It’s a real pleasure to record a great band live in the studio… This week we’ve been busy tracking the inimitable Stephanie Carlin for her upcoming debut release. Her music is a thoughtful and unique blend of R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Folk and Blues. The basics were tracked as a 5-piece for the most part, with the piano and drum set in our large live room (gotta love that bleed!), Steph in an iso booth and the bass and guitar amps isolated. The two songs that were tracked live as a 7-piece (with a saxophone and trumpet) were done with the horns in a separate iso booth, with line-of-sight to the rest of the band. Fortunately we have enough inputs and space to record all of this live with as much isolation as we want! and yes, the pianist is playing a steinway, our wurlitzer, *and* our rhodes.
