Vance Powell: Recording Rock

Grammy-winning producer/engineer Vance Powell (Jack White, Seasick Steve, Chris Stapleton) welcomes us to Sputnik Sound in Nashville to show us how he recorded a track for rock act Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. Over the course of this in-depth video tutorial Vance explains his decisive production approach and deconstructs the track ‘Loaded Dice & Buried Money’, demonstrating the recording and mixing techniques employed to craft a huge rock sound from a band playing together in a room. Listen to the full track — ’Loaded Dice & Buried Money’ iTunes: Spotify: Tidal: Chapters 00:00 - Start 00:32 - Vance Powell Introduction 01:22 - Live Room Setup/Tracking Overview 05:01 - Recording Guitars - Baritone Guitars 07:16 - Bass Tone 08:29 - Drums 15:20 - Rough Mix/Tracking Process 16:34 - Overdubs 17:21 - Panning Strategies 17:57 - Guitar Overdubs 19:47 - Vocals - RCA 77 & Ampex Microphones 28:16 - Moog Little Phatty 29:54 - Guitar Solo - Spaceman Effects Sputnik Fuzz 30:47 - Turnaround Guitars 32:16 - Parallel Compression - Neve 33609, Empirical Labs EL7 Fatso 38:07 - Reverb 39:16 - Outro 39:42 - Full Track ................................................................. Get FREE 170-page RECORDING TECHNOLOGY eBook: ................................................................ Subscribe! Visit LIKE Sound On Sound: FOLLOW Sound On Sound: Follow Sound On Sound on Instagram: @soundonsoundmag