The Whitehalls » Recording

Video from our friends Karmacoda

pjcwhite — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:03:22 +0000

It’s been awhile since our last post, but wanted to let everyone know we’re working hard on the next release from The Whitehalls -- due out this fall!

We’re in the final stages of mixing and we can truly say this is our most ambitious & exciting release to date.

In between studio sessions we also managed to skip out to another great show by Karmacoda, our producer B’s amazing band, last Friday at Harlot in San Francisco.

Also check out this awesome video for Skylines from Karmacoda:

Directed by Luis Otavio Feldens, Produced by John Vasicek

Skylines is the second single and video from the Karmacoda album Illuminate. The video, directed by San Francisco-based director and animator Luis Otavio Feldens features a stunning combination of digital still photography and high definition, full-motion video.

It’s incredible…enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Ih6kBljuY

The Whitehalls debut CD distributed by Tunecore!

pjcwhite — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:44:14 +0000

The Whitehalls are now signed with Tunecore for all of our digitial distribution!

What does that mean for you?

By the end of March all songs from our debut album, “Say It Like You Mean It” will be available from the following:

iTunes – U.S., UK/European Union, Canada, Australia/N.Z., Japan, Mexico
Amazon MP3
MySpace Music
Napster
eMusic
IMVU
Lala
Rhapsody
Shockhound
Amie Street
LimeWire Store
Nokia
Zune

According to a recent article and data from Neilsen (Soundscan – the people who track CD sales from record stores) & Tunecore:

According to Nielsen (self defined as “…the world’s leading marketing and media information company.”) there were:
“…106,000 new (music) releases in 2008″
In 2009, TuneCore released approximately 90,000 releases
This means, if their numbers hold true, almost every single new music release in 2009 was distributed via TuneCore.

And now add The Whitehalls to that list!

Feel free to check out the songs via the cool new Tunecore Widget on this blog and support us with the purchase of a song or two!

Think of it as a cheaper alternative to buying Drew drinks at the bar…

;o)

- Drew, Neil, Bill, PJ

TI Session 3 – Final Day of Drew Guitar – 10/5/09 – Pics

pjcwhite — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:35:26 +0000

So today was last day of Drew’s rhythm guitar – it was a great session – Drew knocked it out of the park and used 3 different guitars!

Here are some pics from the session for you to enjoy:

Better to be locked in the studio than Alcatraz!

Drew recording with a Paul Reed Smith (PRS) - not bad!

Drew recording with a Paul Reed Smith (PRS) – not bad!

B (our producer) & Drew checking the results

Another great sunset view from TI

Up next: recording acoustic guitars then vocals!

TI Session 2 – More Drew Guitar – pics 9/29/2009

pjcwhite — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:18:51 +0000

Another great session tonight with Drew laying down everything from clean soulful tracks to some PHAT kick ass raging chorus guitars!

8 songs down with another session scheduled for next week!

View of the city from TI

B working on some mystical producer magic!

Neil on a short break from fatherly duties

Neil and Drew getting some killer guitar sounds!

Marshall amps - no substitute accepted...

Marshall amps – no substitute accepted…

- PJC

Pics from TI session – 9/28/2009

pjcwhite — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:24:10 +0000

While Drew's guitar gently weeps

Drew feeling the vibe

Drew aka "Slowhand"

Super producer B (Karmacoda)

Up Next – Recording Drew’s Guitars at TI Studios

pjcwhite — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:30:34 +0000

As many of you may be aware, our lead guitarist and Drew’s brother Neil recently had a delivery from the stork!

So while Neil is busy learning the ins and outs of sleep deprived diaper origami the rest of the The Whitehalls are focused on more recording. Specifically Drew is up next to start recording his guitar parts for the next album.

We’re starting tonight and working with super producer B, of Karmacoda fame, to move to Defcon 2 with Drew and his guitar parts. So far things are shaping up fantastically and we’re already looking forward to the fun of mixing as these songs sound amazing even in totally raw form!

We’ll post some pics soon!

- PJC

Scenes from the Studio (Laughing Tiger)

pjcwhite — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:44:47 +0000

So the first order of business as The Whitehalls is recording the follow up to our well received “Say It Like You Mean It”.

In addition to the new name it’s also the first record written and recorded with Bill Shupp on drums and produced by super producer B. from Karmacoda.

With that in mind we headed up to Laughing Tiger, a fantastic studio in San Rafael to get basics recorded. Ask for Ari – he’s the man!

We’ll spend the next few months finishing recording at our studio and mixing at Sola Musa in Brisbane. But here’s a few inside pics of the process:

Drew with new guitar

Ari (engineer) at the board

And last but not least – the studio mascot!

the studio mascot!