Album recording

Loony Lynn · Post by **Loony Lynn** » Sun May 26, 2002 1:36 pm

How long on average can it take to record an album from start to finish? Or, is there an average amount of time?

Post by **bermuda** » Sun May 26, 2002 6:48 pm

If you check www.weirdal.com/rcdgdate.htm you'll see that the process takes as little as 10 weeks, to more than 18 months.

Loony Lynn · Post by **Loony Lynn** » Mon May 27, 2002 3:44 am

My brain went offline and I musta lost the file, thanks for the download Bermuda.

Loony Lynn · Post by **Loony Lynn** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 2:55 am

How many hours work a day (average) does the band put in, when recording an album?

These new emoticons are really great!

Post by **bermuda** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 6:03 am

Usually 10-12 hours, and when Al's working on vocals and mixing, even longer.

Moneybags · Post by **Moneybags** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 7:17 am

From looking at the official website, I've learned that just because the recording process has begun, this doesn't mean that the album will be finished within a year. However, I have also heard that the band (and the fans, I'm sure) have anticipated the new album's release to be sometime in 2002. With these things in mind, I'm curious about how many tracks you've worked on thus far.

Post by **bermuda** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 5:13 pm

Everyone (us included) suspected last year that it would be out this year, but with this year almost half over, and the album not yet half finished, it's hard to know if that will happen.

We're currently working on 6 originals, but finishing the album depends completely on when Al writes the parodies together.

Bermuda

Cat_Barf · Post by **Cat_Barf** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 7:20 pm

How long does it take for the tapes and CD's to get produced and then distributed into stores? And 6 originals, that's WAY awsome.

Post by **bermuda** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 10:41 pm

It takes about 4-8 weeks after the last songs are mixed and ready to go, before the product ships to stores. Some of the artwork and other layouts are already in progress during the recording of the final songs, so I'm not suggesting that packaging and manufacturing and marketing occurs in as little as 4 weeks.

Bermuda

hamsterpal · Post by **hamsterpal** » Sun Jun 02, 2002 6:34 am

Everyone (us included) suspected last year that it would be out this year

Even if it had been done, it might have been delayed by 9/11 too. Nobody was in a laughing mood around that time, and the record company probably would have figured that out. Just as well things didn't work out as planned, I suppose. Otherwise the album might have been delayed, or worse, released and not do very well.

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