{"id":458,"date":"2009-11-05T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2023-10-17T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:34:40","slug":"vocal-session-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/2009\/vocal-session-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocal Session 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really can&#8217;t describe how excited I was when I got the call saying we could get into the studio for three straight days!!!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been on pins and needles for weeks as I prepared and anticipated further progress on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/music.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording<\/a>.  The prospect of spending the whole weekend in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunsetsound.com\/\">studio<\/a> seemed too good to be true but around noon on October 23rd we were in the studio parking lot lookin&#8217; to get busy.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/2009\/vocal-session-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-687\" title=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-live-room.jpg\" alt=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-live-room.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-live-room-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-live-room-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-677\" title=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-studio-vocals.jpg\" alt=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-studio-vocals.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-studio-vocals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-studio-vocals-640x428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joel Nass and Amber Garvey of The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-amber-joel-vocals.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Nass and Amber Garvey of The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" width=\"650\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>We set up in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunsetsound.com\/studio_2\/studio_2.html\">studio 2<\/a> and after a couple hours of testing and technical this and that, the real action started.<\/p>\n<p>My goal was to get all five songs done over the weekend, but we quickly settled into the more realistic pace of one song per day.  I really wanted to put everything I had into the vocal sessions, and really fought to get myself into the right mood or state or whatever to give the songs what they needed.  Did it work?  Can&#8217;t really say yet&#8230; still sorting through the takes and developing ideas for vocal treatment.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 7px;\" title=\"The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-CA-37-sex-sound.jpg\" alt=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" width=\"320\" height=\"484\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-pro-tools-sex-sound.jpg\" alt=\"The Violet Lights record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-681\" title=\"The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-mixing-board.jpg\" alt=\"The Violet Lights track vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP at Sunset Sound\" width=\"650\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-mixing-board.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-mixing-board-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-mixing-board-640x349.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joel Nass of The Violet Lights records vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-joel-nass-vocals.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Nass of The Violet Lights records vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-685\" title=\"Joel Nass of The Violet Lights records vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-vocals-joel.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Nass of The Violet Lights records vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP\" width=\"649\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-vocals-joel.jpg 649w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-vocals-joel-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-sunset-sound-vocals-joel-640x428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joel Nass and Graham Hope record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP by The Violet Lights\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-joel-graham.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Nass and Graham Hope record vocals for Sex &#038; Sound EP by The Violet Lights\" width=\"649\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>What I can say is that by Monday I was exhausted and as my mother was in town from Green Bay, Wisconsin, we took a two day recess which was really nice.  We checked out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Villa<\/a> in Malibu and then took a drive through the Santa Monica Mountains.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-683\" title=\"Julie Nass at Sunset Sound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-mom.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Nass at Sunset Sound\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-mom.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-mom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-mom-640x428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Artifacts at the Getty Villa, Malibu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-the-getty-villa.jpg\" alt=\"Artifacts at the Getty Villa, Malibu\" width=\"650\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641\" title=\"The Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-santa-monica-mountains.jpg\" alt=\"The Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu\" width=\"650\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-santa-monica-mountains.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-santa-monica-mountains-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/thevioletlights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-violet-lights-santa-monica-mountains-640x716.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>The remainder of the break was spent sleeping and fighting off a cold that had been lurking around.  They are doing amazing things in medicine these days with herbal tea and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/learn\/rosehips.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rose hips powder<\/a>&#8230; suffice to say, when I found out we could get back into the studio on Wednesday of the same week I was ready.  More on Session 2 will be posted soon!<\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Joel<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really can&#8217;t describe how excited I was when I got the call saying we could get into the studio for three straight days!!! I&#8217;d been on pins and needles for weeks as I prepared and anticipated further progress on the recording. 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