Just uploaded a fresh new song to the Portfolio page that we have been working on here at the Lair.
This is Deja out of Atlanta. She is a hip hop artists that brought us her tracks to do the mixing and mastering.
The song is hype, check it out:
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More new audio samples coming very soon so stay posted.
The other day I picked back up on writing out a series of articles on recording, mixing, and mastering, with an article called: Recording Studio Tips – What The Artist Needs To Know Before Entering The Studio.
If you have or have not ever been to a recording studio, you should give this a read. This is all pretty basic stuff, but it is surprising how often I have to bring some of these things up.
I will be adding to that post over time and will keep you updated when I do. Be on the look out for my next article about the Mixing process.
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Hey everyone,
Thank you for checking in on the launch of the revamped Ozone Lair website(functionality wise at least, we are working on a new design and branding as well) and web presence as a whole.
We are going to try and take it up a notch this year to hopefully take this ball we’ve started rolling over the last year, and send it blasting down the road!
That being said, we can really use YOUR help getting the word out. We need you to tell all of your friends and your family about our services.
We have set up several different easy ways for you to stay posted, including the Ozone Twitter and Facebook. If you use either of those services, follow us and tell your friends too!
We are throwing a little party here at the Ozone Lair in celebration of the holiday season and our good friends Gunslinger coming down from Tennessee.
Let us start with the fact that we were hoping to have 16 channels to record with, instead we only had 8. This is not bad for 3 of the 4 bands that performed, but even still, we made it work. For any Horns, Keys, and Vocals, we ran some mics through a PA for the live sound, and then I put a mic in front of the PA instead of running direct out from the PA because that was not working out.
Here was the general setup:
Drums
- 2 DR-HX1 Condensers – Overhead
- 1 SM57 beta – Snare
- 1 DR-KX1 kick drum mic
Bass
- SM58
We are going to be recording live at the Wonder Root in Atlanta for
13 Day Mission
Beatrix Kiddo
Miles from Pangaea
The Jungle
Come out and enjoy some local awesomeness
Bret of 13 Day Mission
Dave of Miles from Pangaea
Marty of Sound the Surrender
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Zechs Marquise, along with 13 Day Mission, performed live at the Ozone Lair for a slew of Atlanta area fans. This was the first real show that Ozone Lair hosted and we definitely tracked it. Unfortunately the 13 Day Mission set audio did not turn out so great, and we did not get any video. We did however get some really great tracks for Zechs Marquise.
For a review of microphones and other ideas used, read on 
Before the show I decided to hit up the music store and pick up a few more stands, wires, and a new mic that I had been eyeballing and hearing good things about. The Sterling ST51. It’s nothing too fancy but received quite a bit of good press throughout the internet and was definitely in my budget. Come to find out it is not the greatest at recording toms like I had hoped it would be, based on my previous use of the M-Audio Nova that seems to be a bit warmer. The Sterling is very bright and somewhat crackly the way that I used it for this recording. I look forward to testing the Sterling out with some vocals, and I am positive it would do better as a room mic for the drums than pressed right up near the toms.
I had been talking to Attila for some time about coming out and recording some jams…and they finally have.
Last night we managed to track drums, guitar, and bass for 2 songs to be used for an upcoming demo. Normally I do not like to do recording on weeknights, I like to leave enough time for everyone to be comfortable and not rushed doing their thing, it helps the creative process. I am glad we got this worked out though regardless of what night it happened on.
They showed up a little later than we had agreed but were prompt in setting up their gear, knocking out some rehearsals of the songs, and being ready to record. Within an hour of their arrival we were tracking drums.
He blasted everyone in the studio for a while but laid down some really solid drums. I opted not to use a room mic and instead used a mic on the beater side of the kick in hopes of a more awesome kick on the final mix.
Hijacking Music and The Moon and Pluto Event @ Ozone Lair
Hijacking Music and The Moon and Pluto held an event here at the Ozone Lair in celebration of the two collectives joining forces to really put on some great events this year. This event was a great networking opportunity for Atlanta based musicians of all styles and genres.
If you have not already done so, you need to check out the recordings and videos from this event.
You can find these here: http://hijackingmusic.com/hjm-and-mnp-presented-a-great-event-03-20-10
It was an amazing time for everyone, a really good vibe throughout, and I personally was able to meet some awesome new people.
Stay posted for the next Ozone Lair event!