Posted by Mike Whitla on September 26, 2008 1 comment
The Rainbow Songs Foundation is celebrating its first year of running Rainbow Songs music programs for families with your children staying in woman’s shelters across Toronto.
So it’s time to have a party!! It is on November 16th 1:00 (come earlier for brunch) at Lula Lounge featuring my band Rock’n'Rainbow.
Also we produced this video that shows the work we do:
Tickets are only $25 per person and can be purchased through the Rainbow Songs Shop. All the proceeds go the Rainbow Songs Foundation.
Ok as expected things have taken longer than predicted but better late than never here is the second installment of this series on making a recording.
I have now mixed the sound a fair bit by doing the following:
Drum parts are recorded with many microphones with mics on each separate drum as well as overhead mics.
So one thing that can make a big difference is to remove the silence (not really silent) in between the drum strikes. This way you get Bass drum tracks with only bass drum sound on them not the bleed through of other drums like the snare etc.
There has also been a fair bit added to the recording. There are now 6 separate vocal tracks. There are also ghost parts played on the electric guitar. Ghost parts are used as place holders for other parts in this case the electric guitar is standing in for saxaphone. In September I will replace some of these parts with horns and add a solo in the middle part. Anyway here is how our track sounds now. . . .
Earlier this year an not-for profit off-shoot of Rainbow Songs was founded. The purpose of this organization is to bring the same high quality music programs that Rainbow Songs is famous for to people that do not have the means to experience them. So the Rainbow Songs Foundation runs Rainbow Songs programs for families staying in shelters in the GTA. Earlier this year we applied for charitable status so we could issue tax receipts for donations. This week » Read more…
