Alright, this will be the final post today about the making of The Rhythm of the City in 2019. Just a few random behind-the-scenes clips I found on an hard drive I thought I’d share today, now that the album is two years old. This was my first time in the studio with @dannybanksdrummer and @thewilsonmc together, but happily it would not be the last. And this was my fourth album to be graced by @algamble1 on the keys. The entire record was a mixture of analog and digital technology, back and forth from one to the other. We tracked the basics live on @electraphonic’s 8-track Scully, with drums on two tracks, including my live vocal and lead guitar. We then transferred those 8 tracks to digital where we added bgvs, percussion, and yes, ELECTRIC SITAR! (Thank you, @highlowrecording!). Although we mixed digitally, we used much analog gear in the process of course, including Scott’s Ampex tape machine for slapback echo, just like Sam Phillips did at Sun Studio in 1954. Then the mix was digitized and mastered, uploaded to the streaming servers, and sent off to the pressing plant, where it became analog again and went on to become 7 different colors of vinyl over the next two years thanks to @wildhoneyrecords___. Thank you Scott Bomar and @adamemphis1457 for making everything sound awesome. I’m gonna miss that little studio on South Main. And a special note of thanks to @ronnymon6149 for his invaluable help making this all happen. #therhythmofthecity🎶🌃 #johnpaulkeith #studio #recordingstudio #recordingstudios #analogrecording #memphismusic #memphisstudios https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOjD6xALpw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Taking a different approach this morning. Got down to the waterfront early with my analog echophone (and Xume recorder as backup). Going to try to talk out my ideas and hopefully capture some nuggets of inspiration from the conversations of passersby. #dictaphone #tapeecho #feedback #taperecorder #streamofconsciousness #cutups #writersflow #speechwriting #talktalktalk #analogrecording #analognomads https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkMcKfOhxZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The old ways… • • • Shan’t be lost by the new generation • • • #🦈👁 #vaporwave #tascam #gothaesthetic #cassette #multitrack #tascamportastudio #aloysius #scrimshaw #neongoth #postexperimental #analogrecording #aloysiusscrimshaw #🦈👁neongoth #🦈👁aloysiusscrimshaw (at Lake Eola Downtown Orlando) https://www.instagram.com/p/CngCab3NZkc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#GiveCredit #WeAreMusic #BehindtheRecord well this year the date OCT15 came and went. I thought something was missing and I asked my vice-president what happened to the Grammy initiative to let everyone read the credits of the creators? "Shrugged Shoulders" was the response 🤷🏾 SO we at #EHRecordsLLC set out to created one of the most important aspects of the business! GIVING CREDIT to so many of the hidden talents needed to create a musical recording 💙 Many of my songs start out often two or three years before you hear them on a recording, often played live first with multiple changes along the way. The final has been #analogrecorded on #vintageequipment and microphones often twice some times ten times (rare) put thru a ultra rare #analogmix then yep you guessed it #analogmaster before it becomes a digital file 📀 Yes, I don't know how to do all those things but I'm a songwriter on a piano with 88 keys a whole orchestra in my head as I write each part that you hear... eventually 🎹 Thank You to you the musicians that have sacrificed so much to be great. I know your great that's why we hang so thanks for your hours of un-thanked work it shines through on the recordings⚡️ Thank you to the engineers that plug this cord here to that compressor there to the cool old thing here that shows up on screen that creates this thing that takes that down to do WTF? Thanks you guys are without a doubt interpreters of people with dreams. The best of you capture the magic of tortured musicians and it's a blessing to know how hard you have worked ‼️ That's just the #recording there's more but you get the idea, creative directors, photographers, DJs, PR, videographers, makeup, wardrobe and of course a vision for the music created in a limited time span that captures a spirit ⭐️ Thank You Again and see you #inmydreams 💋 #wantsomethingdonedoityourself #gratitude #imworking #notforgotten #thinkingofyou #yournamehere #mypeople #creatives #underdogs #risingup #underestimated #onenote #onedream #notstopping #musicmonday #womenwhorock #womeninblues #Bluesrock ⭐️ #ElizaNeals https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl0FA-tuHWJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I know I’ve been posting a lot of studio pics lately, but it’s because…well, I love it. Many of the world’s great analog studios are threatened by the march of time, but here in Memphis we are lucky to have some of the most significant recoding spaces in the world still in operation and making records every day. @samphillipsrecording is the studio Sam opened in 1960 after he sold Sun. They cut “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham there. The Yardbirds cut their version of “Train Kept A-Rolin’” at Phillips. It’s where John Prine made his “Pink Cadillac” album, with Knox, Jerry, and Sam producing. And I was fortunate to get to make a record of my own there a decade ago with the late Roland Janes, a special experience I will always treasure. So I’m especially honored to be playing some guitar on the sessions for the upcoming Jerry Phillips original project, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear the killer rock and roll tunes he’s been writing. They’ve made a lot of exciting changes at Phillips recently, and I’m really happy it worked out for @electraphonic to be behind the desk - which is now the Spectra Sonic console that was originally at Stax Studio B, which can be heard on Isaac Hayes’ “Black Moses” album, to name just one. It is newly-refurbished and sounds fabulous. And there’s nothing like tracking live with reverb in your headphones from an actual echo chamber down the hall. Like the song says, “ain’t nothing like the real thing baby.” It’s also especially cool to get to work with the homies on all this, @dannybanksdrummer and the multi-talented @thewilsonmc, who brought along his camera last week for our session with @commonwealther, and got these nice shots. But more on that in a later post…stay tuned… #memphis #memphismusic #memphisstudios #recordingstudios #studios #analogrecording #analogstudios #spectrasonic #stax #staxrecords #samphillips #samphillipsrecording #sunrecords #samthesham #theyardbirds #yardbirds #johnprine #jerryphillips #isaachayes #blackmoses #rolandjanes #thescottmiller (at Sam Phillips Recording) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cltsb6VARge/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=