Today I’m heading into a studio in Vancouver to record my first record. I’ve played on a dozen in the past, but never before have I been the composer, producer and drummer. It’s been three months since I decided to jump in with both feet and commit to this project; every day since I’ve spent a little or a lot of time writing, demoing, practicing, finding the right musicians, finding the right studio, the right engineer, mastering studio, etc.

Finally, it’s time to set up a bunch of expensive microphones and make some noise in a room entirely unlike the imagined environment this record intends to create for those listening.

DCM Studios is a great little facility hiding away in the Deep Cove neighbourhood, just outside of Vancouver. Though it hasn’t aged quite long enough to develop the sort of character that you might find at some of the country’s great studios, like the Warehouse, and the Factory out west, or my favourite Sound of One Hand in Ontario, DCM Studios has all the right gear, conditioning and experience to create an organic, technologic, warm and tight production.

The schedule for the coming week is pretty intense. Starting today, Sunday, with a 4 hour setup and soundcheck, we’ll then dive into six straight days of 12-hour sessions: Two days of tracking, two days of editing and two days of mixing.
If all goes according to plan, next Monday we’ll send the mix off to be mastered by a good friend in Miami and with that in transit, I’ll take a couple days to finalize the album artwork and prepare everything for manufacturing.

I’ll be posting as many pictures, videos and blogs as I can over the course of the sessions. Anyone interested can check it out and comment at will

In the mean time, if you’ve any fingers free, now would be the time to cross them.

Thanks for reading.

Mike

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