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vocalist/guitarist Peter Sumic explains how he started putting his own music to tape at an early age before realizing most of his favorite acts were using the same process decades ago.
“I was a kid that loved classic rock and old music. I just was never satisfied with the quality of the drums, quality of the guitar tone....” Sumic says of modern recording practices. “I realized most music that I love was recorded analog, [and thought], 'Why don’t I just do it exactly like they would have done it?' So I bought my first reel-to-reel at twenty. I’ve been doing it for about nine years now. I really love it.
“I even prefer analog mixing. I don’t see myself moving toward [a digital] process. I’m just not a big computer guy. I also hate looking at screens. I’d prefer to look at an old machine and kick it when it’s not working,” Sumic adds with a laugh. Plus, analog recording forces Forest Ray to be tighter. It doesn't involve a stream of takes uploaded onto a computer program, which can be plucked and pulled from to create the best version of a song. The tape doesn’t lie, and imperfections can’t be erased.
“I think the recording process has to be a lot more deliberate. We really rehearse the song and know every part and everything we want to do before tracking,” Sumic says. “I think a lot of the time with digital recording, you have the comfort and the ease of recording whatever you want. Sometimes that translates to not being as deliberate, or doing thirty takes and taking little pieces of each one. When you have to do one take and pick the best take, you really have to focus on execution.
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