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| 7/2/2009 |
The 88 Makes An I-Song
The 88 is finding the iPhone more useful than they ever imagined. In fact, the group just used one of the applications to record a new song and release it. Keyboardist Adam Merrin says that while on tour this spring with The B-52's, they started browsing the applications and found something called "Four Track." Merrin says, quote, "I thought it would be a neat experiment to record the full band on a phone. I was very curious to see how it would sound." The group laid down acoustic guitar, scratch vocals, and drums on Anthony Zimmitti's daughter's toy drum set that he played with brushes. Singer Keith Slettedahl then added electric and slide guitars to the mix and Merrin continued the session with a piano part on a Yamaha keyboard, the recording of bass, and group backing vocals.
Adam says, quote, "After finishing a mix of the song, we really liked the way everything was sounding. However we thought the lead vocal sounded a little bit distant. We ended up using an Alesis ProTrack, which allows you to connect an iPod or an iPhone to both a microphone and headphones and adjust your input level." The end result is a track called "Love Is A Thing," all recorded via iPhone and now available on iTunes. |
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