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Klas, your guitar tone on the Daytonas Ready Set Go is GREAT.
Geronimo has a really good sound. I don't know what you were going
for, but it sure matches the mood in my opinion. Quarter Mile
sounded more "lo-fi" than RSG. That being said, my recordings of
Quarter Mile are in pretty bad shape.
Bill
--- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
<surfites@b...> wrote:
> To clarify, some of the Daytonas' recordings are definitely lo-fi
but
> not in any good way.
>
> For extrem lo-fi, check out the free lo-fi song clips from the two
CD
> albums :-D
>
>
>
> / Klas
>
>
> --- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
> <surfites@b...> wrote:
>
> > Ivan, I'm not sure if some of the Daytonas' recordings should be
> > classified as lo-fi but I do know that we weren't satisfied with
> how
> > the two CD albums came out soundwise. Our last release, the
double
> > LP "Parabolica" sounded much better IMO. Personally I wouldn't
want
> > to record anything "lo-fi" on purpose but sometimes it can't be
> > avoided to some extent to achieve the very important overall
sound
> we
> > are looking for.
> >
> > / Klas
> >
> > --- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
> > wrote:
> > > --- In , Rob Campbell
<mantid@g...>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> > Are there bands who do lo-fi recordings on purpose? Thee
> > Headcoats
> > > > come to mind, though they aren't surf.
> > >
> > > Absolutely! The Phantom Surfers are the most (in)famous for
> their
> > > lo-fi recording techniques, but there are many others: the
early
> > > Bomboras, the Trashwomen, the (German) Astronauts), Jackie &
the
> > > Cedrics (from Japan), Sir Bald Diddley and his two or three
> > > different bands... That's all I can think of off the top of
my
> > > head, but I know there are many others. Bill or Klas, can you
> fill
> > > in this list a bit more? Maybe the Daytonas would qualify,
> though
> > I
> > > really don't think so.
> > >
> > > Ivan
