Category: Recording Stories

Lance Blitz releases a Lo-Fi 4-Track “Experimental” Album recorded 8 or 9 years ago

Approximately 8 or 9 years ago, when I was still primarily recording via 4-track cassette recorder (as I did for 10 years before going digital about 5 years ago), I recorded several songs I had written on acoustic guitar with heavily-effected drum loops and vocal effects, plus a clean electric bass. I wanted to have …

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On Working with a Pro Tools Engineer and Recording Guitar First

While I have been working on several other recording projects – some of them on 80s-style 4-track cassette tapes – most of my music project time for the past month or so has been taken up by another 2-song single DISFUNCTION is recording. This time it is different in several ways, however. We are working …

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Recording and Final Mix Completed for The Filthy Dix!

I wrote before that I was impressed with the progress made by Dave of The Filthy Dix in the drumming department when the time came to record some songs. We later recorded bass and guitar at Necro21 Headquarters with my recording equipment and the band’s instruments. The usual ups and downs that go with recording …

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“Positivity” Album Intro & Track by Track Commentary

Hey, I am super excited to announce the release of my new album, “Positivity”, which is very funk-rock driven, with lots of punk rock and alternative rock influences … and lots of rad guitar solos. I will state up front that the album is heavily influenced by music from many eras of the Red Hot …

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The ‘Fahrenheit 451’ album writing & recording processes

The second Wolf’s Endeavor album, ‘Fahrenheit 451‘, was the first full-length album I recorded on which I played real drums and every other instrument. It was also the first project in which I played real drums and recorded all other tracks directly into the computer instead of first recording them to tape and then creating …

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The Recording of DISFUNCTION’s EP, ‘Horrorpunks in 21’

I have had the pleasure of recording/producing DISFUNCTION’s new ep, ‘Horrorpunks in 21’. The band’s longtime tagline is also the title track for the EP. I was also honored that they requested to record a version of my Wolf’s Endeavor song, “The Horror” for the disc. The ‘Horrorpunks in 21’ EP features 4 songs that …

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