Hey, Y’all,
My friend and incredibly talented songwriter/performer Kara Hesse wrote one of my favorite songs of all time. It’s called “Old Fire”, and I fell in love with it from the first time I heard it, and have always wanted to do a cover of it. That being said, I was totally floored when I asked Kara if she would be interested in doing a duet version of it, and she said yes! We put this one together remotely back in 2020, with her at her home in Washington state, and myself in Costa Mesa, California. She recorded her vocals and guitar on her home recording rig, and I then enlisted the talents of Jake Hayden (Dorothy, Beth Ditto) on Drums, Gideon Klein (Jewell, Delta Rae) on strings, and Gabe Klein (Angie Keilhauer, David Francisco) on bass.
I really love how this recording came out, and hope you enjoy it as well!
Check out Kara’s “Old Fire” on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7qgVOPncXfJ9sSdJEU2qdG?si=bfd54110ed3b406c
Follow Kara on Instagram here:
http://www.instagram.com/karahesse
Hope you all are doing well and happy mixing!
Best,
Steve
Files and Resources
- Final Audio
- Multitracks – WAV [download zip file]
- Multitracks – AAF [download zip file]
- Multitracks – Steve's vocal chain (WAV) [download zip file]
- Logic Session file [download zip file]
- Lyrics [download text file]
- Session Info
- Tempo: 160bpm
- Time Signature: 3/4
- Sample rate: 48kHz/24bit
- Songwriter Credit: Kara Hesse – karahesse@gmail.com
- Performer Credit:
- Kara Hesse - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – karahesse@gmail.com
- Steve Maggiora - Lead Vocals, BGVs, Keys, Programming – contact@stevemaggiora.com
- Jake Hayden - Drums – jakemhayden15@gmail.com
- Gideon Klein - Strings – gideonklein1992@gmail.com
- Gabe Klein - Bass – drummerboy1960@gmail.com
- Studio Credit:
- Kara’s vocals and guitar recorded by Kara Hesse
- BGV, Keys and Programming recorded at ASP Recordings, Costa Mesa, CA
- Steve Maggiora, Engineer – contact@stevemaggiora.com
- Drums recorded at The Hayden Studio, North Hollywood, CA
- Jake Hayden, Engineer – jakemhayden15@gmail.com
- Strings and bass recorded at Shuffle Brother Studios, Gallatin, TN
- Gabe Klein, Engineer– drummerboy1960@gmail.com
- Kara’s vocals and guitar recorded by Kara Hesse
- Gear Info:
- Kara’s Vocal - unknown microphone
- Kara’s guitar - unknown microphone
- Steve VOX/BGV - SM7B, cloudlifter, Scarlett 2i2
- Rhodes - Nord Electro 4
- Tambourine - Logic Pro Neo Soul
- Timpani - Logic Pro Timpani Crescendo
- Shaker - Logic Pro Shaker 01
- THE HAYDEN STUDIO Instruments/Gear:
- Drum Kit: Yamaha Recording Custom
- Snare Drum: Tama Bell Brass
- Interface: Antelope Orion 32
- Kick In: Beyer M88 - API 312 - API 560 - Distressor
- Kick Out: 47 Fet - API 312 - API 550
- Sub Kick: Yamaha NS-10 Woofer
- Snare Top: SM57 - API 312 - API 550A1 - Distressor
- Snare Bot: SM57 - API 312 - API 550A
- Rack Tom (top/bot): Sen 421 - API 312 - API 560
- Floor Tom (top/bot): Sen 421 - API 312 - API 560
- HiHat: Neuman km84 - API 312
- Ride: Sen 914 - API 312
- Overheads: Mojave MA300 - API 550A
- Rooms: Coles 4038 - API 312 - API 550A - Daking Fet 3
- Mono Room: Lauten 357 - API 312 - API 550A - 1176A
- SHUFFLE BROTHER STUDIOS Instruments/Gear:
- 1st Violin - AKG 414
- 2nd Violin - AKG 414
- Viola - AKG 414
- Cello - AKG 414
- Plugins Used:
- Logic Pro Channel EQ
- Logic Pro Compressor
- Logic Pro Tape Delay
- Logic Pro Space Designer
- Logic Pro SubBass
- Logic Pro Adaptive Limiter
- McDSP Analog Channel AC202
- Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack
- Slate Digital VerbSuite Classics
- Slate Digital FG-X
- Valhalla Vintage Verb
- Waves RVox
- Waves RBass
- Waves OneKnob Pressure