Can you feel the bass? I certainly could yesterday evening. First day tracking bass at D&S Tonstudio with Timo and Daniel.After arriving so very late it was almost time to go home (Berlin traffic jams can get quite frustrating sometimes, especially when the police detour everyone to the very same place, very bright), we lost no time and set up the mighty bass speakers in the recording room only to notice that, well, they were too mighty, the walls were shaking. We probably changed the whole static of the building, who knows, maybe tomorrow there will be no building anymore. A mic here, another mic there, a cable, bring out that bass, and ready to go.
Timo's weapon of choice was his MusicMan StingRay with that extra fifth string that makes your bowels dance samba when plucked.. "Krawall!" said Timo with horns in the air, his trademark shout when everyone looks in disgust to that string.
We didn't have so much time left, so off we went with "Ink", which, being the first one, was the one that took longer to get right. It's not exactly easy to nail it with cold hands, just ask Tobi (although this time, Timo brought his double-kick drum pedal just in case, ahem.) Several takes and a few curses later, the first one was finished, and the next, "Cosmonaut" was already waiting to be executed. That took its fair share of time too, especially trying to get the accents right with Tobi's drums. My duty was to annoy Timo with those little details until it was perfect. I know, it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it, right?
"The Wounds Inside" was done in the blink of an eye, and before we finally went home we also tracked "Seattle Girl", where yours truly's reference guitar track was so out of tune, we had to leave it out for fear of completely making Timo go bananas trying to record to it. And tomorrow, more bass. Let's hope the traffic allows us to arrive before actually having to go home again...
Songs recorded (14.Dec):
Ink: bass
Cosmonaut: bass
The Wounds Inside: bass
Seattle Girl: bass
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