The Building Process

One of my favorite parts of the recording process is the building of a song. When I write a new song on my guitar I can hear all the parts in my head. I hear the drums, bass, vocals, strings and so on.

Once I've decided on the arrangement of the song and the pre production is done it's time to record. I usually track the guitars first and then later will put everything else over the top of it. I figure if I wrote the song on the guitar it might as well go down first, kind of like a road map for the rest of the recording session.

Here's a clip of me recording the main guitar track for "All the Everything". I'm using a GT55 vocal mic on the body of the guitar and a AKG C1000S on the neck. It gives the guitar a full and rich sound when you combine the microphones like this.

Enjoy, Luke