Their Master’s Sound

The cooperation with Chasing Tales continues after the demo we recorded earlier. On Wednesday June 3 we will again work together at Rotterdam Rocks in the venue called Exit. Doors open at 21:00 hours, entrance € 3,-.

Rotterdam Rocks 2009

Update: VPRO’s 3 voor 12 was there also. An article can be found on their website (dutch).

May I have your attention please? Attention for detail that is…

Chasing Tales

October or november 2008. Once again I am visiting a band while they’re rehearsing. Chasing Tales would love to record a demo and their earlier work was nice enough to visit them.

They play two songs for me that evening. I choose Melody because of it’s composition. The song has a nice combined action of the guitars and a surprisingly end. Thomas, the drummer, plays along well with the metronome, even after I remove his sight to it so he can only hear it. It’s a little test. In the studio he can’t see the metronome as well.

De telegraaf 19 november 2008

When we record their Melody on three Sundays by the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, the 4 gentleman of Chasing Tales definitely give attention to detail. They are not easily satisfied: they had to play perfectly in the various studio’s at SAE in Rotterdam, where Maarten Reinen was so kind to assist and donate studiotime.

During february and march I mix the song using Apple’s Logic. One final meeting at SAE follows for the finishing touch.

The attention to details pays off, if you ask me. But don’t hesitate to click on the mp3-box below and judge for yourself.

Chasing Tales – Melody

It’s been a very busy end of the year. Originally, I planned presenting two more productions to you in 2008. The recordings of “Wil je weten wie ik ben?” by Blokade are finshed a few weeks already, but the mix still isn’t there where it should be. And because of that, another project, “Wake up!” was being delayed as well.

Because of that, I won’t end 2008, but will start 2009 with a soul/funk project. What you get if you combine some members of the band Compaz with the drummer of Simply Red sounds very nice. “Wake up!” has been recorded a while ago in SAE’s studio’s, but a new version has been created using Apple’s Logic. Percussion, reverse drumsounds and tempo based effects.

“Remember your loved ones, ’cause they make your world”. It’s a nice suggestion for this new year. And once again, thanks to the kind permission of Andreas Oszkiel I can present to you not just 30 seconds, but the whole 5 plus minutes! Credits go to all the artists and engineers. This version was mixed for educational purposes during my audio engineering diploma course.

So what is going on in early 2009? Chasing Tales (anyone who saw Teun’s guitar?) almost finished the recording of their song Melody. Mensergerjeniet will record 4 kleine woordjes as a demo, and Before Dawn wants to record a demo, but suddenly has a vacancy for a drummer.

One final word: it has come to my attention that the subscribe box on the right of this page was missing. As you can see, it has been restored So if you wish, now you can again (if you haven’t already done so) leave your email address so you get notified when a now song has been published on this site.

I wish you all a happy and musical 2009! Click the mp3 box below to listen to Wake up!. Enjoy!

Wake up!