Recording | Sean McCue

In 1993 my band OLD MAN released a full length album of original music on cassette. The music was recorded at my house on a Tascam 38 1/2” 8-track in Santa Barbara. No computers yet! The album cover and logo is a painting I created using paraffin wax and Dr. Martin Dyes. There was quite a music scene in Santa Barbara at that time, and it was a lot of fun to be a part of it. A while after the album’s release, drummer Tony Sevener joined the band, and a few years later we changed our name to SUMMERCAMP, and eventually signed with Maverick Records (Warner Bros). A few of the songs on the OLD MAN cassette would carry over to SUMMERCAMP’s debut album “Pure Juice” in 1997.

Sean McCue: Vocals & Guitar

Tim Cullen: Vocals & Guitar

Misha Feldmann: Bass

Erik Herzog: Drums

Dean Dinning: Bass (3 songs)

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Cello: Michelle Beauchesne. Guitar: Sean McCue. Written by John Barry, from the Somewhere in Time – Soundtrack.

Last night I learned, interpreted and spontaneously recorded this little instrumental called “Somewhere in Time” for a special occasion I was asked to play this weekend. This is a live duet with Michelle Beauchesne playing her cello, while I’m outlining the chords on my acoustic guitar. I like the atmosphere of the live stereo recording, so thought I would share.

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For the audio geeks (like me): I placed an Avantone CK-40 Stereo Multi-Pattern FET Microphone a few feet away in my studio with both capsules set to cardioid in X/Y with the low-cut ON, and ran the signal through a Grace 801 preamp and into Logic Pro.

Sean McCue

Tag Archives: Recording

OLD MAN – Album (before becoming SUMMERCAMP)

Somewhere in Time