My favorite LinnDrum groove
Cracked the code on my favorite LinnDrum beat from the summer of 1984. Can you name the song? It’s pretty obvious. Also, I’m thinking about doing a faithful recreation of the song now that I’ve got the groove!
#linndrum
Rachael Wolff is like fam, as are her wonderful sisters Kat and Becca. I’ve had the chance to make two killer records with The Wolff Sisters, and am thrilled to work with Rachael on some new music all her own.
A few words from Rachael-
My debut single ‘Drive It Till It Dies’ drops July 22nd 🎶
I’ve been writing, playing, and releasing music with my band and sisters @wolffsisters since I was a teenager but this is my first time releasing solo music. It feels strange to branch out on my own but it was fun to challenge myself and I’m proud of what I accomplished with this song. I hope you like it 🎶
Recorded at Dirt Floor Recording & Production
produced by Eric Michael Lichter
engineered by Guido Falivene
assistant engineer- Elijah Novicky
Mixed by Evan Bakke at Power Station New England
Mastered by SW
I wrote, arranged, sang, and played guitar and bass on this track. Drums and pedal steel by Eric Michael Lichter
𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 - “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” 𝟔/𝟐𝟏/𝟐𝟒, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.
𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞🧹
𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩” 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬’ “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬”…
𝐖𝐉- 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐁𝐆𝐕, 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐄𝐌𝐋- 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬/𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐆𝐕
𝐊𝐋-𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝/𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬
𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 & 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀! “𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗼(𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲)” 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳’𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 ‘𝗡 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 & 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝟳𝟳 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹 ‘𝗡 𝗔𝗹𝗹, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 ‘𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻’. 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 “𝐰𝐨𝐰 & 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫” 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩.
𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜’𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝘇𝘇𝘆 𝗺
What's better than a studio filled with great gear? A studio filled with PEOPLE! That says it all doesn't it?
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Asking how much it costs to make a record is like asking how much it costs to build a house, or how much it costs to buy a car. So many analogies, but you get where I’m going. The truth is there are MANY factors. How many songs? Are we mixing it? Are we mastering it? Am I producing and playing on it? Not all studio experiences are created equal, and if you’re looking for “good enough” or “cheap” we definitely aren’t for you. Doing great work does not come cheap, nor should it.
“you wants the chrome you pays for the chrome”-Richard Sachs
A mood, with LinnDrum, Mellotron, Mini Korg and Prophet…
Because you love these little breakdowns:)
Rodeo Parade’s “Never Trust a Pessimist”…
Wesley Jensen-vocals, guitar, vibes, Marxophone, harmonica
EML, bass, drums, percush, steel, organ, guitars, harmonies
Produced by EML & WJ at Dirt Floor
Engineered by G Falivene with E Novicky
We LOVE our Mellotron M400D, and use it almost daily! These sounds were recorded to show just a small bit of what the instrument is capable of doing, and how much it can add to a song…
We began a new album project yesterday with Massachusetts based artist Jerry Ezold, a wonderful guy, and so easy to work with!
We started with a cover of Graham Nash’s “I Used to be a King”, a personal fave. I used the new Magnatone for the guitar solo, Les Paul going direct. What a great day!
Jerry-vocal, acoustic guitar
Eric-drums, bass, piano, organ, guitars
Produced by EML
Engineered by Elijah Novicky
What a week so far! We’re working simultaneously between homebase Dirt Floor Recording & Production, and the Power Station New England. When I first met Evan Bakke(PS chief engineer)five years ago, we vowed to find projects to do together. It’s great to finally be doing that.
On another note, we received this incredible Magnatone Twilighter combo, straight from company headquarters. Thanks to my friend, artist and Magnatone GM Rod Washburn, for welcoming us to the Mag fam!
Song Snippet-
“Fearless” by Dunja Vukosavovic
Piano-Dunja Vukosavovic
Bass- G Falivene
Organ, Wurlitzer-Jon Thomas
Drums-Michael Petrucci
Guitars-Eric M Lichter
Produced by EML with DV
Engineered by Evan Bakke & Trevor Okonuk at PS
Engineered by G Falivene at Dirt Floor
Creating Fleetwood Mac-esque parts for an artists album project.
I love using the high strung "Nashville tuned" guitar to create thematic layers with movement. I've found that these parts become integral to the composition. As a producer I always look for a musical theme to help tell the story, even before the vocals are added.
Songwriter-J Doty
Guitars, Drums, Bass, Electric piano, ARP synth-Eric M Lichter
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Another fantastic session with Wesley Jensen, who’s written some of my very favorite songs as of late.
Wesley Jensen-guitar, vocals
Eric M Lichter-bass, drums, electric guitar, organ, Mellotron, LinnDrum
Elijah Novicky-engineer
Folks seem into these little vids, and I thought i’d share a snippet of a track we’re mixing today by NJ based songwriter Chip Rishell.  We’ve been working on a record together over the last year, and are at that stage now! Anyway, just isolating some of the tracks so you can hear the individual parts, and how they all sound put back together!
Written by William Rishell
Engineered by Guido Falivene & Eric Michael Lichter
Guitars, Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums- EML
Produced & Mixed by EML
Soon to be mastered by SW
RIP Gary Wright❤️
“Love Is Alive" performed by Eric M Lichter
This is an exact re-creation using the same analog instruments found on Gary's 1975 version. This was a fun challenge, considering all of the little parts I needed to learn. I also don't usually sing in this way, so that was a challenge too! Andy Newmark’s funky kick drum pattern was was absolutely necessary to get down, otherwise the whole groove would have felt wrong.
Gary's Moog parts seemed abstract on the original recording, falling in odd spots throughout. I'd listen to bits of his original, then overdub mine in the same spots, like a musical game of Simon!
Doing these cover songs was a fun way to get through the early part of covid, and to dig deeper into my own musical well as an instrumentalist. Thanks for all these great song suggestions!
EML - Moog Bass, Mini Moog, ARP Strings, Clavinet, Drums, Vocals.
SW - Rhythm Ace Drum Machine
Mixed & Mastered by SW at Dirt Floor
Written by Gary Wright
