Corrientes - "Breathe" first full band studio album :)

We are working on the very first full band studio album called:
Corrientes - "Breathe"
So far, on January 3, 2009, we had a 12 hour recording session and recorded the drums, percussion, and bass for 10 songs!

We recorded 5 songs in English and 5 songs in Spanish.

Gary Settoducato - Drums and percussion
Tom Albano - Bass

**since many of these songs have other versions that have been recorded and included in prior albums, all songs from this album will have the title "Breathe" before each track name. This way people will know right away that the songs are from this full band album.
These are the songs we recorded:

1. Por una sola vez
2. Algo que hacer
3. En la soledad
4. Esta larga distancia
5. No, no, no
6. Methane Mysteries
7. This Ghost
8. Forever And A Day
9. A Child In Your Eyes
10. Future Day

We used a Korg D888 multitrack recorder for this session.
After recording the drum tracks I backed up the tracks into my laptop and then bounced the tracks to 2 tracks to open up some more tracks.

First Tom played bass and Gary played drums while I played guitar and sang a scratch track. I was behind one of the office cubicles and sang softly so that I wouldn't' get picked up too much from the drum mics.

Tom used a Fender 2008 Jazz Bass with stacked knobs and TI Flatwound Strings. He ran it through a Carl Martin 3 Band Parametric EQ direct into the Korg D-888.

EV used a Godin Acousticaster and a Shure Beta SM58, although these were just scratch tracks and will be redone. The info. for the newly recorded tracks will be posted here in this thread as it gets done.

Gary’s Equipment List:

Percussion:
LP Classic quinto and conga
LP Egg Shaker
LP Generation II bongos
LP Karl Perazzo timbales, 14”and 15”
LP Torpedo
LP Salsa Bell – high
LP Salsa Bell - low
LP Grenadilla wood clave
LP Agogo Bells
LP Cyclops Mountable Tambourine
OM Percussion wind chimes

Drum Kit:
1970’s Gretsch 5-ply maple kit, rosewood
• Toms (in): 12, 13
• Floor tom (in): 16
• Bass (in): 24
Heads: Remo pinstripe
Snare: Ludwig 400 chrome snare, 5-1/2 x 14, Genera dry head
(“Esta larga distancia” and “Por una sola vez”)
Snare: Custom Gretsch 6-1/2 x 14 rosewood, Tama hardware, Canasonic black CS head
(All other songs except for “En la soledad”, which was all percussion)
Tom Mounting hardware: Ludwig
Cymbal Stands: Tama Titan, 1970’s Gretsch cymbal stand
Snare Stand: Tama Mercury
Hi-Hat Stand: Yamaha
Bass Pedal: Camco, chain drive

Cymbals:
Hi-Hat: A. Zildjian New Beat, 14”
12” A. Zildjian splash
16” A. Zildjian crash
16” A. Zildjian China Boy
17” A. Zildjian crash/ride
18” A. Zildjian crash/ride
22” A. Zildjian heavy ride

Sticks:
Hornet 5B sticks (Forever and a Day, A Child in Your Eyes)
Vic Firth “Steve Gadd” model
Zildjian Marc Quinones timbale sticks

Time to set up the drums and mics!
:)

Kick Mic:
Audix D6

Snare:
Audix i5

Overheads:
Oktava MK-012's (Russian)

Room Mic:
AKG C414 TL-II

Zoom H4:

Then after all of that...we then set up the mics for recording percussion.

I used a CAD Trion 8000 Tube Mic over the Bongos and Congas setup.
An AKG C414 TL-II over the Timbales setup.
And, the Oktava MK012's as overheads.