Kaiser Cartel recently stopped by the studio to record a few songs, discuss album funding with Pledge Music, and tell us a bit about the production elements of their forthcoming album. Join @tanacea and @KaiserCartel in this spazzcast as they discuss the ever-evolving music industry.

Oh… I almost forgot… the infamous Daniel of Daniel Records is also mentioned as they expose the carefully guarded secrets of his unique role as one of the founding owners of this budding indie label.

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This session was all about automation. There are tons of pan, EQ, volume, and aux buss automation to create the spacial variations heard in the remix. The opening sequence was created by automating three frequencies in a four band EQ thereby making a filter effect. This filter transitions into a loop that has a buss automation that fades up quickly at the end of the loop which sends the Ahhhs to a mono delay. The mono delay is tempo synched to the session and then pan automated to create the stereo sweeping Ahhh stutters. I hope you enjoy the remix. Please leave a comment below.

01 Two Weeks (Remix)
Buy the original track here.

Software:
Pro Tools 8
Reason 4
Virtual Instruments:
Hybrid
Boom
NN19
Malstrom synth
Thor
Dr. Rex

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Original Grizzly Bear Photo Taken by Tom Hines.
Original Picture of me taken by Graeme Pitman

Some bands only play cover tunes, others record them, and still others play, record, and remix them! I recently finished producing a band know as The Ineloquent who did exactly that. They wrote a new arrangement of a popular theme song and thereby created a remix.

The greatest advantage of creating this type of remix for the indie artist can be boiled down to one thing – exposure. Record a cover version (and preferably a remix (a version with your own flair added) of a popular tune and publish it in places that are highly indexible by search engines.

Here is a link to the download.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire Theme Song

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While listening to this track you will not only hear the cherished pop and fuzz that only comes from vinyl, but you will also hear, especially at the end, a horrible buzz generated from compute/recorder noise. Please listen through the buzz as I was a total recording nOOb at the time of this remix. I did the remix using Stevie Wonder’s Past Time Paradise and a Jungle Break album I picked up while living and DJing in Germany. I have no idea who did the breakbeat, as I no longer have the vinyl. I hope you enjoy.


Past Time Paradise

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Enjoy this track titled Pummel from Doby’s latest album 22. Pummel

You can download the full album here.
Photo by Graeme Pitman.
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In this Spazzcast listeners will hear about preamps, EQs, and Compression.

Listen to Lu and Tanacea discuss some of the gear (pres, comps, and EQs) they use when recording. From budget to high-end gear, @Lu and @tanacea discuss gear features, recording technique relating to acoustic guitar, and more in this Spazzcast.

In this Spazzcast listeners will discover practical approaches to recording the acoustic guitar.

Ever wonder how your pick selection will change your recorded sound? How about a one inch movement of your microphone to change the thickness of your tone? @Lu and @tanacea discuss these elements and more in this spazzcast. Additional topics include guitar and string selection, microphone types, placement, and techniques.

In this Spazzcast listeners will discover a new approach to funding their next music project.

Indie rocker Andy Zipf, who “believes that music isn’t something that’s meant to be encapsulated, homogenized and programmed into a commercially viable product,” describes how his business model raised $45k to produce The Long Tail with industry veteran James Barber (Ryan Adams, Hole, Guns N Roses), through a series of fund raising concerts, house shows and investor parties.

“Music transcends commercialism and is meant to be experienced live.” -Andy Zipf

Please download this track from Andy’s The Long tail for your music library. Easier to Crumble

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