Word: soundly
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...North House was born when Bennett began working in the Quad Sound Studios, in the basement of Pforzheimer House (the former North House), a year and a half ago. "[Becky Warren] was a guitar player and songwriter, and she'd come down to the studio; I was just starting to work there. Basically, I just needed someone to play while I practiced recording. And so she did that, and we decided that our music was close enough together that we were committed enough to working on them, fusing them...
...guitars, and our two voices, and a studio." But North House did it all from beginning to end, writing by themselves the music and lyrics for every single one of the eleven tracks on Two Stories. "We had to conceive of what each of the arrangements was going to sound like," says Bennett. "[Like with one song,] Becky sat down and said, 'I hear strings,' so I had to sit down and arrange a string part, with a percussion and the violins, the cello, the bass. The biggest challenge was trying to hear all those different parts...
...that the album is finished, Bennett can look forward to finishing his East Asian Studies concentration to graduate in the spring, and can also focus his energies on the Immediate Gratification Players, of which he is a member, and on the Quad Sound Studios, of which he is the president. What does the future hold for North House, besides the Quad Sound Studios Benefit Concert on Dec. 10--a second album, perhaps...
...After hearing that Al Bennett '00 and Becky Warren (a Wellesley senior) produced their debut album, Two Stories, by themselves, you may approach it rather warily. How good could a couple of college students possibly sound on a self-produced album...
...will quickly be dispelled merely seconds into the first track, "War of the Worlds," as a harmonica wails against the festive background of shouting, murmuring voices. The songs on Two Stories incorporate everything from violins and cellos to trumpets, saxophones, and clarinets, and Bennett's seamless mixing produces a sound that's as close to perfect as you could get, especially using the Quad Sound Studios at the basement of Pforzheimer House. While it's true that at times the sound gets a tad echo-ey and the voices are a bit overwhelmed by the instrumentals, overall the quality...