Hark / Faithful
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About the Recording
For December 2011, I am releasing a Christmas song (no surprises there). It features the incredimazing Rob Müller on drums and is a mash up of two of my favorite holiday tuneage: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing and O Come All Ye Faithful. As Rob so adeptly put it when I was describing my drum track feel, I am going for the “feel-good Christmas song of the year.” It really turned out quite nice and it is always such a pleasure working with Rob, although it’s even better when we aren’t 1000+ miles apart. C’est la vie…
Believe it or not, I am most proud of the rhythm accompaniment in this song more than anything else. I simply love the feel of the acoustic and bass parts together. The bass has the crisp, fat sound of brand new strings on my Carvin 5-string Bunny Brunel model rolled all the way into piezo mode. It’s really as big as a house if you don’t EQ the tone a bit. What a great instrument.
Rob’s drum parts are unsurprisingly great. What a privilege to work with such a talented musician. Please check out his music on SoundCloud. He recorded the drum tracks with a nice 3-mic setup in his basement. I normally love the big, roomy, airy sound of recorded drums, but I had to compress his stereo track to get the tight kick/snare sounds.
The lead parts were recorded direct into Logic Studio 8 using the built in Guitar Amp plugin with no additional effects on my Babicz Octane acoustic/electric. The rhythm acoustic was recorded with the MXL V67 on the fretboard and a DI track. The rhythm electric was recorded with my Ibanez Jem, again direct into Logic using the amp plugin. Everything was mixed recorded, mixed, mastered, and bounced straight out of Logic.
And just in case you’re interested, the album cover is a photograph I took of an ornament from our Christmas tree a few years ago. If you look closely, you can see me behind the camera lens in the reflection of the bulb.
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