Some more drums comped and another bass track

Over the last few days, I’ve been putting together some more of the final drum comps so I can get to work on the bass guitar, and then the rest of the instruments for those songs.  Since we kept 3 or 4 full runs through each song, I had a lot of options, which is good, but also a bit overwhelming. A few of the songs had one complete take that was just what I…

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Worthless iPhone case!

So this morning is cold and rainy.  I was running in from my car, and out from my hoodie pocket tumbles… yep, my iPhone. Now, when I got my phone back in July, I made sure to pick up a good case for it, since I’m prone to dropping my phones.  I had an Incase case for my last phone (a vx8300), and it was great.  It did its job of protecting the phone when…

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iTunes password required on accessing App Store?

This has been happening the last few days or week maybe that I’ve noticed.  When I open the App Store on my phone, I immediately get prompted for my iTunes password.  I used to only have to enter it when I wanted to download a new app or update.  Does that happen for everyone now? On another note, I miss the “Install all updates” thing.  It’s sort of a pain to have to manually install…

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Thoughts on recording guitar

So, I’ve been trying to figure out how I’m gonna do the guitars for this here thing.  Ideally, I’d record a mic’d up amp for all the guitars.  Unfortunately, that also means having space for an amp and a mic stand to be set up for an extended period of time for consistent sounds between takes (which might be days or weeks apart at this rate!).  I don’t really have all that much space here…

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