Breezes
Breezes
There are no lyrics for this song. Its an instrumental. If you really need words for it, think about Breezes and winds. Then write some of your own words. Once you’re done, e-mail them to me. I’ll post ’em here for the world to see.
Song Length: 4:47
Writer: Jody Whitesides IPI/CAE 00196306650
Publisher: Too Much Music IPI/CAE 00456952518
Admin Publisher (Outside U.S.): Bluewater Music
Jody Whitesides: Vocals, Guitars
Jeff Scott Soto: Backing Vocals
Andy Miller: Drums, Backing Vocals
T.B. Player: Bass
Recording Info:
Cover Art: Jody Whitesides
Recording Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mixing Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer 2025: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer 1998: Brian Fedirko of One on One
Vocal Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Producer: Jody Whitesides
El Padden Studio: All the guitars, bass and vocals were recorded here. The guitar room happened to be a small den room in the house Jeff and I were living in. The control room was a converted garage.
Blue Forrest Studio: The drums were recorded here.
Format: ADAT, the original black ones.
Console: Mackie 32 x 8 with the Mackie AutoMix system on a Mac. (for 1998 release).
Tracking Monitors: KRK.
2025:
Remixed at: Snow Park Studio in Park City UT
Mixed in LUNA
Mastered in LUNA
Guitar(s): Ibanez Universe 7 string guitar: This is number 96 off the assembly line. I got it for $400 with the case, about 6 months before Korn hit it big time. Then the value shot up to over $2000. Seymour Duncan Custom Custom 7 string model – custom wound. Plus my middle pickup was custom wound by a guy in Canada, sounds ok, but I don’t have his name. Neck pickup wasn’t used on this disc but is the stock pickup. Tremolo was useless with strings this heavy – so I blocked it off. This guitar was strung with Dean Markley Blue Steels medium gauge.
The Amp Setup:
MesaBoogie TriAxis
Hush IIcx
Ensoniq DP2 for creating the effects
Alesis MEQ230
BBE Sonic Maximizer
GrooveTubes Dual 75 Poweramp that has been modified to be true stereo
GrooveTubes 2 x 10″ cabs – two of ’em for stereo tracking
I had a cross section of GrooveTubes 12AX7’s & 12AT7’s & ECC83 pre-amp tubes for the TriAxis
I had KT88’s on one side of the Dual 75 and EL34’s on the other side
The guitar cabinets were turned back to back, for the stereo effect
Bass(s): Honer V: This is the bass that was used on this song. A 5 string bass that was relatively quite cheap but records very very well. At the time of this recording it was strung with GHS Boomers as I couldn’t afford the Blue Steels at the time.
The Amp Setup: The bass was recorded direct. Unfortunately you live and learn.
Drums: Tama – The exact model is something I don’t know. But Andy played the shit out of them and it was his kit
Cymbals – Combination of Zilidian, and Sabian. Two of the crashes where borrowed from Jamie Borger from Talisman. Andy ended up beating the shit out of them too
Snare – this snare was borrowed from Jack White. Not the guy from the White Stripes, but the original drummer for Rick Springfield. Jack let us borrow a couple of great snares
Remo drum heads – I bought them for Andy. I wanted to have fresh heads and the drum guy from Guitar Center and Andy both recommended that these were the ones to use
Mics: Sennheisers for drum overheads & hihats
Sure SM57’s on snare and toms
Mic Pres: API
Song Story:
I was once in a music class where the teacher gave us the 12 things that every great band has, or even every great album was supposed to have. Man, the 12 step days. The teacher’s name? Craig Goldy. The class itself was probably valuable in that he compiled all this info on the greatest records and bands.
The drawback to all this was the teacher couldn’t get a point across without using the word “fuck” in a sentence. Now I’m not prude, Fuck is a very useful word in many instances. However my friend Ron (whom I haven’t seen or heard from since music school) and I lost count around the 500th fuck in less than one hour. So while we got that great lesson in what you should likely have to be ‘great’, we also got a healthy dose of the word fuck in the english fucking language.
As you likely haven’t guessed, one of those 12 things you need for a great band/album is an instrumental song. This was my first attempt at a full blown rock instrumental. I had written classical style pieces but never something like this. I won’t even deny the fact that it is heavily influenced by Joe Satriani. I love his playing. The recording is played entirely on the Ibanez Universe 7 String that I had at the time, and still have to this day.
Factoids:
1. Dig the drum groove Andy threw down.
2. First song I ever used an E-Bow on.
Copyright: 1997/06/15
ISRC: USONR0301006
ISRC: USONR2400626
ISRC: USONR2400606
ISWC: T0709688221
SESAC Song ID: 594733
Harry Fox ID: B96875
Harry Fox Publisher ID: P8938Q
UPC: 654433000122
UPC: 764656471439
UPC: 764656471422