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The Glass Plastiks Part II

Vocals are the most critical part of tracking. Fortunately for us, Trevor Lissauer's incredible sense of pitch and unbeatable stamina allowed for some amazing kick ass vocal tracks. The session was a marathon of 20 hours in two days tracking the whole album including back up vocals.

For main microphone we got a 52 year old Neumann U47. Valued at $40,000 this mic is known for being Sir George Martin's favorite during the Beatle's sessions. The sound was incredible, it really doesn't compare to anything built nowadays. I also had the power supply for the mic running AC from my Topaz Ultra-Isolation Transformer and that alone made a huge difference. The second mic in the picture is a Cascade Ribbon which we used occasionally for an added tone.

Don't forget to check out Trevor's awesome vocals when the record comes out!

The Glass Plastiks Part I

A new sound is 'round the corner and it's here to stay. The Glass Plastiks up-coming album is going to break ground like no other. We began working a few weeks ago and it's been so intense that I didn't even get a chance to make a blog entry. The band has my good friend Keith Tenenbaum on drums, Trevor Lissauer on vocals, Dimitri Farougias on bass and the so far evasive Chris Null on lead guitar (who is currently on tour). They sound amazing. Keith is a master at tuning drums. It helps show off the fancy equipment I have. We've been working 10 to 12 hour days non-stop on this full-length release.

The last picture on the set is what happens when you spend too much time in the studio. All I got to say about that is that you are looking at Keith in his underwear filming me and Trevor (also in his underwear) while he is singing scratch vocals for Dimitri who is recording bass. You figure it out by yourself, I won't tell you what I was doing.

Drum mics featured the usual U87s on overheads, AT 4050s on the room, plus double snare mics, an AT4033 on Hi-Hat and two mics on the Kick drum (a 421 looking at the kicker and an AT 4033 a little bit further away outside the head). We tracked the 12 songs in two full days. Sound was great and we got to capture some really energetic performances which you'll hear when the record breaks ground.

For bass we used my own MM Fender Jazz bass and my Mesa Boogie cabinet with Dimitri's GK head. I miked the cab's 10" speaker with a Royer R-121 run through my Avalon 737sp with minimal compression and recorded direct through my U5. It was so fat we still can't believe it! Recording with my bass was Keith's idea because we've done that on the Dirty Royals record and it was fat (coming out soon).

The Glass Plastiks are gonna pull out a full in-house album. Meaning we'll be overdubbing the complete album and mixing it at the Spot. So stay tuned, there's more to come...