Braedan Kormondy
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I'm a DIY songwriter/musician. Played bass guitar in a couple of bands in high school in Alberta, Canada - we did some dances and parties and famously produced the most electrifying version of 'It's my party and I'll cry if I want to' in history.
I'd always been more into writing songs than performing - trying to record stuff on casette recorders from the age of 13. (Bouncing tracks between two recorders until the hiss was mortifying.) After graduating and a couple years in Japan I started doing stuff on 4 and 8 tracks, mostly guitar based and trying to play live drumming on a primitive Kawai keyboard.
I eventually got into sequencing my songs on Korgs and using a friend's professional recording kit to lay down vocals and bits of guitar, plus mix and master with the benefit of a great big fat mixing desk and compressors, noisgates etc. I could never find the vocalist I wanted so started singing my own tunes, overvoicing myself and doing my own background singing.
I'm just now getting back into making music after a long time being more absorbed with writing fiction. Learning how to use FL Studio just now and planning to upload new stuff soon - less 80s and with a much bigger, cleaner, updated sound.
I like Erasure, Depeche Mode, REM, Sinead O Connor, Barenaked Ladies and two Scottish bands you may not have heard of - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Horse.Have you performed in front of an audience?No, not for ages. I used to sing harmonies in the bands I played in but one night playing at a party the hostess threw a hissy fit and we started an impromptu version of 'It's my party and I'll cry if I want to'....my vocals and hamming it up passed into legend....
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I like such an eclectic range of music. My tunes probably reflect a bit of everything. Though I definitely am into songwriting, vocal layers and pay attention to lyrics.What equipment do you use?
Korg 01/W and Trinity, a cheap old acoustic guitar, Cubase, Yamaha string boxes, a bit of Roland bass, Shure mics (double voice recording), 1/2 inch reel to reel tape - tape still sounds nice for warmth, compressor and noisegateAll comments (1)
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These songs were recorded at Ice Station Zebra in Edinburgh in 1995. They were produced, engineered, mixed and mastered solely by Tony McAdam who also did additional programming, vocal coaching and arrangements. The equipment list is fairly extensive and the programming and instruments used are all still available, except for the acoustic in Desert of Doom. A fifth song - Lights - not listed here was also on the E.P. I believe credit should be given where it is due - Always !!! The programming for other tunes has been held in trust (now 18 years) for the artist by me - should he wish to get them... If you want to know what techniques were used, what the sound sources were, and what actual equipment was used, I will always try and help. Thank you very much !!!