4 Kings Loud

4 Kings Loud live at the Metro

4kl — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:18:23 +0000

Many thanks to Steve O’Connor for putting this together. To see more about Steve, please visit his website: http://www.quietpop.com/steve/

Tracking Guitars

4kl — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:11:56 +0000

4KL Thanks Melbourne

4kl — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:09:48 +0000

Big thanks to everyone who attended our show at The Espy, Saturday the 22nd of October. We had a great time and loved performing for you guys!

Special thanks to Missfire for inviting us over, we hope to see you all again real soon.

Bass Recording Completed

4kl — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:53:12 +0000

4 Kings Loud have completed the bass recording for the new six-track EP after working late into the night at MWM. Post-production is required and re-amping is the next stage of the process but the tracks are in the mix! The recording itself took less than ten hours in total, takes were keep at a minimum to keep the bar open and maintain the participants dizzying heights. More work will follow shortly…

Pre-production vocal session

4kl — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:17:13 +0000

Jimmy, Rob and Waycool worked on the final track for the up-coming EP at Waycool’s MWM room last night. Here’s a real short video of Rob laying down some tasty melodies.

Guitars, guitars, guitars

4kl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:18:13 +0000

Mortal Coil was recorded on only 3 guitars, all being Les Paul’s with EMG pickups. After an initial trial run of two tracks back in January 2011, recording with a combination of passive and active pickups will be used to help widen the guitar tone.

The typical “Red Rocker” that has been extensively used on Firepower recordings will get a look in, amongst the usual Les Paul Customs, an Ibanez RGT220a and an Ibanez 7 string. Some may remember The Fondlers track, “Falling Down” that was recorded on the Ibanez String pictured below.

Mortal Coil tracks such as “Darken Door”, “Your Alibi” and “The War” where actually written on this 7 String but transposed to a dropped B flat 6 string tuning for a unified guitar tone for that recording.

Recording Delayed, Song Reviewed

4kl — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:52:31 +0000

4 Kings Loud have moved the bass recording back a few weeks to review the final tracks chord progressions. After a pre-production rehearsal it was thought the final of the 5 new songs needed something more and are currently reviewing its structure.

The songs unusual time signatures and length make it susceptible to these sort of final decision calls, it does however lengthen the process but in this case it looks to be for the better.

Bass recordings going well

4kl — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:50:03 +0000

A hard slog on a Monday afternoon and 4 Kings Loud bassist, Jimmy managed to pump out 3 completed bass tracks of the 6 up coming songs on the new EP. Jimmy’s out-done himself with a stella effort, superb playing and a great sound. 4 Kings Loud have stepped it up a notch for this EP.

Xplosion Proof Motor to mix EP

4kl — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:30:34 +0000

Cat Johns from XPM has been churning out some cranking drums tracks in preparation for the next stage of recording. While Bass and Guitars will be recorded at MWM, Cat will actually be recording the vocals and concluding the final mixes of 4 Kings Loud next EP.

For More information about XPM you can visit: http://www.xplosionproofmotor.com/.

MWM Studio (check out the fancy lighting)

4kl — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:13:01 +0000

Guitars and Bass for 4 Kings Loud next EP will be recorded in the MWM Studio. Here’s a sneak peak at the room just after it had some nude,… i mean mood lighting added.

A great place to hang out and a perfect chilled environment for laying down some tasty riff’idge