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Cool shit! In addition to Scodiddly's suggested mic'ing, I'd try to capture a "down the hall mic" as well. Something well away and maybe "around the corner" from the room the band is in. It would be nice to have some solo mics too. Or at least one for Sam. I was just watching a video of a band with...

Very cool thread. Very cool screen name, too. Is that a Shaggs reference? Chris Garges Charlotte, NC Ha! Yes the Shaggs. I have a thing for them. I put up another trck today if anyone wants to chesk it out. It's a bit more together than the other one. I'm just glad to see any interest in Sam's musi...

Wow, that's interesting stuff! I'm not hearing a keyboard at all, so maybe that's a moot point. The bass sounds a bit distant, so I'd work on getting a more immediate sound. Overall the balance between sections is very good, the trumpets aren't overwhelming at all. Is that a tuba I'm hearing in the...

This sounds really cool man. I was expecting a Benny Goodman type of deal, but this is way more "out". I am reminded of Duke Ellington's awesome Far East Suite . I've never really worked on a project like this, so I don't really have a lot of advice. You've got that great drum sound that feels orga...

Here's a quick dump of last week. The band is sight reading the charts so there are some stops and starts and a couple of minor volume jumps.
Anyway, FWIW:
http://soundcloud.com/ralph-ameduri

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and links. I have been poking around online looking up random bits of information. I know all I can really do is listen, evaluate and respond. I know this is going to be a big learning experience. This band just produces the densest stacked chords I have ever heard.

The band is amazing and Sam's music even on 1 mic is a great listen. There you go. Don't doubt what you know. Throw up more mics if it makes Sam feel better, but in the end, to quote Julia Child: "You are alone in the kitchen and nobody can see you." That was pretty much my attitude going into this...

W If you have any kind of stereo pair you could set up as mains, that would be essential. Hi Scott, thanks for the tip. Question, the band sits in a 3 wall horseshoe Trombones on east wall, saxes on south wall and trumpets on west wall. Where would you put the stereo pair? The problem I have is tha...

Hello, My friend and I have what you might call a studio. It has a fair size tracking room and a control room. It's just for rehearsing his bands and my little projects I do for fun. Here's the thing, my friend Chris plays saxophone in Sam Rivers' Big band and they have started rehearsing every wedn...

I really like the MXL. The only thing I don't seem to like about it is that it doesn't take loud volume well. At that point it tends to sizzle. And Amen on as a vocal mike also.

Thanks. I sometimes wonder if the music is that good or I am just sympathetic to it because I am so familiar to it.

I try not to work on things that I don't really care for.

joeysimms wrote:I've never used one. But, can you make an awesome rock record on it? Why not?

Oh yes you can. You can make an awesome rock record on anything.
Attitude is everything.

A friend of mine was down form Brooklyn recently and we had an afternoon to record 2 of his new songs. Mostly all first takes, minimal anything except the use of a dbx 166, a couple of mikes, and my fostex A-8 1/4". I really liked these songs so I thought I'd post them. If you are from Brooklyn and ...

I recently purchased an old Crown 800 series 2 channel, 4 input tape recorder for $50 at a garage sale . This thing is beautiful. The man I bought it from said that he used it to record orchestras live back in the early 70's. I took it home and fired it up. Motors seem strong, FF and rewind work wel...

Man, there have been some excellent women musicians mentioned so far.
I just thought I'd add Rickie Lee Jones. She just seems to have a true sense of cool about her delivery. She can sing me any story she wants to.
Me love her long time.
And I've always had a thing for Mary Timmony.