Heres a quick cut of Caro and I practicing for tomorrow night's performance. Come out and see the entire thing live, all for a good cause!

Cafe Alt in the basement of Simard; doors open at 7:00 and we'll be on around 9!

MAR 23 - 7:00 PM - Cafe Alt; Simard; Charity Fundraiser; Wavin Flag Demo

Here's the Payphone cover that Marika Sévigny and I put together! Hope that you enjoy - let us know what you think!

If you've like to see the music video for this song, you can find it here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kgXxFn60E

Marika Sévigny x Wilson Lam - Payphone (Cover) (Prod. Nine Diamond)

I swear this happens every time I get near the end of a half decent take.

Every damn time

Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKEVVeZf7gc&hd=1

So Kae, Huy and I got together the other day to throw together this Christmas cover for you guys. This was a total blast to put together; hopefully you guys can rock out to it just as much as we did. Merry Christmas!!

Featuring:
Kae Nhan on bass & vocals:
http://www.youtube.com/user/oN1Productions & https://twitter.com/phantomK

Huy Van on acoustic guitar & vocals:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuyVan & https://twitter.com/TheHuyVan

Wilson Lam on cajon, hand percussion & vocals:
http://www.youtube.com/user/1MaginAZN & https://twitter.com/1MaginAZN

Galang Stro's soundproofed basement

Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Wilson Lam

Last Christmas (Cover) - Wilson Lam x Huy Van x Kae Nhan

For any of you looking into purchasing one of these microphones, you can take a listen to some raw samples that I recorded with all three of them. I encourage you to listen through once without reading below to see which microphone you think sounds best without being biased by the brand or price.

Vocal: 0:00-0:42
Shaker: 0:42-0:53
Tambourine: 0:53-1:06
Cymbal, build: 1:06-1:36
Cymbal, hand smash: 1:36-1:51
Guitar, sound hole, finger plucked: 1:51-2:44
Guitar, sound hole, pick: 2:44-3:18
Guitar, 12th fret, pick: 3:18-3:52

Samples are played in the following order:
Apex 435 ($75, large diaphragm condenser); 
Rode M3 ($175, small diaphragm shotgun condenser); 
Shure SM57 ($100, dynamic)

*Apex 435 and Rode M3 samples are exactly the same; SM57 samples were recorded separately.

No effects were used on any of the recordings. The M3 high pass filter and pad were not used. The 435 pad was not used.

RESULTS:
The M3 sounds very similar to the Apex 435. The M3 has a few peaks in the high frequency range and sounds a bit brighter than the 435. This difference is most noticeable in the strummed guitar and cymbal samples. The microphones sound nearly identical when finger plucking the guitar or on vocals.

The SM57 is much grittier than the other two microphones. The SM57 pales on the low end, and this results in a drastically different sound result than the condenser microphones. Intricacies in the guitar pattern are lost, however, the SM57 performs decently on instruments that play in the higher frequency range such as the cymbal and tambourine. 

Apex 435 vs Shure SM57 vs Rode M3 Shootout

So here's me trying to do justice to some good ol' LP. Not satisfied with this take, but I like some aspects of it so I'd love it if you guys would give me some constructive criticism on this. Completely raw recording.

It doesn't get much more raw than this...

Whatchu know about CoA?

This has been my jam lately, so I tried to do it justice. One take.

Left You Behind - Ben Stevenson (One Shot Acapella Cover)

Sunday night sessions. I was just feelin' this song tonight.

For The First Time (Acapella Live Cut) - Wilson Lam

The Man Who Can't Be Moved (Raw Acapella Cover)

Here's an unfinished project that a few of my friends worked on last year. I may decide to pick it up and finish it one day - but for now, here's the instrumental that we put together. 

Wilson Lam - Percussion
Karolinka Kaminska - Piano
Yanis Khamsi - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Alexandre Giroux - Bass Guitar

Mixed and mastered by Wilson Lam.

1MaginAZN

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