Masaki Liu

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@davidpakmanshow Just preordered. Appreciate what you do!

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy Love reading all the comments. Estrella is particularly moving. Matt used to come to all the shows and came to the studio as well. He was a sweetheart. For those of us that knew him the song hits hard.

[Geoff ("G" like Giant. "O" is silent) Rockwell @Rocktothawizzle]

@masakiliuser the horn sounds are absolutely perfect. Gonna just shoot my shot and ask..how did you record them?

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Rocktothawizzle Actually sax may have been Neumann M 149

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Rocktothawizzle Hmmm hard to remember that far back but most likely Coles 4038 ribbon mic as main and a Soundelux U99 as ambient - through Grace Design 801 preamp. There might have been an additional mic. As I’m typing this I just remembered I have the session files. BRB

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Rocktothawizzle Here you go

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Rocktothawizzle Ok the session shows 5 tracks. Horns recorded together. Probably a combination of Coles on trombone and trumpet. U99 on sax or possibly even Sennheiser 421 or U87 and 2 room mics.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@billthe8th @CalebTheSpy @fiveironfrenzy Actually it could very well be a mash up of both our memories. Now that you mention Tom fest the retreat could have been right after that. Or during. It’s all a bit hazy for me. Frank may have “signed” them at Tom Fest and notified me on the retreat.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy @fiveironfrenzy They drove straight from the retreat to my studio and we recorded the album in 8 days. They crashed on my floor. It was the beginnings of a beautiful friendship. Haha

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy @fiveironfrenzy Five Iron had attended a 5 Minute Walk retreat in Tahoe I believe - mostly because of check out the label. They were being courted by Brainstorm and a few others. T&N turned them down because they already had a ska band. They decided to go with 5MW at the retreat.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy @fiveironfrenzy @ROPOCALYPSE Amplify

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy Love this.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Ineverglow 7,10,11

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@inkofreality @fiveironfrenzy I do. Went to a few of them.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@mikkele And later on you’ll tear up remembering their firsts.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy Actually it is current

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CalebTheSpy Keith also did a project under White Rose Motor Oil.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Ineverglow Super humbling to see 3 albums I worked on in here. Thanks to those who nominated. Nice to see the 5MW love.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@CCMTwitts @fiveironfrenzy Farsighted and Dandelions. As far as production goes, Giants was a lot of fun and You probably shouldn’t move here.

[Masaki Liu @masakiliuser]

@Ineverglow @fiveironfrenzy @ROPOCALYPSE One thing I told young bands that I worked with is that people didn’t like five iron. They loved five iron. You have to be a band like that if you want success. What a fun ride and loved hearing stories of the impact our work had on people.