Recording a Soul Album in Nashville: Stories, Surprises, and Lessons

We’re taking you behind the scenes of our recent trip to Nashville, where we recorded an album of sizzling soul grooves designed for use in Film & TV.
  

This time, we’re skipping the writing process to focus on the recording sessions at the iconic Sound Emporium Studios, complete with it’s rich musical history and quirky tiki-bar studio charm! 
  
 From a horn section with lips of steel to the slightly humbling moment the rhythm section rewrote all our charts using the Nashville Number System, we share the stories, surprises and lessons from the sessions. We also look at how recording in different cities across the world can shape the feel of the music, comparing London’s precision with Nashville’s soulful behind-the-beat groove.
  
This episode is perfect for composers, soul music enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the world of production music! 

You can listen to the finished album here (and it will be available on streaming platforms soon!) - https://www.audionetwork.com/browse/m/album/soul-control_4829

Chapters

0:00 Intro

2:21 The brief

5:06 Sound Emporium Studios

8:45 The recording process 

10:47 The Nashville Number System

15:27 The way brass and rhythm players interact

19:00 Recording styles across different cities

24:25 How we record - linear vs in chunks

26:56 Our thoughts on Nashville 

29:17 How did it turn out?

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