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Old 11-17-2009, 11:52 AM
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Liminal process

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Hi Adam! Before I ask my question I just wanted to tell you as others have already, Thank You for your kindness and generosity in sharing your knowledge with us.

I wondered if you would be so kind as to explain the process of your last album with regard to hiring of the musicians and the tracking process.

Were the instruments tracked one at a time or did you guys record ‘some’ or ‘most’ parts live?
I’m sure you handed out charts…just wondering how much notation was written vs chord changes?
I love what I’m hearing from your latest album. Where did you go for mixing and mastering?
Did you produce the entire album?




With all respect…Thank you so much in advance!
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Old 11-18-2009, 05:58 AM
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hi there!

thank you very much for the kind words. i'm very happy that you are enjoying 'liminal.'

for the majority of the tunes, the basic tracks were recorded live. in order to work with some of the 'out of town-ers' featured, we incorporated remote recording sessions, in which they were sent either guide tracks or tracks already completed. they recorded their parts in their own studios. some of the overdubs were done in other studios, as well, so being able to transport tracks back and forth made this process much easier. for my charts, most of them were combinations of changes and notated parts. if there were specific things i wanted played, they were always notated. basically they were glorified lead sheets, but in most cases with much more specific detail with respect to rhythms, etc. i went to a studio called 'the carport' in nashville to mix. russ long was the mixing engineer. mastering was done at 'yes master' in nashville, by an engineer named alex mccullough. i did produce the entire record.

hope that helps to answer your questions,

adam n
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Old 11-19-2009, 11:44 AM
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Absolutely does, thank you for the insight! It is good to know there are “Valid” ways to get around the problem of location too.
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