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I recorded all of The Strokes' album 'Is this It' in one take. Not perfect obviously, and I left a bunch of mistakes in, but that's fine. I think it definitely turned out better than dookie though. 

Drums were tracked and mixed mono the same way I did one the song 'Is This It' a few weeks ago (kick, snare top, snare bottom, one overhead, and a room mic). Bass just straight in with a DI and then through a waves plugin amp. 

Guitars were done through a DI with waves plugin amps as well, but also tracked through Ian's crate, mic'd with a 57. (Thanks to Ian for also being my tab page turner while recording guitars)

The vocal track was done with my shitty Sony F96 and went through different waves plugin amps for different songs.

The entire album was mixed on board. Only kick, snare, and vocal tracks used minimal compression, and all tracks used on board EQ.

Here's the breakdown of the songs:

0:00 Is This It
2:34 Modern Age
6:08 Soma
8:44 Barely Legal
12:40 Someday
15:45 Alone, Together
19:00 Last Nite
22:16 Hard To Explain
26:04 New York City Cops
29:43 Trying Your Luck
33:11 Take It Or Leave It

Is This It [album] (The Strokes) (In 1 Take)

I wrote this song for my good ol' chum, Chris Smith, back in 2010 when we lived together in college. He came up with the title and I wrote a song to fit to it. I would play it for him on keyboard to make him smile. It used to be called "Death Cab Sucks" but I decided it made for sense to name it after Chris instead a la Blink-182's "Adam's Song" — really trying to fit into that emo mood here.

Anyway, this is not at all the kind of song or music that I like listening to normally, but I'm very proud of the production aspects and how it ended up coming out.

Thanks for listening! Hope you enjoy.

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Chris' Song (It Feels So Weird To Hear Yourself Differently)

"Until The End" by Saba Lou from Until The End/Good Habits (and Bad) Single.
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Until The End by Saba Lou

I am a filmmaker who cannot escape his love for music. This Nick Krassowski SoundCloud account is for compositions, film scoring, and other random projects or ideas. 

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Chris' Song (It Feels So Weird To Hear Yourself Differently)

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