In the continued fashion of inviting you into the studio to share with me the recording of my album, here is my acoustic guitar session on Pick Up The Phone. I posted earlier that this will be a song that you will either love or hate… no in between on this one!
Nuff said… here is the video!
http://youtu.be/q3dIaRNDYR4
Posted by Raito in Studio, Video and tagged as acoustic guitar, bedside studio, pick up the phone, studio session
Shot a little video last week at Bedside Studio for ya! I’m not sure if you enjoy these vids of partially done songs, but it’s REAL nonetheless (vocals not done, back ups needed, and a whole lot of tender love and care still to go)! So much work and love goes into this process its hard to fathom sometimes… Wow, did I just call that work. Umm, let me replace that with ‘living the dream‘.
Hope your having a great summer!!!
Cheers,
Lee
http://youtu.be/uv8_pY6ux9Q
Posted by Raito in Studio, Video and tagged as fender strat, living the dream, studio, to the moon & back
Just got an amazing surprise gift in the mail from my buddy GT. Guitar pics made from old vinyl records. How wickedly retro!!!!!!! Look forward to giving them a taste of my Strat tonight.
Very cool: www.revivedvinyl.com
Posted by Raito in Gear and tagged as Guitar Pics, Revived Vinyl
I’d like to think I’ve invented a new musical term…. but probably not 🙂 Anyway, here is a very short video and a few pics shot while recording a take of the 2nd bridge/solo of a song called Rock The Water. Since its NOT a bridge and NOT a solo I here by decree my first BROLO!
Anyway! Album is coming along and is still on target for a fall release. Thanks to everyone who keeps encouraging me to push on… ( it means more than you’ll ever know)!!!
Cheers,
Lee
Raito
Raito’s Fender Strat
Posted by Raito in Studio, Video and tagged as bridge-solo, brolo, raito, rock the water
This past weekend got to spend 5 hours at Bedside Studio here in Winnipeg. Finished up an acoustic/rock song, with another blazing solo, called Mr. Maker. Thats the 3rd song which is now 100% complete and ready for post production! I may LEAK it out on Soundcloud later this week 🙂
The remaining songs have more work… But are well on their way. With any luck I’ll be releasing my album early this fall.
Thanks for your support,
Lee
Posted by Raito in Studio and tagged as bedside studio, Mr. Maker, raito, Soundcloud
So excited that I’m heading back into the studio next weekend to RESUME work on my album.
Had a little fun with my Flip Video camera this weekend and recorded you an instrumental I have been working on called Midnight Infinity. I was inspired in my younger guitar years by the likes of Randy Rhoads ~ Dee and Midsummers Daydream ~ Rik Emmett (Triumph). I wouldn’t put my instrumental in the same category as my guitar heros, but either way I hope you enjoy the puristic melody created by a six string guitar.
[tubepress video=”jzBdtpPYO8M”]
If you enjoyed Midnight Infinity please give it a Facebook thumbs up and share with your friends!!!
Posted by Raito in Video and tagged as guitar instrumental, mindight infinity
As a small time artist you have to celebrate the small wins!!!! Out of the blue yesterday, the Alexander Keith Face Book page posted a Soundcloud link to my song which resulted in 100’s of people being exposed to the AK song. Very, very cool.
Alexander Keith's Facebook Page
Posted by Raito in Alexander Keith, Press and tagged as alexander keith, Facebook, Soundcloud
Hi All,
Had the amazing pleasure of getting a pic with Kenny Shields and telling him a story of how we are connected. After performing my newly released single ‘Alexander Keith’ I got to open up the conversation with Kenny saying , “Alexander Keith was recorded on some of the same equipment used to record many of the Streetheart albums!” Wow, Music in Winnipeg, and even Canada for that matter, is such a small circle~ one degree of separation!
It just so happens that when I was growing up, one of my friends Dad, John Hildebrand, was the owner of Century 21 Studios. I remember visiting Century 21 and dreaming of one day being good enough to record music. Flash forward to today, and in the process of recording my album at Len Milne’s Bedside Studio, I have discovered that when Century 21 Studios shut down in 1998 some of the equipment ended up at Beside. Another amazing fact is that when Century 21 shut down the AC-DC road crew apparently drove to Winnipeg to pick up the Neve Consoles… too cool. So as a result, on most of the songs hat I have recorded at Bedside Studios, including Alexander Keith, I have been doing so on some of the same equipment that Kenny Shields & Streetheart used back in the day! SO a big thank you to John Hildebrand of Century 21 Studios and his son Kris for giving me those studio tours. It is very, very cool that the experience is not just a memory, but in fact has had an affect on the recording of my album.
Ron Paley put together a great article here that talks a fair amount about the history of the Eternals and Century 21 here: http://www.mocm.ca/Music/Artist.aspx?ArtistId=94752&RoomId=54
Raito & Kenny Shields of Streetheart
Posted by Raito in Alexander Keith, Studio and tagged as ac-dc, alexander keith, bedside studio, century 21 studios, john hildebrand, kenny shields, raito, streetheart
Len Milne ~ Bedside Studio
Just got back from Len Milne’s Bedside Studio recording the ethereal sounds for ‘Pick Up The Phone‘ and almost can’t describe the craziness. We have used no drummer but YET have a a crazy wicked beat to this song that is hard to describe other than ‘ far out’. To do this wild ear candy we have added the following to this song; pennies on a snare, e-bow slide on Gibson electric guitar, shaker, bass drum modified through an effects panel & tambourine. We’ll be introducing some digital sounds in this song, but the vast majority is 100% au natural creative musical mojo!
Here is a pic of Len Milne, my producer and recording engineer, adding a repetitive secondary guitar part on his ‘Gibson’ 🙂
Can’t wait for you all to hear this one. I promise you it will be worth the wait when the album is released. I’m sure people will hear something new every time they listen to ‘Pick Up The Phone’!
It’s actually a song that I think people will either love or hate… no in between on this one.
Cheers,
Lee
Posted by Raito in Studio and tagged as bedside studio, len milne, pick up the phone, raito
Big news!
I’ll be performing Alexander Keith, and one other song off my upcoming album, live at Winn$tock March 15th (Cowboys Night Club). There are 5 bands battling for the title, of which I’m not one! Just there to entertain and perform for 10 minutes in between the 1st and second set. You can get tickets here: www.winnstock.ca This is a great charity event and a wicked time… Join us if you can!
Also, heading back into the studio today to start editing the rest of the songs on the album! Still a few songs left to record too… I’ll try and get some pics and new video up soon.
Cheers,
Lee
PS. Thanks for all the encouragement re: Alexander Keith! It’s been a ride commercially releasing my first single. Lots to learn about radio promotion, licensing, etc…
Posted by Raito in Gigs, Studio and tagged as alexander keith, bedside studio, winn$tock
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