Mermaid Blues album sessions now finnally underway ....last night Texas Joe Valles and Eloy Valles started working on the "bed tracks " for new song Thankful for The Harvest...so we are finnally ...starting the new album..! its gonna have between 5 and 7 songs...Eloy prefers 7 songs...so we are ..weighing the options...most of the work will be "inhouse" inside ..Flying Mushroom Sound...our own studio....the album will have some very far out ...extremely spacey sounding electric guitar songs....balanced by ...several more organic..12 string acoustic based numbers...it will be a complete....departure from any other album we have done in the past because all the songs are very fresh new ideas ...almost ...all of the demos for the songs were made in 2011....so it will be a ..totally fun experience with very little outside infuence..in the recording process....should be a challange for Eloy and Texas Joe ...but no doubt will be alot of fun ! ...New Years Eve....is fast Approaching so this will be short and sweet....pix ..below...
Happy Holidays
Happy New Year !
Texas Joe Valles
above Eloy Valles on Pro Tools 8 recording Texas Joe on 12 string acoustic guitar...was alot of fun..finnally getting this all going..!
using 2 small Octava mics on 12 string guitar...it is sounding fantastic !
Yamaha 12 string recordings sounded so good it was crazy !
Eloy Valles recording the drum tracks for Thankful for The Harvest on his Premier drum set the tones are incredible !
below pix from Pro Tools ...formatting sessions with Noe G and Sam Martinez..Dec 28th 2011
Sam Martinez formatting Mac Computer and Pro Tools 8 also creating sessions for Mermaid Blues album..Dec 28th2011
Noe G and Sam Martinez ..getting format and mic signals up to parr for" Mermaid" sessions Dec 28th 2011
Sam Martinez working with Abbey Road Eq plug ins on 12 string Acoustic track demos...in Pro Tools 8 ..Texas Joe looking on very happy with the tones coming out of the speakers..!
Happy Holidays
Happy New Year !
Texas Joe Valles
above Eloy Valles on Pro Tools 8 recording Texas Joe on 12 string acoustic guitar...was alot of fun..finnally getting this all going..!
using 2 small Octava mics on 12 string guitar...it is sounding fantastic !
Yamaha 12 string recordings sounded so good it was crazy !
Eloy Valles recording the drum tracks for Thankful for The Harvest on his Premier drum set the tones are incredible !
below pix from Pro Tools ...formatting sessions with Noe G and Sam Martinez..Dec 28th 2011
Sam Martinez formatting Mac Computer and Pro Tools 8 also creating sessions for Mermaid Blues album..Dec 28th2011
Noe G and Sam Martinez ..getting format and mic signals up to parr for" Mermaid" sessions Dec 28th 2011
Sam Martinez working with Abbey Road Eq plug ins on 12 string Acoustic track demos...in Pro Tools 8 ..Texas Joe looking on very happy with the tones coming out of the speakers..!