Recording Chris Sheehy

I recently had the pleasure of recording Chris Sheehy at Yooniq in Brisbane.

At the age of only 16, Chris won the Barsoma Singer Songwriter Search competition, which ran from December to January '07.

In 4 days we recorded, edited (not much) and mixed 6 songs. Chris played every instrument - drums, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, vocals and backing-vocals.

All tracking was made through Yooniq's Amek console into Pro Tools, recorded at 24bit/96kHz. An assortment of good quality mics (Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser) and good quality outboard gear (Amek, Manley, Urei, LA Audio) ensured that a top quality recording was achieved quickly and easily.

We laid down guitar & vocal guides first for each song, to a click track for easy overdubbing - remember Chris made the recording by playing every instrument. Then we tracked the drums, guitars, bass and guitars. We split the vocal recording over 2 days, so as to not be a total strain on the voice - especially since Chris had a little bit of a cold at the time.

On the fourth day, we mixed all six songs.

To achieve 6 songs, recorded and mixed in 4 days was only made possible by Chris's raw talent and focus.

Chris - well done, and all the best on what will surely be a very successful music career!

For more info about Chris Sheehy, check out his myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/chrissheehy

Matt