Star instructor and engineer, Ryan Kleeman, recently had the pleasure of recording some grand-master funk up in the Sound Arts house. The Pleasuremaker crew, led by Joe McGuire, got super close and friendly as they wanted to record all 7 funkified musicians at once in our live room. Kleeman tried out some new techniques to master the wave forms of sound bouncing off so many shakin’ bodies, and waxed poetic in the process. Here’s what he had to say about the experience:

“Engineers always talk about capturing the essence in a recording by printing to tape a very accurate representation of the sound waves created from musicians and instruments.  In all honesty, it’s not the actual sound waves that I’m interested in, it’s the spirit, the soul, and inspiration from the musicians that is embedded into the sound waves as I capture them into mics and pre-amps and then onto tape. The sound waves just act as a medium of transmission through which the spirit is connected that gets printed to tape. That’s what I’m going for – to make people feel at home to create and let their soul shine into the recording.  This is something that we don’t necessarily hear as sound waves but we feel in our hearts and souls as we listen and relate to the recording.”

The current Pleasuremaker incarnation features drums, congas, electric guitar, keyboards, ableton live sampling, electric bass, alto saxophone, trumpet and trombone. They hold true to their moniker and really get your rump a-bouncin, just like the folks did it in Motown. See for yourself by sampling a tasty sonic morsel, included below, and stand by for the Pleasuremaker EP due out later this month.

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