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[imaginary friend]

for anyone who may be in a position to know,

were the instruments on hand provided by the studio, or did the band bring their own gear?

who did the final mix?  update: went and read the entire 8in8 page (i just started the songs last time). Benny Grotto, ok.

will there be physical copies?

...just finished listening. my take: tesla and mirror are great. the vocals totally made saints. i could do without 1tt, but it doesn't suck.

bottom line: much better result than I expected.

#@!

[Zoe Amory]

Listened through the tracks earlier and thought they were awesome, especially Nikola Tesla! 

[lentower]

I'm really impressed by how good some of you are at backpedalling as soon as you realised Amanda was reading the thread.

ROFL

a may not post her a lot anymore,
but she still reads here a lot

^ answer is along the line of:
this is amanda's and brian's forum.
you should assume they read it

but amanda tweeted that she wanted input
about what hyperbot wrote, mostly against 8in8/6in12,
and pro + con about the project,
before she blogged about the issues

the tweet pointed people to this thread
on her forum

of course, she was going to read this thread!


she's done this,
point the twitterverse,
at a forum thread before.
sometimes for feedback.
sometimes 'casue the thread has info she feels shoub be shared.
sometimes ...


i don't twitter alot,
but read her tweets and a few others every few days

[benny grotto]

for anyone who may be in a position to know,

were the instruments on hand provided by the studio, or did the band bring their own gear?

who did the final mix?

will there be physical copies?

...just finished listening. my take: tesla and mirror are great. the vocals totally made saints. i could do without 1tt, but it doesn't suck.

bottom line: much better result than I expected.

#@!

Hi, I'm Benny Grotto; I engineered the 8 in 8 project yesterday/night/this morning.  Some instruments were provided by the studio (all keyboards, guitar/bass amps, tambourine), some were provided by me (acoustic guitar, some cymbals, my beloved Vox AC30 guitar amp), some by producer Sean Slade (the guitar and Omnichord used on "Mirror"), some by my friends http://www.facebook.com/TheHushNow (drums and a couple bass guitars), some by our friends http://www.facebook.com/thewandas (bass guitar), and some by the band members themselves (Damian brought a few guitars, a laptop rig, etc, Amanda brought various nick-nacks, Folds had some synths brought in, etc).

I did the "final mix", although I'm not sure I'd quite call it that.  I mixed as we went, so that by the time the guys finished recording a song, the mix was also complete.  No time to revisit anything!  We mixed to 1/2" tape, and dumped back into the Pro Tools sessions we were recording to.  The material was not mastered, however I did add some light limiting to bring the volume of the tracks up a bit.

Can't answer the rest of your questions, but I hope this was helpful. 

[imaginary friend]

thanks!

#@!

[theseeker]

I love how the album cover says "8 in 8."

I really really hope that there will be a physical copy. That's the only way I'd get it. :/

Also Neil has an awesome voice.

[My Two Innings]

Set out to write a 30-minute review of the album on my blog today.  It took an hour and a half!   

You're welcome to check it out if you like:  http://mytwoinnings.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-review-thirty-minutes.html

Huge props to the creative team, and to Mr. Slade, Mr. Grotto, and to others on the production team who pulled this off.  What a crunch!

[Pope Totalfrog]

bottom line: much better result than I expected.

#@!

It is. Also can Neil have a song on every album. I love The Problem With Saints.

[imaginary friend]

yeah, he rocked that fucker. I wonder if he's gotten a bit of the singing bug. far worse things could happen.

#@!

[Morpheus Laughing]

^ It was spoken wordy but that's OK.

Makes me think about how long a note has to be sustained to count as singing.

[lentower]

I'm watching this mostly to gain an insight into how people like Amanda and Folds write and record.

Thing is - and we talked about this about an hour before the webcast went live - this is new for everyone here (and thus not a wholly accurate insight as to how they normally function). Everyone's strengths and styles are hopefully going to blend together to create something awesome, but it's going to be as different as Amanda's songwriting process with Brian vs solo vs Brian with Trent Reznor. Every piece of the puzzle (who's here, where we are, what they've eaten, how much sleep they got, what the Twitter-insperation's like, etc) will weigh on it, and change the whole thing. Definitely not saying you can't get some insights, but I wouldn't take it as "the way" Amanda and Ben write.

sure, but it does give some insight into how they write,
and i expect,
more insight into how they record.

it's certainly a look at an album being made by real artists in a real
recording studio.
sure, the nuances will be different,
based on all the variables indecision mentions,
but for an outsider it gives alot of the story.

[Morpheus Laughing]

I'm watching this mostly to gain an insight into how people like Amanda and Folds write and record.

Thing is - and we talked about this about an hour before the webcast went live - this is new for everyone here (and thus not a wholly accurate insight as to how they normally function). Everyone's strengths and styles are hopefully going to blend together to create something awesome, but it's going to be as different as Amanda's songwriting process with Brian vs solo vs Brian with Trent Reznor. Every piece of the puzzle (who's here, where we are, what they've eaten, how much sleep they got, what the Twitter-insperation's like, etc) will weigh on it, and change the whole thing. Definitely not saying you can't get some insights, but I wouldn't take it as "the way" Amanda and Ben write.

sure, but it does give some insight into how they write,
and i expect,
more insight into how they record.

it's certainly a look at an album being made by real artists in a real
recording studio.
sure, the nuances will be different,
based on all the variables indecision mentions,
but for an outsider it gives alot of the story.

I've seen some of the stuff that happens as an observer of this process (and as a participant) and I'll say that what happened is not a bad snapshot. The main problem is that it is rarely as civil (although it can be if you've prepared but that means you've already written the stuff). What we saw was a good example of how things can go if you just want to do what they did. If you're thinking long term, there are probably going to be big creative disputes. Maybe we shouldn't think too long term eh?... But seriously - Musicians "date" other musicians so that they can figure out who they want to work with... ( you could call it auditioning but - it is often informal when you're starting out)

[Morpheus Laughing]

Interesting point raised on twitter (albeit 2 hours ago)...Creative commons.

Creative commons (or something similar) is going to be a necessary consideration for musicians offering free content. This is even more problematic if there is going to be a New-Zealand-like clamp down elsewhere in the future.   

[lentower]

Interesting point raised on twitter (albeit 2 hours ago)...Creative commons.

Creative commons (or something similar) is going to be a necessary consideration for musicians offering free content. This is even more problematic if there is going to be a New-Zealand-like clamp down elsewhere in the future.   

Agreed.  Let's hope team amanda comes on board

[yosmark]

I feel deceived by the lack of references to electromagnetism theory in the song Nikola Tesla.  :'(

Such a downer  :'(