me and Black keys and pals

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:28 pm

just a heads up about this project, I am really excited about it.
Me and dan and pat produced it, damon dash executive prooduced...

blakroc.

http://blakroc.com/

Enjoy.
lots of fun gear shots at my studio and some fun stuff going on. I engineered the whole thing. we had Tchad blake mix some of it, I mixed some of it, clay holly mixed a couple also... lots of great performances.
be sure to check out the photos and video pages.

this is like hip hop for a tapeop world....

HeavyHand · Post by **HeavyHand** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:09 pm

yeah man. yeah. im excited for the real deal.

dave watkins · Post by **dave watkins** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:36 pm

holy shit, i had to turn on my subwoofer and watch it a second time.

Mark Kaufman · Post by **Mark Kaufman** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:29 pm

Cool!

ThePitz · Post by **ThePitz** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:23 am

jeepers creepers, man... I'm buying that album the day it's released. I'm a HUGE fan of pretty much everyone involved and judging by the clips - the collaboration worked.

Any good anecdotes from the sessions? Too soon?

mwerden · Post by **mwerden** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:19 am

I just got out of the drunk tank, and I really wish I had this album with me while I was there. True story, I'm very angry about it.

Dr Rubberfunk · Post by **Dr Rubberfunk** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:11 pm

Awesome. What the heck are those drainpipes doing above the drums?

Recycled_Brains · Post by **Recycled_Brains** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:23 am

Looks like you guys had a blast man. Dudes love the ganj, I mean lollipops. hahaha.

Can't wait to hear this.

joninc · Post by **joninc** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:45 pm

alright joel - we need some more nitty gritty insider goodness on this one...

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:13 pm

joninc wrote:alright joel - we need some more nitty gritty insider goodness on this one...

Okay:

Beta 52 as the bottom snare mic RULES.
M88 as a MONO overhead was awesome.
recording to make it sound screwy on purpose = fun.
Having Tchad blake mix a few for us = fun.

anything else?

joninc · Post by **joninc** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:31 pm

welcome back joel! seems like you've been away from these parts lately..

(must be working

the drum sounds are wicked on those clips. i am not really a big hiphop guy but i really want to check this one out.

is there a lot of room mic stuff goin on or just a few well placed close mics with some phat old school compression?

the bass sounds are great too. di's? amp's?

and last but not least... did tracks go to/through the tape machine or just to ptools?

Dr Rubberfunk · Post by **Dr Rubberfunk** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:42 am

joel hamilton wrote:
joninc wrote:alright joel - we need some more nitty gritty insider goodness on this one...
Okay:

Beta 52 as the bottom snare mic RULES.
M88 as a MONO overhead was awesome.
recording to make it sound screwy on purpose = fun.
Having Tchad blake mix a few for us = fun.

anything else?

Yes

Is Mos Def really rhyming into an SM57?

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:15 am

There are some room mic type things happening. Not too far away though.
the overhead (in mono) had enough room in it usually. sometimes with a bit of RCA 77 from across the room, and a bit of bova ball omni over the shoulder type position.
certainly some compression was used. mostly just fader position that is giving the sound. really not much of anything going on processing wise, as this porject is more about the raw sounds (on the way in, anyway). the song "hoochie coo" with mos on it in the video is just my rough mix from the day we finished it. Tchad blake is remixing that one for us, and a few others. He is doing it at real world.

Yes, Mos did his ad lib tracks into a handheld 57. I did the main track on a 47 though.
the ad libs sound great on that 57.

I tried to use the "wrong" mic for everything on this project, and it really paid off with unique sounds.

The bass AND the guitar were simply recorded through a 12" supro combo amp I have. SM7 on the center of the speaker, right up on the grill.
I love bass through that kind of thing if it is appropriate to the form.
being one of the producers means I can make really stupid decisions about what to use and justify it with some bullshit historical precedent...

Recycled_Brains · Post by **Recycled_Brains** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:46 am

Dr Rubberfunk wrote:
Yes
Is Mos Def really rhyming into an SM57?

Don't tell Tony.

acjetnut · Post by **acjetnut** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:23 am

Wowee! That looks like a frickin' great album.

Many more questions forthcoming once we get to hear the damn thing.

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