Funk in the Bushes

Deanna Skiles Audio Production

Gas Station Sushi “Funk in the Bushes”

Recording Engineer

Summary This is the culmination of two separate studio sessions.

The first session included Michael Hailey (drums,) and Mike Singleton (rhythm and lead guitar.) We miked Mr. Hailey’s drumkit in the isolation booth, and ran DI from Mr. Singleton’s guitar setup and mics from his amp in the live room. The original bass player was unable to make it to that session.

The second session still included Mike Singleton (lead guitar) but also brought in Danny Peeples (bass.) We had a similar setup for Mr. Singleton as the first session, and for Mr. Peeples we ran DI from his bass in the live room.

This signal was reamped into the isolation booth, where we miked his amp for color.

While I had run the role as Recording Engineer on several projects, I wasn’t quite satisfied. I wanted an original recording, hand-picking my own talent. All musicians involved with the project were artists that I trusted to be professional, with well-developed skills in their craft.

Talent Materials Michael Hailey’s equipment: • Custom Yamaha kit (birchwood) o Kick, snare, mounted tom, floor tom o Hi-hat, left cymbal, right cymbal Mike Singleton’s equipment: • Paul Reed Smith guitar • TC Electronic G-System floor processor • Fender Hotrod Deville guitar amp Danny Peeples’ equipment: • Bongo Musicmann bass • Gallien Krueger bass cabinet • Markbass 900W amp head

Jam Sesh One - GTR amp

drum break

This track was created and copyrighted by Michael Hailey, Mike Singleton, and Danny Peeples. Nov 2016 - May 2017

Mixing Notes Between the first and second sessions, we had ample material to work with. In fact, we came upon a happy accident: some of the solo work from the first session actually worked in response and duet form with the new solo material. This made our initial project all the more interesting.

Most processing was EQ’ing tracks so they fit well with each other, and compression to level out parts. Some Distortion/Harmonic processors were used on the guitars to discern parts or add colour.