Ep.3 Tracking "Anytime You Want Me"
Now that the band is warmed up and the song is rehearsed, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, The Hodges Brothers, The Masqueraders, and Ken Coomer head back into the live room and record the final takes and overdubs for "Anytime You Want Me".
In this episode, you'll watch as Matt and the band:
- Lay down the final take with the entire group playing in the legendary live room at Sam Phillips Recording
- Turn up the intensity of the performance
- Explain the tape workflow at Sam Phillips Recording
- Edits different takes together for a perfect composite to build off of
- Grabs a few special moments from different takes to add to the composite
- Records B3 overdubs with Charles Hodges
- Records the "Hillbilly Bongo" and percussion overdubs with Ken Coomer
Join Matt Ross-Spang, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, The Hodges Brothers, Ken Coomer, and The Masqueraders inside the legendary Sam Phillips Recording in Memphis, TN for an incredible recording event, from Start To Finish.
Mics
- AEA R88
- AKG D 25
- Neumann U48
- Neumann U47
- Neumann U67
- RCA 77
- Shure SM57
- Upton 251
Outboard Gear
- 1969 Spectra Sonics Console
- Ampeg B15
- Burl Mothership
- Fairchild 670 MKII
- Studer A27
Eli "Paperboy" Reed (born 1983 as Eli Husock) is an American singer and songwriter. After graduating from Brookline High School in 2002, he moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. After spending a year in Clarksdale, he enrolled at The University of Chicago to study sociology. While in Chicago, he hosted a radio show called "We Got More Soul" on WHPK and played organ and piano in the South Side Chicago church of Mitty Collier. After one year of study in Chicago, he returned home to Boston to focus on music, recording his first album Sings "Walkin' and Talkin' for My Baby" and Other Smash Hits!