Cauldron Stewdio Diary – Part 2: The End

In this issue of the Cauldron Studio Diary, I’ll try not to go too in depth with technical side of recording.  There might have been a couple mentions of that stuff in the last blog, but I’m pretty sure I just made it up.  For those of you who have never had the privilege of being in a studio, I’ll try to give you an idea of what it’s really like.  In my opinion, the best part of recording is feasting on no name twizzlers and gummy worms while reading a crappy issue of ‘Guitar Player’ from 1996 with Los Lobos on the cover.  I think I prefer the waiting around for hours part while a snare gets EQ’d (technical, sorry) than actually playing a song so many times that it makes absolutely no sense anymore.  It’s like repeating a word in your head until you don’t believe it’s a real word.  Or staring in a mirror until you turn into a demon.

It’s always enjoyable when friends want to drop by the studio to hang out only to be bored out of their minds and leave 20 minutes later.   “Wait dude! Where are you going?  But he’s gonna tweak the 5K on the overheads soon!”

We can always count on our good friend Craig “Young” Rose (formerly of Toronto thrash legends Dark Legion) to show up and give us some pointers.  Well actually he has this thing where he can’t stop pointing at stuff, but he’s a good kid.  He had also just returned from a trip to the great nation of America and brought over a case of Yuengling which was pretty cool.

Sometimes getting a good take just depends on the right snacks.  Taking 5 and biking over to the Hasty Market can make all the difference.  We had heard from an inside source that legendary producer Michael Wagener makes all the singers he works with eat a whole can of Pringles before recording.  Apparently coating your throat with Pringle grease can do wonders for your voice.  We tried it with Jason but didn’t notice any changes.  In the picture below Jason can be seen examining a Pringle that appeared on top of the microphone.