2 posts from 2007

In the next couple of posts I'm going to write about some of the recordings that are available for download on www.dryhillstudios.com/artists/  The first recording I wanted to cover is Deep Night from the Gallodoro album The Infinite Gallodoro. This was one of the first recordings that I did after construction started on Dryhill Studios, and we decided to track the band at the West Kortright Center and mix it at Dryhill. We chose the Center because of its great room sound, and ample space to do a live band recording. I also do live sound at the center during the performance season, so I was already familiar with the hall. Disc 1 of The Infinite Gallodoro was recorded in two sessions July 20th and 21st 2004. The first session was just Al Gallodoro (playing alto saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet) and Joann Bertone Chmielowski (playing piano), and the second was with the full band including Tom Wetmore (playing bass) and Lou Colone playing drums.
Before recording the album I had talked to Al and Joann about the sound that they wished to achieve in the recording. We decided to record the album using our Otari 8 track analog reel to reel machine, and then a transfer to Pro Tools where any needed editing could be done

The micing setup for the duo session was an Audio Technica 4050 microphone placed near Al's horn, an Earthworks QTC1 microphone placed a bit further away, another QTC1 placed near the piano, and 2 Shure KSM32s in xy stereo pattern in the room. We used Sytek and tl audio microphone preamps. When Lou and Tom arrived we added a Shure KSM32 to pick up the Bass (along with a D.I.), and the Earthworks QTC1 on the Drum kit. When Mixing the album we used quite a bit of the room mics, and added the close mics to supplement the overall sound. Our goal was to capture the sound of a live band playing together, relying less on the more modern close miced sound. It was also my goal to avoid what I hear as a "glossy" sound in many modern jazz recordings which was one of the reasons we chose to record to the Otari reel to reel, trying to avoid excessive editing and punching in.

 

Thank you so much for an awesome night at The Autumn. Great vibe, great energy, great way to start the winter!

A special thanks to the artists:

 

 

Dan Cole

 

 

2012

 

Jack Calico

 

 

 

Newspaper Joe

And a very, very special thanks to everybody that got down:

 

The response to the new website has been amazing and we're really looking forward to things to come.

As for this blog, I intend on writing about music in my life, whether it be at the studio, teaching, or just listening.  Hope to see you back here soon!