MFTD #2: Annie and the Beekeepers | "In the Water" | Pie Studios | Perry Margouleff

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"Masters From Their Day"

Can a classic recording be produced in just one day?? Some incredibly talented folks have already shown us: Patsy Cline, Owen Bradley, Otis Redding, Tom Dowd, Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, The Beatles, George Martin, James Brown. A lot of timeless records were produced in a single recording session - songs that we still sing at the top of our lungs.

'MASTERS From Their Day' is a web series and an homage to the 'masters.' Each episode of MFTD gathers a set of collaborators to attempt to reprise that classic work-flow and produce a quality track in one recording session.
The video ends with the mastered track from their day.

This webisode (#2) is the first of a two sessions we recorded at Pie Studios in Glen Cove, NY. Perry Margouleff, the studio owner, loved the Masters From Their Day concept, and suggested to shoot two back-to-back episodes at Pie. We decided to shoot two sessions within three days (our camera man needed a day between shoots to rest his camera-arm). The 2nd episode shot at Pie Studios will be released very soon, so be sure to subsribe and sign-up on MastersFromTheirDay.com to be notified.

When we first began preparing for this session, the artist (Annie and the Beekeepers from Brooklyn, NY) emailed to me the song they planned to record. It was a beautiful song about love and loss. My head was swarming with ideas about presenting it in the most effective manner, and I was getting excited.

Then...the night before the session, as we were loading our gear into the studio, they called me and told me they just wrote a new song, "In the Water," which they were very excited about. They recorded it at their practice with an iPhone, and offered to send it to me to hear. I was very skeptical about switching songs the day before the session, but I agreed to listen. (read more at http://www.MastersFromTheirDay.com)


Episode 2 details:

Date - April 22, 2010
Song - "In the Water"
Artist - Annie and the Beekeepers (http://annieandthebeekeepers.com/)
Recording Studio - Pie Studios, Glen Cove, NY (http://www.piestudios.com/)
Recording Engineer - Perry Margouleff (http://www.piestudios.com/)
Producer and mix engineer - Elias Gwinn (http://www.MastersFromTheirDay.com )
Mastering Engineer - Gavin Lurssen (http://www.LurssenMastering.com )
Mic pre-amps & A/D/A converters on all tracks - Benchmark Media Systems (http://www.BenchmarkMedia.com )
Video director - Isaac Deitz (http://www.TubOPopcorn.com )
Mixed at Velidoxi (http://www.Velidoxi.com ) in Syracuse, NY
Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Johnston (http://subcatstudios.com/)

'Annie and the Beekeepers' are:
Annie Lynch - Acoustic guitar, vocals
Alexandra Spalding - Banjo, vocals
Ken Woodward - Double bass, electric guitar


The console at Pie Studios is a Neve 8068. The microphones used were Microtech Gefell, Neumann, and BBC 3038 (original version of Coles 3038).

The tracks were recorded through Benchmark MPA1 and PRE420 microphone preamplifiers's, Benchmark ADC1 a/d converters, Benchmark DAC1 d/a converters, and recorded into Pro Tools.