In 31 days Gods of Fire will be entering Emandee studios in Williamsburg to record basic tracks for Hannukah Gone Metal, a full length album of classic Hannukah songs and new material we wrote for the holiday. It will be released in October in time for the holiday season.
The plan is to record 9 conventional songs plus three "bonus tracks" in the most elegant but cost effective way possible. Plans are made to be shattered but this is the current roadmap-
6/11-6/15 basics at Emandee. My goal is to record all drums and bass, and as much of the rhythm guitars as possible. Also we are going to have strings and horns on the album. I would love to get as much of that recorded in a "proper" studio as well. Marc, the engineer at Emandee, has great mics and a beautiful live room I would like to take advantage of. He also passes everything he records through 1" tape before it hits the computer to add some analog warmth.
6/16-6/30 overdubs at the Orange Room (my home studio). This is going to be vocals, guitar solos, keyboards, and any of the acoustic instruments we did not get an opportunity to record at Emandee. My goal is to have this album fully recorded by the end of June.
July - the mix. This is the part I am most worried about. The limitless freedom of home mixing can also encouarge nit-picking by band members and too much time spent worrying about the little details. I want to take my time and make this album sound phenomenal, but I do not want to release Chinese Democracy. The biggest challenge for me as a mixer is to know when to allow flaws to reveal themselves in the recording. It is so easy to make everything PERFECT that the challenge is no longer to make something sound as good as possible, but to know when to make the choice to allow imperfection to reveal the humanity in the music.
8/22- Mastering at STERLING FUCKING SOUND! This makes me giddy. I can't help it. I only have great things to say about the mighty Alan Douches who mastered my last two records but it is impossible to pass up this great of an opportunity.
So there it is. And as of this writing the band hasn't even LEARNED all of the material yet, let alone perfected it. But this has been an ambitious project from the start and everyone has been working their ass off to make sure their parts are learned and are grooving. This is going to be a busy summer but a fun one.
Frequent updates will continue......
