Practice 1

Yesterday we had a practice session while I was testing some mic techniques in the recording studio. (Namely the single mic technique used on Amy Winehouse' Back to Black) and also checking how much bleed between instruments there would be in a close-mic setting. 

The practice went great, and we managed to get 2 of the 7 songs nearly perfect, as well as getting two of the other songs to a point where we are confident they'll be good by the next practice. 

We had to overrule Rusty Chains, and it has been replaced with Man in the Box by Alice in Chains. The song was just too complex and energetic at the same time for the guitarists to get, and the drummer agreed it was easier to just do something in 4/4 rather than something that changes time signatures so fast. 

As we didn't bring headphones with us, the drummer opted to use my drum machine through a bass cab for most of the practice, that way he could hear us better. However towards the end he swapped back to the kit and I just screamed a bit louder so we could all still hear eachother. 

Below is a recording from the session. I also have the multitrack recording, however I won't be able to collect that until another day as I didn't have my hard drive with me. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Qgg7tgnChTNmT5ouqszjoX772Eolj0o/view?usp=drivesdk

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