Tripwire Recording Blog

Drumkit Recording

James — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:32:00 +0000

I just remembered a couple of crazy facts about the drumkit we used for recording.

The snare had an array of holes in the skin, which gave it an interesting sound. Unfortunately it sounded better without the holes, but we couldnt do much to fix that.
We used foam pads from microphone boxes to dampen most of the kit, taped onto the toms and snare with cellotape stolen from the Art room.
We actually used a computer chair instead of a drum throne for some reason
Was recorded in the school graphics room
Ok now I am running out of "crazy" facts.
For the majority of our songs, the mic on the kick was facing the wrong way, meaning that it picked up all the sound from the rest of the room, but not from the kick itself. Hmmm... It wasn't at all my fault..... :|

Lol it looks like his head is photoshopped on Mark...

James — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:44:42 +0000

Lol it looks like his head is photoshopped on Mark II.

It's over!

James — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:25:00 +0000

Friday 27th January 2006
5pm.
Tripwire shuts the doors to the lagoon for the last time...
Marking the end of an era
Never to be forgotten.

IM GUNNA!!!!

Tyski — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:58:00 +0000

IM GUNNA ..... On The Carpet (... On The Carpet)
IM GUNNA ..... On The Couch (... On The Couch)
IM GUNNA ..... On The Carpet

........... ...........

TONIGHT!

It's not over yet!

James — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:12:00 +0000

It's not over yet folks, today Kel is unwell and was unable to attend, so was postponed. We may return tomorrow, if Kel is up to it, so hope he is feeling better sooon!

Vocals Day 2 Summary

James — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:16:00 +0000

Looking at the clock it is now moving into day 3, but I will give you an update on Day 2 vocals.
When me and Kelly first arrived we got straight into Overwhelmed, which was a bad idea really, trying to start from cold into a challenging song (for my voice anyway - but hey, most songs are)

So, we sat down with an acoustic and Condensy Condensen, in the control booth, with the air conditioning turned on, and proceeded to record an acoustic version of Overwhelmed, which didn't sound bad considering we had no rehearsal, just sat down and managed some loverly little harmonies!

Following that, somehow we got onto the idea of covering "Breakfast at Tiffany's" but changing it to Breakfast with Clowndog. So we did. Then Tyler turned up, so it was time for an early lunch break, and to get straight into the stuff we were meant to be doing.

Things went pretty well overall, unfortunately for some reason when recording new tracks the computer was putting them a few miliseconds out of sync, so they all had to be manually synced.
4:43 came, and so did the cleaners, telling us to be out by 5. Unfortunately we only had probably half an hours extra recording to do... but no, they had to lock up, so that meant we have to come in again tomorrow (today) to finish off.

So will update you later, no doubt there will be some sad photos, as Tripwire's final project comes to pass...

as we shut Lagoon Studio's doors for the last time...

"Huuuuuh!" - Overwhelmed

James — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:18:43 +0000

"Huuuuuh!" - Overwhelmed

Angry Face

James — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:51:01 +0000

Angry Face

Lol it looks like his head is photoshopped on

James — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:47:28 +0000

Lol it looks like his head is photoshopped on

Vocals Day 2

James — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:58:00 +0000

I didn't update you on how the vocals went yesterday, because it wasn't good.
One thing we did get out of it, was an ad for LeatherDirect. Based on my "LeatherrrrrrJack" saying, we thought it could be quite funny to make a similar ad, and send it to LeatherDirect.
The hard part, was trying to work out what to say in the ad.
Anyway, to hear it, check out LeatherDirect Ad FirstDraft.
Today, I am currently waiting outside the control room, waiting to find a caretaker to unlock it for us.
Armed with a warm bottle of water, and slightly more sleep (but forgot my wallet so will have to hope I can borrow some money for lunch), lets hope todays session goes better, and lets us knock the mother off!
(Well, after the vox still a lot to do, mastering and duplicating and all sorts.)

Vocals

James — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:34:00 +0000

Today we hit the lagoon again, to hopefully get down some vocal tracks! Ahhh! My Bit :'(
Will let you know how that goes later on.

Towndog

James — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:48:00 +0000

I think I am allowed to announce this now... I hope so - well Coda Records can remove it if they want! But here it is.

Towndog: The Essential

Recorded in our very own Lagoon Studios.
Kelly Palmer on Guitar, Bass and Vocals2, and James Nimmo on Drums and Vocals1.

TRIPWIRE T's

Tyski — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:50:00 +0000

Tripwire T-Shirts ..... Coming Soon,

X-MAS

Tyski — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:05:00 +0000

Merry X-mas From The Drummer -Tyski- Have A Good One \m/ ROCKON \m/

Tripwire Site + New Promo Vid

Kel — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:35:00 +0000

I have yet again changed the face of the Tripwire Website..

The guys down at Coda Records have suprised me yet again, with a promotional video to promote the Tripwire e.p. There is a link to this vid on http://tripwire.net.nz, So check it out! There is a sneak preview of the new version of Steak And Kidney pie featuring as the soundtrack to the Video, which sounds mint.

Laters.