We're back with another Listener's Choice episode! This time, Walter asks about the recording process. Andrew & Lance unpack the process of making an album and preview their upcoming Cones and Tones project.
In this fun & lively episode, we cover:
- Lance as a home remodeler
- Andrew Phish shows
- Thank you, Ticketmaster
- Marty Erickson, Craig Knox, and the sousaphone pusher
- 8-tracks
- Walter
- What is the relevance of an album today?
- Does "album-length" matter any more?
- What makes for a cohesive project?
- Who are you trying to reach?
- Clarity of vision
- Engineer and producer
- TEM 174: Sam Pilafian on producing
- How to track
- Mental preparation
- In the sessions
- Paper edits
- Not just listening to your own part
- Cutler and JD
- When things go wrong (buzz in the piano)
- Mixing and mastering
- Label or no label
- Mechanical rights
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