{"id":563,"date":"2018-10-17T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T21:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomestics.nz\/?p=563"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T04:38:33","slug":"ellamy-studios-201808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedomestics.nz\/featured\/ellamy-studios-201808\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording at Ellamy Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ellamy<\/p>\n

‘What do you mean you haven’t got any salt ‘n’ vinegar chips?’<\/p>\n

‘I’ve got some beers – do you want one?’<\/p>\n

‘We’ll have to stop at the supermarket … oh and can you pick up some pistachios as well!’<\/p>\n

We were only a little bit late … but we can blame that on the ferry! Fortunately there were a couple of supermarkets on the way to Ellamy Studios<\/a> in Blockhouse Bay so catastrophe was averted.<\/p>\n

Having been warmly welcomed by Louis (and Toby their golden retriever), we unpacked our gear and started to setup. ‘What do you want to start with’ – there was no question – ‘Domestic Bliss<\/a>‘ and, having had one of Ellamy Studios coffees, we got straight into it.<\/p>\n

We first set up and played our signature song as we would have live – Larissa in the vocal booth – and Andy outside making all the noise. ‘Nope’, said Louis, ‘ the guitar is way too nice<\/em> sounding – so we cranked up the Fender amp and added a Tubescreamer. Andy shook his head … realising that he’d let himself get way too soft having taken the easy option of the Digitech multi-fx. It felt good to get back to those not-so-clean analog over-driven tube sounds… that was better. Our old drum loop didn’t last too long either and was rapidly replaced with something a little more up-beat and appropriate.<\/p>\n

Once we had the right sounds we were straight into it.<\/p>\n