When a guitar is recorded direct, that means the guitar cable is running directly into

the recording interface with no amp or acoustic sound in between.

Direct recording can be useful for a number of reasons from sound isolation to tone, but

the best thing about it is that you don't need to bring an amp to the studio.

Welcome, welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.

I am your host, Carl Camelton, and I really am so glad that you're here to talk about

guitars that are recorded direct, guitars that are recorded through amps, and sometimes

guitars that are recorded acoustically.

This show is entirely listener-supported, thank you so much to all of my patrons for keeping

this thing going, but thanks as well to all of you who spread the word and tell your friends

about the show.

I don't do very much promotional work, and I really rely on word of mouth to grow my

audience, and I appreciate each and every one of you that helps with that.

On this episode, it's time for something different.

I am not going to be talking about a song or even an album, I'm going to be talking about

a movie, one of the greatest music films ever made, and one that's brought me a lot of

joy over the past year.

I'm excited to get into it, so let's build up the stage, put on our big suits, and hit

this thing.

Most of us intuitively have a sense of what a band is.

We know our favorite bands, we know our least favorite bands.

If you say, well, name some bands for me, you'll think, oh, yeah, okay, I know some bands

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