Best studio jam band???

Derek and the Dominos 

CATS just came through CO. Dates didn't work out for me but will catch them if they swing through again.

I was hanging out at a campsite at a little hippie fest earlier this year and someone put on a studio recording of Mars Retrieval Unit (MRU).   It was good, really good.

For years, Relix used to mail to me their magazine every month (don't recall ever ordering or paying for it) and it would come with a mixed CD of all sorts of established and up and coming jam bands, with both live and studio tracks.  That's the first time I heard RAQ and was pretty impressed by their studio stuff.

Lawn Boy is a pretty solid studio recording.

 

God Street Wine ~

 

The Breakfast

Steely Dan

Traveling Wilburys

>>>Steely Dan

i guess it all depends. When I think of steely dan in the studio I think of them bringing in 7 different guitarists so they could record 7 different solos and then choose the right one. I think of meticulous and long sessions where things are gone over with a fine-tooth comb to make it sound pristine, which is great. 

but does anyone “jam” as a band on studio albums? Back where it all began by the Allmans maybe? 

Traveling Wilburys< This

Every miss recorded track (minus Sly Stone) that Phil Spector touched was ruined.

George Harrison, Delaney & Bonnie, & his wife Ronnie.

But the jams were epic.

 

If the walls could speak in many of the recoding studios in the southern California region from the early 1970s they would tell a tale of many missing from tape moments with Ry Cooder. the Eagles, the Ted Templton produced sessions of the Doobie Brothers, Flying Burrito Brothers, many variations of the Byrds, Little Feat, and even Alice Cooper

& Yes the nothing can come close to any of the basic track portion of the recording sessions of all of the Steely Dan works until they came to skyline studios here in NY to go digital and the tracking was just Fagan running SEMPTE time codes and there was no jamming per say..

 

Bummer.

Steppenwolf,  Grand Funk, and one drunken Iron Butterfly session come to mind as well...

"studio jam band" is a contradiction of terms.

Studio is a location.

Miles Davis — trumpet

John Coltrane — tenor saxophone

Red Garland — piano

Paul Chambers — bass

Philly Joe Jones — drums

increased to Sextet in 1958 with Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophone

 

OR...

 

Miles Davis — trumpet

Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone

Herbie Hancock — piano

Ron Carter — bass

Tony Williams — drums

 

The Headhunters weren't bad either

Thee Oh Sees

PS 

Jambands SUUUUUUUUCK

 

A studio jam is needed to calibrate the distance from the microphones from both the instruments & those used for ambiant settings.

If there is no jamming right prior to recording they are either Howard Jones or a band that wil not be as such, by the end of the session.

^could you elaborate on Howard Jones

Don Fagan.Joe Jackson, and Howard Jones etc run MIDI st ups -Multiple, Instrument, Digital Interface -

Which is the universal digital timing sequence (with numbers) that lets all the Synths, Digital Drums link up any instrument with MIDI capabilities to all start running in the MIDI instruments all at once.

Our heroes Peter Gabriel was a very important factor for MIDI and its application

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN TO FAGANS NIGHT FLY, and any Joe Jackson or Howard Jones track, and they do it all via real instrument sounds via digitals samples. But its a one man band really

That is how we make dance music  it has been that way since 1986

>>>A studio jam is needed to calibrate the distance from the microphones from both the instruments & those used for ambiant settings.

 

 

uh, no 

Ah yeah. 

This wil be fun fun fiun.

Bring your audio recording knowledge the table or shut the fuck up after I post

Farmer ~

lol

yes please tell me more about how you need to calibrate the distance from the source, be it human, amplifier or instrument during the “studio jam” portion of the recording session. 

thank you

some references and examples from someone other than you would be great too, thanks 

Inverse square law anyone?  

>>>>Bring your audio recording knowledge the table or shut the fuck up after I post

weren’t you here begging for money recently? I might be inclined to donate next time if it wasn’t for your persistent and shitty comments like this

go back to ronkonkema and get your shine box, ok pal? Thanks. And if you keep posting your BS ramblings/ boasts about audio recording then you’ll continue to get called out 

Its a set practice in audio engineering since 1929 & as standard like an XLR PLUG OR AC electric adapter.

Like open heart surgery, its not up for debate

Go have a beer on me tonight. a CHEAP one tho

 

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Are you sure you are not talking about a soundcheck? 

sure thing washy 

tell me when you calibrate a singer to their mic, do you prefer to nail their feet to the floor and put them in a halo, or do you prefer the cement shoes method? 

Dude I am multi track engineer who is now working for Def Records as a PRODUCER, not a pa lady

We got thread going though & I got to play wth new colors Slacker

We all aren’t on opioids buddy, just keep that in mind. But really, I wish you the best in every effort, both real and imagined. 

(mostly imagined)

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Playing In The Band from "Ace" is a nice studio jam.

Them Circles 'Round the Sun boys can jam it in the studio.

My favorite studio jam band has always been the Sons of Champlin. Their first album Sing me a Rainbow is one of the greatest debut albums I've ever heard. They blew The Band off the stage at Winterland on their first visit which was not uncommon for the Sons. For those of you who haven't heard this album check it out and you might even want to Get High.

I was at one of those Winterland shows. Ace of Cups opened, then Sons of Champlin, then The Band. From what I remember, nobody blew anybody off the stage, they were all fucking great.

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Note: the days are Thrus, Friday, Sat. on the poster

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Paul Butterfield — vocals, harmonica

Mike Bloomfield — electric guitar

Elvin Bishop — electric guitar, vocals 

Mark Naftalin — piano, organ

Jerome Arnold — bass

Billy Davenport — drums