Over the years I have always held Third Eye Blinds self-titled album near and dear to my heart as one of the best engineered and produced pop rock recordings.
While doing some research on this album, I came across some cool information by Eric Valentine, the studio engineer behind this album discussing philosophy, recording process, equipment, mic techniques etc. Here is just a tiny spoiler. Its a really good read!
"The microphones in the water was done for the song The Background. The drums for that song were recorded at Skywalker Ranch along with (God Of Wine, Good For You, London and Jumper). I actually used Large plastic Garbage cans. put SM57s inside condoms and lowered them about 6" into the water. I definitely used the under water mics in the final drum mix." http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-eric-va...-valentine.htmlhttp://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-eric-valentine/415451-lets-talk-drums-semi-charmed-life.html
