Interview blurb about recording

This is a piece of an interview with my buddy Boo Ray who is putting out a record we did last year.
I thought it was such a cool insight and there ain't NOBODY at my house who gives a damn. Hahaha.

Anyway, I thought it was nice.

"The money could have paid his next few months’ living expenses, he says, but rather than waste the cash on frivolities like food, he headed to Los Angeles to record with producer Noah Shain on an Ampex 2-inch tape machine — the same one on which Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline was recorded. Ray went into White Buffalo Studio with a dream team of a band, including drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), bassist Paul Ill (Christina Aguilera, Gov’t Mule), and twin background vocalists Todd and Troy Garner (Lenny Kravitz, The Seventh Hour). The musicians recorded with everyone playing and singing together in a room, with only baffles and Persian rugs for sound separation. The result is a very raucous and live-sounding album that brought out Ray and the other players’ best, he says.

“You could absolutely tell the difference,” he says. “It’s not just about the tape machine. It’s about the relationship the producer has with the tape machine. Basically, the tape machine and producer are another band member. That’s how impactful it is. ... You respond differently to what you’re hearing in your earphones, so the band plays different. It’s almost metaphysical.”