In less than 3 hours, Toro y Moi recorded piano, drums, bass, guitar, rhodes, and vocals (in that order) for this live re-make of “You Hid,” tracking each instrument once and rarely asking to hear what was just recorded. Chaz couldn’t hide his excitement over being in a real recording studio. It leaked from his dimpled cheeks and poured from the tiny cracks in between his smiling teeth. Watching him build this song from scratch was like watching an architect re-sketch blueprints for a skyscraper from memory. It’s one of those sessions you warn yourself not to forget.
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This is quite nice, cool glasses too.
It’s refreshing to hear how he recorded it considering a lot of bands can often spend six months or a year in the studio recording an album. Over-recording can ruin an album in my opinion, it can sound too mechanical.
I know this doesn’t apply to this blog but the Soundcloud stuff looks kinda cool. A decent alternative.