New Orleans

Post date: Feb 11, 2012 8:56:17 AM

I recently did a post with a couple of Trampled by Turtles songs that I recorded 'solo acoustic'.  However, the best way to play this music (bluegrass-punk?) is in a group setting.  I recently acquired a Johnson MA-120 mandolin off craigslist and thought it would be neat to try playing it at our regular jam night.  It cuts through wonderfully!  There's two acoustic guitars (Martin D-35 and Larrivee L-03), drums, and bass guitar on this recording as well and you can definitely hear the mandolin.  Surprising, since it was basically the cheapest mandolin I could find...

Anyway, save for one bar that we managed to mangle, this recording sounds pretty good!  There's definitely a psychology involved when recording that makes everyone tense up just a little bit.  Prior to this we played a flawless take (of course when the microphones were off).  This was done simply with a Zoom H1N recording the whole room.

New Orleans (MP3)