NYC Band Fishdoctor – day 2 -

http://fishdoctormusic.com/

Leopard Studio has just finished a really great sounding recording with hard rocking DB Sleeze.  We are loving having Kol Marshall working here at Leopard, as he is a master of recording, well known for his work with heavy rock and metal acts, notably King Diamond and Ministry!

“KILL THE BAND” is a Brooklyn-based rock and roll/comedy act, featuring Killy “Mockstar” Dwyer. They came in for the recording of their full-length album. We filmed a mockumentary of the making of the album including a confessional camera set up in the bathroom.

Here we are celebrating the end of tracking!

kill the band website:

Over the last 2 days I recorded and mixed 22 songs, recorded live in leopard studio.  We set the 6-piece group (2 guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion with 3 vocalists) up in the live room, without headphones using a pa system for vocuals.

The band was comfortable, just like a live show, and we set our mics up to capture the performances.  Everything was live including the vocals in one room.

Mixing the 22 songs took place on the second day.  The band was really happy with the results – a wonderful sounding recording with a great live feel.  We captured the magic that comes from a real performance!

Last week we had the cool job of recording Garth Hudson (The Band) on a cover of the Pink Floyd classic Us and Them! Doug Paisley, a Canadian singer recorded the song in Toronto, yet wanted Garth’s somewhat magic keyboard touch, and I was selected to record him here at Leopard Studio. What resulted was a really cool part to a nice and original version – it’s quite different from the Floyd version.
It will come out as part of Mojo magazines CD music sampler included with the magazine….

We’ve been recording and mixing an awesome CD by Chris Cernak.  Musicians include Chris on vocals and guitar, Ross Rice on keyboards, guitar and bass,  Tim Allen on djemb, Erica Quitzow on violin and Kelsey Rieber adding additional vocals.

Whitey Sterling, singer from Umbrella Brigade and Stiffs,Inc., is appearing on a show called “Oddities”.  The show looks interesting and he is appearing on the 3rd show of the season.  The show premieres on Thursday, Nov. 4 on the Discovery Channel.  Here’s a link to the show info and a youtube preview which also briefly shows Whitey at about 13 secs:  http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2010/10/oddities-obscura-antiques-and-oddities_27.html -

We just finished up a several month long project, several days recording acoustic guitar and vocal album by Cosby Gibson.  Really good stuff, we will let you know when it is out.

Last weekend was the another recording session for the Umbrella Brigade, with Whitey Sterling completing all but one song of vocals.  This record is a bit of a departure from the last one, as the band here has added live drums and guitar, and changed up membership.  This new CD is being recorded by Hillary Johnson (HiFi Hil), who notably worked on the very first Stiffs Inc. single, produced by Rick Bacchus, as well as doing recording for the Ramones.

The CD will be released along with a book with illustrations by Peter Benedetti!