I attended the first day and a half of Eddie Kramer’s visit here to CU-Denver and watched all his pre-production work to recording the band. I didn’t get the actual exposure to him recording the band because I was getting too restless to stay. I should have made another trip up there today but was overwhelmingly tired all day long. I guess I have been trying to catch up on sleep from this last week.
I found my exposure to his techniques priceless. He gave all his advice on microphones and micing techniques, which is probably where I needed most help. I could have used his post production work, where he tweaks the music to make it sound better. I figure that it’d be good to develop that on my own as well.
What I mainly got to see is Eddie Kramer the producer. He took a few hours on Thursday talking to the band and rearranging the song he recorded. I felt myself making many mental notes about what the band was doing and at times I felt as though Eddie was reading my mind. I almost wanted to start talking to the band myself and giving suggestions; I could feel the producer in me very alive but listening to Eddie produce was definitely a great learning experience. I must leave this ego behind if I get a real job as an intern or second engineer or I’ll be fired right away.
On a sad note, Skeeter was put down yesterday at 5:30pm. He had a long life, almost 15 years of getting into trouble. He ran away at least 3 times that I can remember, one where we pretty much thought he was gone. It’ll be weird to go home and see him not there limping around as usual, but I’m glad that he’s gone on to a better place. He was just getting more blind and deaf as the days passed. He had a good life, being well fed and treated well. BAD DOG!