BILL GABLE: Why It Kills Us To Compromise (credits and session notes)

Why It Kills Us To Compromise

BY BILL GABLE

Credits:

Bill Gable: guitar, vocals and accordian
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Alex Acuna: cajon
Lenny Castro: caxixi and triangle

Session Notes:

Steve and I cut this track as a duo, acoustic guitar with acoustic bass. All of the vocals and percussion tracks were overdubbed later, as was my accordian part. I found playing with Steve absolutely effortless. He's such a consummate musician. This basic track was cut in the big Westlake room in LA. For some reason, Steve and I were set up in iso rooms where we couldn't see each other, but it really didn't seem to hinder us at all. For years I have played this cheap Giannini guitar from Brazil, which I bought for $175. On this day, I remember that, of all the mics in the studio, a simple SM57 sounded the best, so we used it. Steve consented to my recording him with a transducer on the head of the bass, a technique I began toying with during the recording of "There Were Signs." A touch this signal was then mixed with his pickup and a vintage Neumann tube mic in the final mix to add grit to the edge of his tone. We had a lot of fun working on this project. We drank a lot of espresso and mate.

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