My secrets to writing, recording and mixing rock songs (with Bondi Effects)

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0:00 Intro
0:39 Finding the first tone
5:49 Writing the song
12:04 Tracking the intro and verse
15:09 Overdubbing
17:50 Recording the chorus
20:29 Chorus overdub
24:18 Tracking bass
27:14 Bass overdrub
28:43 Mixing
57:20 The Result!
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[@friedemannkrispin]

Very cool idea, sharing the process like that! Thanks for letting us listen in! :)

[@brendansullivan7069]

I just want to say I very much appreciate you showing us the messier side of the music writing process. I feel like with a lot of these KZbin tutorials, a lot of musicians edit the video to make it seem like they just spin gold out of their hands with little to no trial and error, when my experience practicing riffs and recording is so much more in line with you at the beginning of your video. It's the kind of thing that makes me feel inadequate, but this was a great reminder how normal it is to go through. And the resulting track had me bobbing my head! More players should just be honest and show that part of their process. There is sketching and rough drafts in all forms of art. Thank you for the inspiration to keep at it! Recent subscriber, love the channel!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Hey man, thanks a lot for the kinds words. Welcome to the channel! 🤝

[@castrucciocastracani0]

One of the best and inspiring music video I've ever seen on the platform!

[@elblouses128]

Awesome stuff. Kinda crazy how much texture the univibe tone adds in the chorus. Really transforms the song.

[@LP-123]

Dude. DUDE. Why did I never think to just put the damn metronome or a basic drum track on and let it rip. Brilliant. You just changed my game.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

🤟🏻

[@CatPickStudios]

Well this was fun! I wish I would have heard those pedals played using a 12-string multiscale baritone banjo though.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

You - litterally ROCK ! - i love this channel ... !

[@jmurray911]

Thanks for showing how you do this 😊

[@W4TSKY]

Awesome video, thanks so much for sharing your process. Learned a lot!

[@fernandocastro6279]

Super useful Video. More content like this will be welcome!!

[@PedroBernardiGuitarra]

What a great video! Thanks for showing us your process! By the way, this has been my favorite guitar related channel on YT for quite some time now! You do awesome work!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

wow, thant's so kind of you! Thanks!!

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Yeah - that blue SickAs is MY kind of overdrive ! - i got a "1981" which is just always keep turned on, in one setting or another - but its just such a great tone color ,- - ! If you havent tried it - DO IT !

[@Joshua_Evans]

Great video, really cool seeing the process.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MustafaShaheen]

You don't get enough praise for your excellent color-grading.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!

[@frankcrack777]

Very cool!

[@loopydemos]

Btw, you can use the "Producer Kits" in Logic for the drums. Gives you the same drum sounds like Retro Rock, Brooklyn, etc. but it gives you a drum bus and a track for each piece of the kit. So you can mix kick, snare, overheads, etc. with your own custom processing. You can also double click the drum kit in the upper left corner of Logic's UI and change out each individual piece of the kit and adjust things like dampening, gain, etc. All this really opened up Logic Drummer for me.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Will check out! Hope you're well buddy!

[@loopydemos]

@@LivingroomGearDemos thanks, I'm good! Happy to see you making more content :)

[@kundal1n1]

Great video! Thanks man

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Glad you liked it!

[@jakubdarmovzal5362]

Thank you!

[@mattg082]

Nice little refresher for me….I dropped Logic after 9, and went full on Abelton with my own playing drums on pads, or using Adductive Drums. But seeing the drums in Logic X, which I have and the work flow…def gonna do some work again in Logic X. I’m good with most stuff, but drums programming can be a sore point and usually simple but following the bass is what I want. So close to breaking down and getting a digital midi kit, but gonna give this a try! Amp wise using a Sky King mic up or on a DI. Also sometimes a drip era Bassman.

[@markferguson3745]

Bondi could really use some heavier promotion in the States.Living in NY, not much on the international market escapes my attention, but somehow Bondi remain unfamiliar to many, across all demographics.This seems to include many in the actual sales business, which does surprise me given how long they've been around.

[@fuzzingawesomepedals7377]

lets rock!!!!

[@loopydemos]

You gotta try the Sick As on bass. Has the perfect mid bump for my bass and enough low end with the active eq. Great final track and cool idea to film the process!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Will try 😮

[@kellymckenzie4865]

What drum loops do you recommend?

[@JohanRodrigues]

This video is awesome! Great song, very interesting watching the whole process. I am curious, what headphones do you use?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! Austrian Audio Hi-X65, they are awesome!

[@CountryLifeChannel]

amazing, the best video i have seen since....your last one. What is the guitar in the first section ?, is it mini humbucker or firebird pickups ?. Thanks so much for putting out such amazing videos

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!! It's a TMG Ronnie Scott with Firebird pickups :)

[@gonebymidnight2881]

now you say you always use a distressor on guitars but before you said you always use a LA3A and later an 1176 😄 damn bro, Imma have to try a distressor on guitars

[@katielowen]

Man this process is sick! Quick question as far as your guitar amp and recording goes, did you just track everything DI with an amp sim / no mics on amps? Love that sound!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Most of it was the Milkman The Amp Stereo which has a built in cab sim. The Friedman went to a Two Notes Torpedo Live. So both of those just went straight to my audio interface. No mics used.

[@bassert1966]

Great! Who do you work with odd time signatures? 4/4 is very standard but say you want a 7/8 and 3/4 song. King gizzard Proggy.

[@markusmakinen1213]

That pink strat looking really dope! Can you tell what it is?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Pinehome Guitars. It's great!