Recording Jon Bothams EP Pictures 1 (London)

Recording Jon Bothams EP (London)

So its been a little while and a lot has happened since I last posted. I have been back home and then back to London to record a 4 track EP for Jon Botham. What was first supposed to be a pre-production setup for the first few days before we booked studio time, ended up in being where we stayed for the rest of the tracking. We got such a great sound and atmosphere from hijacking his house near Stratford (Hackney Wick) from Wednesday to Saturday ( 08/09/2010 - 11/09/2010 ) Also with the help of my two favorite engineers Vera and Lil they made the experience so much more enjoyable and smooth running.

Everything was tracked through Jons Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 and into Logic Pro 9 on his i7 27inch iMac. We set up in the gallery while positioning the the listening point so we could all comfortably sit on a sofa and chill while Jon was tracking in his studio room. Pretty much all guitars were recorded with a stereo pair of Shure KSM 141 pencil mics going straight into the built in Focusrite pre's on the Saffire Pro 40. Vocals where recorded through one of my favorites; the original AKG C414 on cardioid pattern and going through what I now believe is a fantastic little tube preamp for the money, the ART Studio V3.

Now I am back in Germany and the real work starts. I have started piling through the tracks to find the right comp.