New CD: Labyrinth

Wednesday 24 August 2011

From Ivan - Bass Man

Wow! What a journey this has been so far.  There are some really great moments on this CD.  Chris's sensational guitar solo at the end of New Place, Stu's explosive drumming as the instrumentation builds in Miracles, Ian's beautiful piano playing in Lonely Life, and Tony's awesome vocals throughout.  What a pleasure it is playing bass in this band.  I get to kick back and just take it all in.

And for those gear heads out there, I used two basses on this recording.  The Xotic XJ-1T 5 string was used on most of the numbers with Fender Precision used on Praying, Cold Dark Lonely Night, and Lonely Life.  The bass went through a Radial JDV DI box and a second line was taking by placing a mic in front of a TecAmp L212 cab powered by a TecAmp Puma 1000.  1000 watts into 8 Ohms......sweet!

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