{"id":168,"date":"2011-10-04T00:55:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/?p=168"},"modified":"2011-10-04T01:04:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T06:04:27","slug":"week-6-head-eclectic-a-minor-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/10\/week-6-head-eclectic-a-minor-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: Head Eclectic &#8211; &#8220;A Minor Monster&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-171\" title=\"head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped-1024x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-candlestick-cropped-500x232.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week I had the treat of recording with a band I just met. I saw Head Eclectic at the 331 Club and asked if they had a CD. Nothing! What a travesty. So I asked them to be a part of this song a week challenge, and the results are in.<\/p>\n<!-- degradable html5 audio and video plugin --><div class=\"audio_wrap html5audio\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-a-minor-monster.mp3\" title=\"Click to open\" id=\"f-html5audio-0\">Audio MP3<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"f-html5audio-0\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-a-minor-monster.mp3\"});<\/script><\/div><audio controls autobuffer id=\"html5audio-0\" class=\"html5audio\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-a-minor-monster.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-a-minor-monster.mp3\" title=\"Click to open\" id=\"f-html5audio-0\">Audio MP3<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"f-html5audio-0\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-a-minor-monster.mp3\"});<\/script><\/audio><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (jQuery.browser.mozilla) {tempaud=document.getElementsByTagName(\"audio\")[0]; jQuery(tempaud).remove(); jQuery(\"div.audio_wrap div\").show()} else jQuery(\"div.audio_wrap div *\").remove();<\/script>\n<p><strong>A Minor Monster<\/strong><br \/>\nby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/headeclectic\">Head Eclectic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>She checks her balances<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Update the deficits<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Print more money quick<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blueprint the Mazes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And as for the kids let &#8217;em sleep<\/em><br \/>\n<em> All their problems mapped out in their dreams<\/em><br \/>\n<em> He looks behind him in the street<\/em><br \/>\n<em> His Hands are full of sand but empty<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But empty<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Put all your problems on the kids<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Just to see how they handle it<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She gazes at them sleeping in bed<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Strangely they remind her of herself<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All their problems mapped out in the trees<\/em><br \/>\n<em>He looks into the street<\/em><br \/>\n<em>He&#8217;s red from all the heat<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Who&#8217;s got the big red shoes, he asks<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kid, here&#8217;s looking at you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With the look in his eye&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Meet me at the very bottom<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Josiah Quick &#8211; Vocals, Guitar<br \/>\nWyatt Simmer &#8211; Bass<br \/>\nThomas Myhre &#8211; Synth, Rhodes Piano<br \/>\nJoshua Perez &#8211; Drums<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-drums-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"size-large wp-image-173\" title=\"joshua-drums-edited\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-drums-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-drums-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-drums-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/joshua-drums-edited-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First up, Joshua on drums.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A Minor Monster&#8221; challenged my mixing skills right away; it&#8217;s the first song of this challenge to have live drums. I used all five of my microphones (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/08\/my-recording-setup\/\">this post<\/a> for the specs) and tried to find the best spots to place them. I put one mic over the hi-hat, one near the floor tom and ride cymbal, one right next to the snare and high tom, and one right underneath the crash cymbal. I stuck my kick drum mic right into the soundhole, about 4 inches behind the beater.<\/p>\n<p>We were having some trouble getting the snare to sound good. It had a ton of ugly ringing tones. Luckily Joshua had a trick up his sleeve. He rolled up small pieces of (clean) toilet paper and taped them right on the snare head. They were perfect improvised mutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_172\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-guitars-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"size-large wp-image-172\" title=\"head-eclectic-guitars-edited\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-guitars-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-guitars-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-guitars-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/head-eclectic-guitars-edited-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the drums were tracked, everyone plugged into my mixer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because the whole rest of the band is electric (aside from Josiah&#8217;s vocals), I had them plug in directly to my mixer, and we recorded everything simultaneously. Then later on, I ran Josiah&#8217;s direct guitar recording through his amp and re-recorded it. For the final electric guitar track, I ended up using a mix of both the amped recording and the direct-in recording (with a number of Ableton effects).<\/p>\n<p>It was great working with these guys. Check them out next time they&#8217;re playing around the Twin Cities. <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/headeclectic\">facebook.com\/headeclectic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I had the treat of recording with a band I just met. I saw Head Eclectic at the 331 Club and asked if they had a CD. Nothing! What a travesty. 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