Raury Brasstracks Recording Session

Artist: Raury
Producer: Brasstracks
Recording Engineer: Nick Breton

RECAP:

I was very excited about these sessions and the first day completely exceeded my expectations! Ivan and Connor (Brasstracks) were first to arrive. We rented a kick, snare and hardware for Ivan who had hats with him. Brendan came by to help me set up and bring in a few extra mics since I have never recorded a drum kit here. We spent some time getting the set up dialed in then Brendan took off and the guys started to write on drums and piano.

The guys came up with a song idea when I went out to grab food and we started recording as soon as I walked in. They sounded so great playing together, loved the way the mini kit sounded! We knocked out separate recordings from each of them to get the proper isolation. 3 mics on the kit, one per piece. Inside kick pointed at the beater, snare bottom, and high hat top.

SONG 1:

Raury arrived a few hours into the session having just flown in from Atlanta and coming straight here from the airport. He had an idea on guitar he wanted to explore and another idea with some chords on keys. We started with the keys and chords idea that he had. Connor recorded Rhodes that I had running through the Avalon U5 first. Next Ivan hit the drums and knocked out one incredible full take for them to work with. Raury and Connor were taking turns on bass and guitar which lead to getting those parts down. Once we had a loose

Once we had a loose arrangement Raury started to write lyrics, didn’t take him long to come up with a few different sections and a verse. We were all very impressed at the speed he created the idea for this song. We did our usual 5 takes and comp method for all the various sections. One down!

SONG 2:

The second song  started with Raury and Connor on guitar. They worked out the loose arrangement then Ivan hopped back on drums. We tried to lay an arrangement with the first instrument, hit drums then build everything on top of the drums. Our method worked very well because we turned out two really great songs tonight! Drums, Guitar, Bass, Trumpet, Piano, Rhodes and a ton of vocals. 9 hour session that flew by with everything we got done tonight!!

RAURY PROFILE:

Writer, singer, musician from Atlanta.

TRUTH STUDIOS GEAR USED TODAY:

Sound Deluxe U99
Purple Audio Sweet 10 500 Series Rack
Great River MP500NV Pre Amp
Purple Audio MC77 Compressor
Dangerous Music BAX EQ
Lynx Aurora 16
Burl B2
Dangerous D Box
Pro Tools HD3 PCIe
Pelonis Model 42s
ADAM S3X

TRUTH STUDIOS PROFILE:

Truth Studios is a boutique recording studio located in the Fairfax district of Hollywood, California. The studio started in the bedroom of studio owner Nick Breton’s apartment making music with local Los Angeles buzzing artists. We have since grown into a beautiful loft where the studio currently operates. Truth offers studio rental, recording, mixing and mastering services to independent and major label clients from every corner of the globe. Truth Studios is affiliated with acts such as Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Dom Kennedy, Asher Roth, Chuck Inglish, Alina Baraz, Anatii, Joey Bada$$, Boi 1da, Macy Gray, Mr Hudson, Walk The Moon, Martin Garrix and hundreds of other artists. This studio has become a landmark icon in Los Angeles and the music community worldwide.

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Raury Brasstracks Recording Session at Truth Studios Recording Studio Los Angeles with Engineer Nick Breton. Raury Brasstracks Recording Session at Truth.