Orchard - Shockwave

It's always great to welcome new artists in the studio. Today we were visited by the stoner rock band Orchard. These guys asked to record a live demo of what was to be their self-recorded and produced album. But after hearing them perform, I think they'll end up recording and producing the album with us.

As you can see, the setup is live and stripped down. Drum kit is mic'd up with an Audix D6 on the kick, a Shure SM57 on snare and a Neumann TLM103 as an over-the-shoulder overhead.

The guitar amp has an SM57 right up against the grill

and the bass is DI.

We put an SM58 on the drummer's vocals

and a Neumann KMS105 on lead vocals.

These kids are working hard and I think they have talent. So why not help them out a bit.

Some of the bands that have inspired Orchard are

Black Sabbath
Sleep
Kyuss
Windhand
Electric Wizard

As always,

Video produced and edited with love by Recording Box crew right here in the studio (Recording Box 2.0). There's some news about this coming soon...

Cameras:

Sony a6000 + Sigma 30mm
DJI Ronin M gimbal
Sony a6000 with stock 16-50
Microphones:

Shure SM57
Shure SM58
Audix D6 (kick drums)
Neumann TLM 103 (overhead)
Neumann KSM105 (vocals)

Interface:

Focusrite Clarett + Octopre

Orchard is:

Esteban Morales - Bass and Vocals
Kevin Hernandez - Drums
Stephan Villagran - Guitar