed them at the new tempos and were able to get them recorded quickly. In fact it took about an hour to record all three compared to the 4 hours last week. That left us enough time to record 5 more tracks, Mr Big Man, The Promise (video here), All A Lie, Runaway, and I Need You.
Runaway
This was my favourite track from the demos I was sent before we started the first session. During a listen back George noticed an odd sound on the snare drum track. It seemed to phase in and out during the take. Initially I thought it was a dodgy cable or a failing channel on the desk, but it turned out the mic casing had come loose. It must have unscrewed itself slowly from being in close proximity to different drummers. Unfortunately, the take was really good except for the snare, so George replayed the few bars where the drop outs occurred and I'll line them up before the next session.I Need You
George played this track with soft beaters, which gave an entirely different sound and feeling to the other tracks. We tried a couple of run throughs, but it became apparent that the subtleties of this track meant we would have to try different micing than the other songs. It was decided to re-visit this track on another session.We left the drums set up again so we could continue quickly on the next session.
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