Riley hereâIâm bringing you another update live from L.A.!Â
I canât believe that weâve already been in the studio for seven days now. Tuesday Zach finished recording all the different guitar layers and since then heâs been mostly recording vocals.Â
Recording vocals means editing vocals, which is quite an interesting operation. As part of the vocal editing process, our sound engineer, Anthony, has to go through and listen to each line on repeat. Itâs proven to be quite grueling yet entertaining. Itâs grueling, because well, when you sit there and listen to the same line again and again and again twenty times it starts to get kind of annoying. At the same time, however, itâs sometimes entertaining because as you listen to the lines on repeat, they meld together and take on a different meanings, often humorous. Right below I've typed up a few interesting line developments we've seen.
âYou left your bracelet on my bedside tableâ turned into âyou left your braces on my bedside tableâ (which is really strange when you think about it); âAnd I donât know whyâ turned into âAnd I donât know Hawaiiâ (Zach actually knows Hawaii pretty well, heâs been there a few times); âsound cause Iâ turned into âowned a Cuzzaâ (we decided Zach was referring to his 1976 Honda Cuzza that he used to drive back in the day); and lastlyâmy favoriteââNo, I donât know if Iâm right, but baby Iâm tryingâ took a very interesting turn and became âNoahâI donât know if Iâm Riley, but baby Iâm trying.â Â
Iâve been enjoying hanging around the studio throughout the recording process. Even though I lack any musical talentâand donât understand probably half the phrases Mark, Anthony, and Zach throw aroundâitâs exciting to watch everything come together. Iâve always known Zachâs songs just as acoustic songs and itâs really cool to see them develop and turn into fully arranged compositions with bass, piano, drums, and additional guitar parts. At this point, weâve recorded all the core parts to each song and I gotta say, I canât wait to share these songs with the world :)Â
We're heading home in just two days. Tomorrow and Sunday weâll be editing and adding in minor parts to the songs and then weâll be driving back Sunday evening. It's crazy to think our time in L.A. is almost over.Â
Below I've included a few more photos from inside the studio. Thanks for tuning in!Â
Our high-tech solution for filling the sound hole in the top of Zach's guitar: a stuffed hedgehog!
Zach in the recording booth
A photo from the perspective of Beela, the studio puppy :)
The crew taking a listen to one of the tracks
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