The Schema: What About The Music?

DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is.

The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...

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We've kind of glossed over the making of the tunes. Thing is, it's difficult to cost, isn't it. One thing about DIY in the 21st century is that gear is cheap, the technology is tidy and the results have the kind of sheen you used to dream of getting from your local studio, and they were charging you £120/day to sit around in damp conditions while a long-haired engineer ruined your magnum opus. Studios are shutting down left, right and centre, kids are buying Pods to put their guitars through - and suddenly they can sound like Metallica, in their bedroom. Electric guitars at home always used to sound like a sealion being plucked with a bag of sugar.

Without wishing to get techy, here's what we used. We either owned or borrowed this stuff, so we're saying that the total cost of recording = zero, otherwise where would you stop. Do we include our keyboard player's piano lessons when he was 8 years old?

1 x Powerbook G4. 1 x tambourine. 1 x MOTU828 audio interface. 1 x AKG mic. 1 x Logic Pro software package and a couple of plug ins. 1 x midi keyboard. 1 x bass. 2 x guitars. 1 x Behringer V-Amp. Lots of drum samples (sorry, drummer, we kept it simple.) 1 x Line 6 Bass Pod. 1 x pair of maracas. End of tech. Total cost: £37.34

posted by The Schema at Tuesday, July 24, 2007

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	DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is. The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...
	Buy The Single! from iTunes from us Our Links the VIDEO! rhodri.biz email MySpace Garageband PureVolume TagWorld Bebo Facebook App Assisted By drinkmilk Emu Bands likemind Lot 49 Films Marysia K HitSongScience DreamHost Mailing List Type email! Previous Posts Art Route MyGarageSpaceBand Domain Master Archives July 2007 August 2007	What About The Music? We've kind of glossed over the making of the tunes. Thing is, it's difficult to cost, isn't it. One thing about DIY in the 21st century is that gear is cheap, the technology is tidy and the results have the kind of sheen you used to dream of getting from your local studio, and they were charging you £120/day to sit around in damp conditions while a long-haired engineer ruined your magnum opus. Studios are shutting down left, right and centre, kids are buying Pods to put their guitars through - and suddenly they can sound like Metallica, in their bedroom. Electric guitars at home always used to sound like a sealion being plucked with a bag of sugar. Without wishing to get techy, here's what we used. We either owned or borrowed this stuff, so we're saying that the total cost of recording = zero, otherwise where would you stop. Do we include our keyboard player's piano lessons when he was 8 years old? 1 x Powerbook G4. 1 x tambourine. 1 x MOTU828 audio interface. 1 x AKG mic. 1 x Logic Pro software package and a couple of plug ins. 1 x midi keyboard. 1 x bass. 2 x guitars. 1 x Behringer V-Amp. Lots of drum samples (sorry, drummer, we kept it simple.) 1 x Line 6 Bass Pod. 1 x pair of maracas. End of tech. Total cost: £37.34 posted by The Schema at Tuesday, July 24, 2007 +=+=+