SONG TO WELCOME THE SPRING /// the first track I’m releasing from my solo recording project CAMERRO.
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This song is inspired by my trip last yr visiting ancient pagan churches in Estonia. Everything you hear is played live by me and the track was entirely recorded on a cassette 4-track. For me this music is as raw and personal as it gets. The 4-track cassette process requires that everything be performed carefully and with great intent as ‘fixes’ are not possible. For yall techy-types here’s how it went down:
Tascam 134 4-track cassette deck with Maxell XLII-S tape. Click to track three, elec gtr (finger picked rh+melody) to track one, drums to track two, bass to track four;
Submix gtr, drums, bass while playing congas all to track two (erasing click);
add electric organ on track two (overwriting drums), add sitar and cello (in sections) to track one (overwriting gtr), add percussion to track to 4 (overwriting bass). Two microphones were used: Bang&Olufsen ribbon for drums and perc, Neumann TLM170 for congas and cello, gtr bass sitar organ were direct. FX are Yamaha PROR3 reverb and Yamaha E1010 delay.