New Pop Tomorrow! comp out now!

Finally! the new Pop Tomorrow! v.2 compilation is done. 23 bands (20 from Portland, 3 from Seattle)

Guaranteed must have for any fan of local Portland indie-pop and indie rock! Limited to just 150 copies.

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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About a Harvey Girls Recording, Pt. 3: Recording the Album, Take Two « $10 Guitar - April 24th, 2010

[...] Recording Techniques and other stuff: 1. Recording Guitars– Many of the early-recorded tracks that will be on the album like “Puss” and “Monster” were recorded with an acoustic guitar with a pick up run through at least a distortion pedal and sometimes the Memory Man (to give it a little or a lot of reverb or, in the case of “Puss,” to add a backwards delay) straight into the Mackie. This is also something most people will tell you not to do. They’re also right on this, but with EQ and effects, I can get a sound that I want. Plus, I don’t have to drag the amp into the dining room and drive the cats and Melissa insane or wake them up if I’m up early working and they’re still asleep on a weekend morning. In the recordings done AMa, it was easier to use the amplifier because I was in a room cut off from the house, but I’ll get into that in a bit. 2. Effects– To illustrate my points above about effects, here’s a couple of versions of the first recording of “Monster”. This version is available as part of the download in the first part of the series and as a completely mastered track on the Pop Tomorrow 2 compilation, which you can pick up over here. [...]