For my 64-track recording project, I am recording a cover of Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song). So far, for my band I have hired Jamie O’Meara on the drums; Austin Sullivan on bass guitar, electric guitar, and lead vocals; Conor Barry on piano; Jonah Sanabia on synth; and Owen O’Brien on trombone. On Thursday, April 12 between 2:30 PM and 10:30 PM, I recorded Jamie on the drums, and then Austin on bass. Before recording, I took a YouTube video of the Billy Joel recording and uploaded it to iTunes, and copied it onto ProTools on two audio tracks, so that Jamie and Austin could listen to the recording and play along with it, while I recorded them. I recorded each instrument individually. It took one unexpectedly successful take to record the drums, and two takes to record the bass. Then I spent the rest of my session that night doing some mixing on each ProTools track.
I still need to hire more musicians. I’m planning on getting trumpet player, another guitarist, a sax player or two, and someone to do some percussion, such as shaker or tambourine. Also, I plan to use a virtual instrument to program into my recording, like I did for my 8-track recording a couple months ago. Plus, since the original song uses car noises (Car motors, tires screeching, etc.) towards the end, I intend to use some car sound effects that I can pull up on ProTools. This recording's going to take up a lot of time, but I know I can make it work!