☝️Andy's selfie after the session
Recording music on a small budget means every studio hour matters. We only had enough money to record a few real guitar parts in a proper studio, so we tried to plan everything carefully. The rest was recorded in bedrooms, built from rough takes or put together using whatever equipment we already had or using software.
Andy Andrews was supposed to go into a studio and record a few guitar parts for “Orange Dress.” He had a rough print of the chords saved on his phone, his guitar and everything he needed. Pretty simple plan, go to the studio, record the parts and send them back.
Except Andy went to the wrong studio. It wasnt the studio we had booked at all, but Andy knew the audio engineer working there. He walked in, showed the engineer the chords on his phone and somehow neither one of them stopped to ask if this was the right booking.
The engineer knew Andy was a session musician, so I guess him showing up with a guitar and chord notes seemed normal enough. Andy thought everything was ready for him and the engineer just went along with it.
So they started recording. Andy played through the chords, tried a few different guitar licks and got the parts recorded. From his point of view everything went fine. Meanwhile, we were waiting at the studio we actually booked, wondering where the hell he was.
By the time we figured out what happened, Andy had already finished most of the session.
The parts sounded good, which was probably the only reason nobody got too mad. The bigger problem was money. The studio Andy walked into was more expensive, and we still had the original booking to deal with. What was supposed to be one affordable session ended up costing us more in the long run.
When you only have enough budget for a few properly recorded guitar parts, paying extra because your guitarist went to the wrong building isnt ideal.
But we got the recordings. Andy got a story we will probably bring up forever, and we learned that “go to the studio” apparently needs to include the address, the engineer’s name and maybe a picture of the front door.
Honestly the most surprising part is how confident everybody was. Andy walked into the wrong place, handed over chords from his phone and started recording like he had been there all week.
Nobody questioned it until it was already done. You can check out "Orange Dress" by clicking the link below.