Indie Soul = Freedom

Indie is a shortform of "independence" or "independent", it may refer to independent media. But what I'm about to talk here is indie music. It shows how musicians express their idealism for creating and playing music, out from pop culture mainstream, i.e. rock, heavy metal, punk, grunge, etc.

So here we have Human Radio, some indie rock band from Memphis, TN with their tune called "You And Me And The Radio".

Human Radio - You And Me And The Radio


You can feel freedom, isn't it?

This track, once again, was provided by hi specs microphone manufacture Telefunken, recorded through a D&R Cinemix console in Pro Tools HD at 24/44.1 through Black Lion modified 192 converters. No EQ or compression was used. 

Microphones featured in this session include the AR-70 Stereo on drum overheads, M80 Dynamics on snare and toms, and the new M82 Kick Dynamic on the kick drum. The M81 Universal Dynamic and AK-47mkII were employed on guitar rig, with the M80 Dynamic and CU-29 Copperhead positioned on the electric bass amp. Organ was tracked with a stereo pair of ELA M 260s and a stereo pair of CU-29s were stationed on the grand piano. The male lead vocals were cut using multiple microphones including the ELA M 251E, U47, CU-29, AR-51 and AK-47mkII. 

I mix this song totally in the box with various plugins from Avid/Digidesign, Waves, and a bunch of free plugins.

So, can you feel freedom?

You'd Like To Headbang?

Here we have a metal band from UK, Karybdis, with their song's called "Constellations". Produced and engineer by Nolly (Red Seas Fire, Periphery) and John Walker. This song is amazingly headbangable.

Let's take a listen:

Karybdis - Constellations:

This is information note from producers itself:

DRUMS: Produced and engineered by Adam "Nolly" Getgood and John Walker. 

Tracked at Moles Studio, Bath, UK. Tama Superstar kick, Taye custom toms, Gretsch Bell Brass snare. Mics listed in track files. 

-Kick In tracked through DBX 160VU compressor 

-Snare Top routed through Vintech X73i (Neve clone) pushed into overdrive for aggressive crunch 

-Overheads and room stereo files panned from drummer perspective 

-Overhead mono mic is omni and therefore quite ambient 

-Over Shoulder mic placed behind drummer 

-Stereo Room tracks compressed by Tube-Tech LCA-2B 

-Mono Room mic aimed at reflective surface on floor and heavily compressed through 1176 

GUITARS/BASS: Produced and engineered by Harsha Dasari. 

Bass DI compressed through Distressor, B7K track reamped through Darkglass B7K distortion pedal. 

VOCALS: Produced and engineered by John Walker. Recorded with handheld SM58 through 1176. Handheld technique results in inconsistent tonal qualities, very tricky to mix! 

STRINGS: Produced and engineered by Jon Walker and Adam "Nolly" Getgood. Tracked at Moles Studio, Bath, UK.

So, what you think guys?

Nashville Vibe

Nashville, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee, center for healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities, and off course music industries. This city best know called Music City. Everything from pop, rock, to heavy metal has been produced there, but country music was probably most shine.

Here we have a band called Uncle Dad with their song called "Who I Am" was recorded flawlessly by high spec microphone Telefunken. Let's take a listen:

Uncle Dad - Who I Am

It was a good song, isn't it?

This song was produced and engineered by Dan Frizsell at Legends Studio, Nashville. I'm not done much editing and processing while mixing because the tracks is already great. I only accentuate the Nashville vibe on it.

So here some comments from engineer's friend:

So, how about yours?