Moon Feathers by John Ralston
Recorded in Lake Worth, FL and Winston-Salem, NC over the course of 2017 and into 2018.
The album cover for 'Moon Feathers' features a photograph from friend and artist, Adam Perry. It takes some people longer to see it than others, but eventually most can make out where they've seen this before. It's the Statue of Liberty, but it's a view we are not accustomed to seeing. It's a view that for some of us is unrecognizable. That's what I love the most about this photo. America from a different perspective.
Tracklist
| 1. | Anything But Hunger | 0:39 |
| 2. | The Driver's Will | 2:23 |
| 3. | End Guitar | 2:19 |
| 4. | Little Echo | 1:58 |
| 5. | Nothing At All | 1:19 |
| 6. | Who's That Yelling? | 4:19 |
| 7. | Words | 2:18 |
| 8. | we were standing on the small summit right next to it | 2:28 |
| 9. | Ghost Radio | 8:00 |
Credits
released June 7, 2020
Mastering: Michael Seaman
Produced by John Ralston except "Words" produced by J. Phillip Wilkins
Recorded and Mixed by John Ralston
Drums on "Ghost Radio" by Michael Seaman
Layout & Photography by Adam Perry
"Who's That Yelling"
Electric Guitar: (Ovation Viper into Magnetic Effects "Solar Bender" into Fender Princeton Reverb mic'd with EV654 into CAPI VP28 Preamp & Fender Strat into Magnetic Effects "Satellite" direct into Hairball Audio Bronze Preamp into Pro VLA)
Vocals: Probably the AT4033 into the LA-610 and run through a Boss Phase Shifter and Cream City Pedals Trem D'La Trem
Keys: Not sure what I used at the end of the song. Maybe the String Solina? Maybe a Solina patch on my Alesis Micron?
"Words"
*Produced by J. Phillip Wilkins
Acoustic Guitar: (60's Gibson LG mic'd with a Stellar CM5 on the neck into a CAPI VP26 preamp and a Rode Nt5 on the body into Hairball Audio Bronze)
Electric Guitar: (Ovation Viper into EHX Electric Mistress into Princeton Reverb mic'd with a Cascade Victor ribbon into CAPI VP26)
Vocals: (ADK Hamburg and Rode NT5 into CAPI VP28)
Arp String Solina
Drum Loop: (Korg Triton through a ton of pedals)
Arpeggio Keys: (Korg Triton)
Reamping: (Lots of reamping through my 70's Memory Man pedal on this one)
Slide Guitar: (Beer bottle slide)
"We were standing on the small summit right next to it"
Intro Loop: (EHX Electric Mistress was generating this pattern so I ran it through a little Artec Tape Echo, Ibanez Super Stereo Chorus, Magnetic Effects Satellite into the Princeton Reverb mic'd with a Cascade Victor ribbon into CAPI VP26)
Keys/Arpeggios: (Various patches on the Korg Triton including "Ocean Strings" and "Bassoon")
Bass: Univox Hollowbody Bass
"Nothing At All"
Drum Loop: (Alesis SR16)
Bass Guitar: (70's Fender Mustang)
Electric Guitar: (Fender Jazzmaster with Mastery Bridge now owned by Chris Horgan)
Keys: (I think this was all on my Yamaha CS1x)
"Little Echo"
I lost my notes on this one so I don't know what guitars I used.
Keys: (CS1x Ocarina patch)
Arpeggio: MS20 into SQ-1
"End Guitar"
Electric Guitar: (Unknown guitar into Moof MF Trem pedal)
Keys: (Alesis Micron into Princeton Reverb mic'd by an EV654 going into LA-610. Various patches used: Bachman, Animaotor, EMI Keys)
"Ghost Radio"
Drums: Michael Seaman
Bass Guitar: Fender Mustang into Wren & Cuff Your Face into CAPI DI into CAPI VP28
Keys: CS1x, Korg Triton
Mastering: Michael Seaman
Produced by John Ralston except "Words" produced by J. Phillip Wilkins
Recorded and Mixed by John Ralston
Drums on "Ghost Radio" by Michael Seaman
Layout & Photography by Adam Perry
"Who's That Yelling"
Electric Guitar: (Ovation Viper into Magnetic Effects "Solar Bender" into Fender Princeton Reverb mic'd with EV654 into CAPI VP28 Preamp & Fender Strat into Magnetic Effects "Satellite" direct into Hairball Audio Bronze Preamp into Pro VLA)
Vocals: Probably the AT4033 into the LA-610 and run through a Boss Phase Shifter and Cream City Pedals Trem D'La Trem
Keys: Not sure what I used at the end of the song. Maybe the String Solina? Maybe a Solina patch on my Alesis Micron?
"Words"
*Produced by J. Phillip Wilkins
Acoustic Guitar: (60's Gibson LG mic'd with a Stellar CM5 on the neck into a CAPI VP26 preamp and a Rode Nt5 on the body into Hairball Audio Bronze)
Electric Guitar: (Ovation Viper into EHX Electric Mistress into Princeton Reverb mic'd with a Cascade Victor ribbon into CAPI VP26)
Vocals: (ADK Hamburg and Rode NT5 into CAPI VP28)
Arp String Solina
Drum Loop: (Korg Triton through a ton of pedals)
Arpeggio Keys: (Korg Triton)
Reamping: (Lots of reamping through my 70's Memory Man pedal on this one)
Slide Guitar: (Beer bottle slide)
"We were standing on the small summit right next to it"
Intro Loop: (EHX Electric Mistress was generating this pattern so I ran it through a little Artec Tape Echo, Ibanez Super Stereo Chorus, Magnetic Effects Satellite into the Princeton Reverb mic'd with a Cascade Victor ribbon into CAPI VP26)
Keys/Arpeggios: (Various patches on the Korg Triton including "Ocean Strings" and "Bassoon")
Bass: Univox Hollowbody Bass
"Nothing At All"
Drum Loop: (Alesis SR16)
Bass Guitar: (70's Fender Mustang)
Electric Guitar: (Fender Jazzmaster with Mastery Bridge now owned by Chris Horgan)
Keys: (I think this was all on my Yamaha CS1x)
"Little Echo"
I lost my notes on this one so I don't know what guitars I used.
Keys: (CS1x Ocarina patch)
Arpeggio: MS20 into SQ-1
"End Guitar"
Electric Guitar: (Unknown guitar into Moof MF Trem pedal)
Keys: (Alesis Micron into Princeton Reverb mic'd by an EV654 going into LA-610. Various patches used: Bachman, Animaotor, EMI Keys)
"Ghost Radio"
Drums: Michael Seaman
Bass Guitar: Fender Mustang into Wren & Cuff Your Face into CAPI DI into CAPI VP28
Keys: CS1x, Korg Triton
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