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Rob's threads spurred me to post this track, so thanks Rob!

A co-worker and I went into a studio in Austin back in 1984. He and I hit it off regarding our influences and he had some tunes he wanted to demo, as he had played in a couple of bar bands in CA where he was originally from. He booked 8 hours for $50/hr and hired a drummer through the Austin Chronicle or something, and we went in and banged out 5 songs on a Saturday--which was not enough time to do them properly, as the drummer and I basically played these for the first time that day, so no solos, and pretty bare bones mix.

This was run to digital from a second gen Maxell XLII about 10 years ago--before it deteriorated any further--but enjoy it warts and all!

Rich Brown--writer, vocals, guitar (1978 Guild Polara into what I remember as a Fender Champ)
Me--bass, backing vocals (Rich's Rickenbacker 4001 Fireglo recorded direct)
Randy Teutsch--drums

The story behind the song is great too

Funny how these things come together as they do. Never perfect the way we intended, but perfect time capsules nonetheless.

That guy could sure write a hook. I'm going to have that earworm in my head the rest of the day.

Reading your story, it is ironic how the performer thinks it is chock full of warts but the listener just hears the songs. I think this and the other you posted were great! Especially for cramming the studio time like you said. You did incredibly well for just winging it - I would have never known.

When my band did 'Draw the Line,' we set up for two songs. Since I did work for the studio, set-up and dialing in sounds was free and that took about 2 hours (mostly drums).

For the paid portion ($125/hr) we cut 'Draw the Line' and 'Misguided' live with a scratch vocal in 20 minutes - basically one take after a false start, because we'd been playing it live for a couple of months. Vocals and a few overdubs took about another 20 minutes. I think we took 11 of the 16 tracks (2" tape) and mixing took about 30 minutes. So about $175 for time and $125 for a reel of 2" tape.

'Foolish Pride' took a long time, but we did that in my studio on 1/2" 8 tracks 15ips.

Thanks Rob.

Yeah, I think as the person playing, when you listen back, you can hear every clinker or off-time bit, or wish you'd played something differently or whatever. I guess it's just the OCD.

You guys definitely sounded like you had it together on those songs.

toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:00 pm That guy could sure write a hook. I'm going to have that earworm in my head the rest of the day.

As a songwriter, he's the best i ever had a chance to work with. Not even a close second.

Not that I've worked with many.

Nice! How old were you guys here?

20-21. Wet behind the ears.

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