Thursday Links and "It's Odds and Ends" And Something Completely Different!
A little brief today maybe, gotta get busy in the studio!
Some Links for today:
From CD Baby:
A couple from Carvin Audio:
A helpful tip from a webpage called musictech.com - if you record/mix in Logic Pro X you’ll likely find the volume of your finished recorded tracks is much lower than what your headphones or monitors were telling you during recording. “Gain Staging” is a way to overcome this - it just means adding a “gain” plugin to your channel strip for vocals and instruments prior to recording.
From Songtown:
Some memes and stuff:
You can open each image in the gallery separately in a new window by shift-clicking on it, though it may work differently on different devices:
And now….
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!:
Aircraft Launch - you can take the flight deck folks off the carrier, but….
It’s Odds And Ends!:
This week’s underrated or obscure band: It’s one of my favorites this week (new reader suggestions coming soon though!!)
Great Northern (indie band)
Origin: Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres: Indie rock, indie pop
Years active: 2005–present
Great Northern is a rock group originally from Los Angeles composed of lead vocalist/multi instrumentalist Rachel Stolte, and guitarist/vocalist/multi instrumentalist Solon Bixler (formerly of Thirty Seconds to Mars). In 2007, they were signed with the independent label Eenie Meenie Records, where they released their debut album, Trading Twilight For Daylight (2007), and their second album, Remind Me Where the Light Is (2009).[1]
History
Trading Twilight for Daylight (2007)
After recruiting drummer Davey Latter and bassist Ashley Dzerigia,[2] Great Northern hung around Los Angeles while completing material for a debut album. Great Northern signed with the indie label Eenie Meenie Records in the summer of 2006 and began recording with producer Mathias Schneeberger.[3] The band's debut album was completed after about 6 months of song writing, Trading Twilight For Daylight.
The album was recorded at the Donner & Blitzen studio in Arcadia, CA, together with producer/engineer Mathias Schneeberger, whose previous work experience includes Twilight Singers' Joseph Arthur.[2] Having met Schneeberger through a mutual friend, they quickly grew fond of his contributions to the album. The album title was coined by Rachel Stolte, who said that twilight is her favorite time of day. Trading Twilight For Daylight was released in the U.S. on May 15, 2007.
Sleepy Eepee (2008)
The EP originally was written and recorded before "Trading Twilight For Daylight", but was re-released with new artwork by Ryan Coscia and released to stores March 18, 2008.[4] Sleepy Eepee was originally recorded between 2003 and 004[5] at The Ship.
Remind Me Where The Light Is and acting (2009)
On April 28, 2009, the band released their second studio album entitled Remind Me Where the Light Is. Wishing to do things differently, Great Northern worked with new producers.[6] “We took a lot more risks by entering uncomfortable territory that wasn't touched on the last record,” Bixler says. “We dug deeper into the unpleasant, which helped us to find the beauty.” [1] Rachel Stolte and Solon Bixler also had supporting roles in the film Etienne!,[7] released in 2010.
2010–present
On September 8, 2010, the band posted via Twitter that for the past three months they have been in the studio recording their third album.[8] As of February 2012, work on the album was still in progress.[9]
Great Northern released three songs on Bandcamp. Holes was released in 2012,[10] Skin of Our Teeth in 2013,[11] and Human in 2014 [12]
On June 12, 2015, Tremors was released on Google Play and iTunes as an album,[13][14] and on Bandcamp on July 7[15]
Band members
Current members
Rachel Stolte – vocals, multi instrumentalist (2005–present)
Solon Bixler – guitar, vocals, multi instrumentalist (2005–present)
Former members
Ashley Dzerigian – Bass (2005–2007)
Davey Latter – drums (2005–2009)
Regular post tomorrow!
Cheers, and keep playing!
Michael Acoustic