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Thanks to everybody for the kind comments, and especially Jacob -
we're very glad you're liking these two songs!
Jacob, I used a "Valencia, Spain"-made Angel Rosados classical (nylon-
string) guitar on the intro to Burning Mirage. I played it with a
pick to get a bit more of a middle-eastern, oud-like sound. I also
tried to get a bit of a 'deadness' to the notes, rather than full
classical guitar 'bloom', sustain and tone, again to emulate the oud a
bit more. That's probably why it sounds a bit more percussive.
see more below...
--- "Jacob Dobner" <jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
>
> Something better I want to know. How did you record that acoutsic
> guitar? What microphone or combination of mics. Electric pickup,
> other type of pick up.
As far as I can remember, it was just one mic (though I have no idea
which one) placed about a foot or less in front of the soundhole/end
of the neck.
> The more I listen the more I appreciate the
> precussive properties of the acoustic. Is it more your playing that
> gets that or is the mics just picking up more than is normally heard?
Probably a bit of both.
I used this classical on four songs for the CD, but only two will
actually end up on the CD (the other two will be on the covers EP
that'll come out next year - one of them is the intro to Intruder,
which Patrick and I both did on acoustics, as it was done originally
by the Surf Coasters).
You're right that there is less experimental production elements with
this album compared to Tsar Wars. Partly, that was intentional -
didn't want to repeat myself and I didn't think these songs called for
it; but also partly it was dictated by the situation - we had to work
fast, and we ended up recording the whole CD in one day, with a couple
of hours the day before, and a couple of hours the day after. Given
that we recorded 17 tracks, I think we worked pretty darn fast! So,
it didn't allow as much experimentation. That was OK, except that I
would have liked to incorporate the acoustic guitar into our songs a
bit more. I really like the way it sounds combined with a reverbated
electric. Check out also the Madeira's version of Young Frankenstein
(Reprise) on MuSick's Monster Party 2000 CD (just in time for
Halloween!) to see what I'm talking about.
Thanks again!
Ivan
