new recordings!
August was a very eventful month for hieronymous! Longtime hieronymous drummer Greg DeGuglielmo flew out for a couple of weeks, so we had a couple of rehearsal/jams, then went in to the studio. I was able to record parts of the rehearsals - used a single mic on the drums, recorded the bass and bass pedals direct. It sounded surprisingly good - if I do say so myself! Two of the tracks that I mixed feature a new (to me) pedal - the GR2 (shore for "Groove Regulator") by a Seattle company called 3Leaf. They were both played on a bass that I haven't used much - a six-string Ibanez. After I bought it I found I didn't like the sound much, plus it got supplanted by my Alembic five-string. But I realized that the pickups sound great set flat, so I've been playing it quite a bit. Both tracks were improvised by Greg & myself, on the spot, with no discussion. Our usual modus operandi! Here they are (these have been up on SoundCloud for a while):
Inaugural Jelly by hieronymous seven
esbe olosei by hieronymous seven
We also spent a day at Robot Envy Studios in Berkeley (the same place we recorded at last year). I've got plenty in the can, but for now here's a teaser (this one is pretty much brand new!):
Kha-Tess Part 1 by hieronymous seven
This one was also recorded with the Ibanez and the GR2, but the sweep switch accidentally got set to "up" instead of "down" so it has a different sound. Again, improvised live in the studio, though later on I overdubbed some Micromoog synth at my home studio, "Round House Studios." (In case the SoundCloud widgets don't appear, you can always go to http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven!)
There is plenty more to come, so stay tuned! We also had a special guest on some tracks - I'll post some of that when it gets mixed!
Inaugural Jelly by hieronymous seven
esbe olosei by hieronymous seven
We also spent a day at Robot Envy Studios in Berkeley (the same place we recorded at last year). I've got plenty in the can, but for now here's a teaser (this one is pretty much brand new!):
Kha-Tess Part 1 by hieronymous seven
This one was also recorded with the Ibanez and the GR2, but the sweep switch accidentally got set to "up" instead of "down" so it has a different sound. Again, improvised live in the studio, though later on I overdubbed some Micromoog synth at my home studio, "Round House Studios." (In case the SoundCloud widgets don't appear, you can always go to http://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven!)
There is plenty more to come, so stay tuned! We also had a special guest on some tracks - I'll post some of that when it gets mixed!