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Post by Rick Bartlett on Sept 7, 2021 7:44:28 GMT -5
I think this is a great little surf album. I'm unfortunate my CD copy of this is boxed up and in storage at the moment but it's great to see it's still available to purchase even as a digital download. Some real authentic surf guitar picking and playing on this album of Dave's, you wont be disappointed if your looking for that early 'Surfin USA' album 'feel' and that 'Dick Dale' 60's surf sound. Discogs tells me that it was a CD-R release, but I don't recall that being correct, I'd be sure it was a pressed disc and the artwork signed by Marks himself. I was surprised to learn the album was produced by Adam Marsland, he's done quite an excellent job here. 10/10 all the way for 'feel' and 'authenticity'.
I'm not a huge fan of some of Marks' solo work, but this one is a 'Green Light' all the way! It's a fun and bubbly record. You have to love those authentic Fender surf licks too, they never get old. At 11 tracks, it flys by pretty fast, but that's what the replay button is for. Fortunately, Apple still have some samples up for your ears to peruse through if your interested. Check it out!
Good fun!
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Post by karmafrog on Sept 7, 2021 21:28:06 GMT -5
Just saw this come up on the feed! I love this album and wish more people heard it. I did recently approach Dave about putting it on the Karma Frog Bandcamp Page but didn't hear back. I'm proud to say I produced as little as possible. The tracks sounded great as they were. Most of what I did was editing Dave's stuff and keeping the session moving at points when it might have gone off track. They rented the right gear and they got the right band, and the garage itself had great ambient sound. It was a crazy, hot, furiously productive few days but man, it came out good. They tracked a lot more than what was on the album, too. I did a lot more session work with Dave after that, for him and for other artists, and it was always a good time. Brilliant player and fun individual. |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Sept 7, 2021 23:33:58 GMT -5
Just saw this come up on the feed! I love this album and wish more people heard it. I did recently approach Dave about putting it on the Karma Frog Bandcamp Page but didn't hear back. I'm proud to say I produced as little as possible. The tracks sounded great as they were. Most of what I did was editing Dave's stuff and keeping the session moving at points when it might have gone off track. They rented the right gear and they got the right band, and the garage itself had great ambient sound. It was a crazy, hot, furiously productive few days but man, it came out good. They tracked a lot more than what was on the album, too. I did a lot more session work with Dave after that, for him and for other artists, and it was always a good time. Brilliant player and fun individual. Oh man! To really hear it, that 'sound', I was more than 'Stoked'. That's the sign of a good producer though, knowing when to mess or not to mess with something that is already working. Credit to you, so take it! I kind of expected this to get Dave's name out there a bit more and would have had a bit more 'follow up' from the fans
and even some of these message boards, but it never gained much traction.
Would be great to have this on your Bandcamp page, along with the other things you guys tracked as well. It's got a great 'spirit' to it all. I hope talking about it turns even just one other person onto this great little record.
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Post by karmafrog on Sept 9, 2021 10:51:31 GMT -5
Thanks! That's how I feel too. I was very proud of just listening back to the tracks raw and going "hey this sounds pretty good! Why mess with it?" I always loved the room sound in the garage anyway. I did stress out a bit over the drums, because they were very clean and I had to add reverb and I obsessed over finding a digital reverb that didn't sound digital, otherwise it'd be like bad CGI y'know? So that part I did have to think about. The other thing I was pleased with is I told Dave when he came in to do vocals that I don't use Autotune. He was down with that. I love his vocals on the record and we didn't tune one damn note. I think they had limited goals for that album which they quickly met. There was some follow-up stuff done at the studio but the only thing that ever got heard was a cover of "Cuddle Up" which came out pretty well. Dave and I have talked about recording again from time to time. We're on opposite sides of the planet now, so maybe unlikely, but...never say never. I don't know if you ever saw this, but this is something we both worked on later. Very far from the Beach Boys but quite a fun little sound. Dave's all over the last two records by this band. |
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Post by Al Smith on Sept 10, 2021 23:23:15 GMT -5
Thanks! That's how I feel too. I was very proud of just listening back to the tracks raw and going "hey this sounds pretty good! Why mess with it?" I always loved the room sound in the garage anyway. I did stress out a bit over the drums, because they were very clean and I had to add reverb and I obsessed over finding a digital reverb that didn't sound digital, otherwise it'd be like bad CGI y'know? So that part I did have to think about. The other thing I was pleased with is I told Dave when he came in to do vocals that I don't use Autotune. He was down with that. I love his vocals on the record and we didn't tune one damn note. I think they had limited goals for that album which they quickly met. There was some follow-up stuff done at the studio but the only thing that ever got heard was a cover of "Cuddle Up" which came out pretty well. Dave and I have talked about recording again from time to time. We're on opposite sides of the planet now, so maybe unlikely, but...never say never. I don't know if you ever saw this, but this is something we both worked on later. Very far from the Beach Boys but quite a fun little sound. Dave's all over the last two records by this band. Hey Adam, for us fledgling home recording producers out there, what reverb did you end up using on those drums? |
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Post by karmafrog on Sept 12, 2021 4:31:29 GMT -5
Thanks! That's how I feel too. I was very proud of just listening back to the tracks raw and going "hey this sounds pretty good! Why mess with it?" I always loved the room sound in the garage anyway. I did stress out a bit over the drums, because they were very clean and I had to add reverb and I obsessed over finding a digital reverb that didn't sound digital, otherwise it'd be like bad CGI y'know? So that part I did have to think about. The other thing I was pleased with is I told Dave when he came in to do vocals that I don't use Autotune. He was down with that. I love his vocals on the record and we didn't tune one damn note. I think they had limited goals for that album which they quickly met. There was some follow-up stuff done at the studio but the only thing that ever got heard was a cover of "Cuddle Up" which came out pretty well. Dave and I have talked about recording again from time to time. We're on opposite sides of the planet now, so maybe unlikely, but...never say never. I don't know if you ever saw this, but this is something we both worked on later. Very far from the Beach Boys but quite a fun little sound. Dave's all over the last two records by this band. Hey Adam, for us fledgling home recording producers out there, what reverb did you end up using on those drums? Cripes, I forgot. I coulda told you a few years ago! It was part of the Waves Gold package, I can tell you that. It wasn't a native reverb. |
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