Eclectic rockers Mayday Parade recently performed and filmed at the TELEFUNKEN Soundstage in South Windor, CT utilizing a complement of the company’s microphones, with Colin Lorne, the band’s front of house engineer on the road, recording the performance and also mixing the tracks for the new series.
Founded 2005 in Tallahassee, FL, Mayday Parade launched their career with the EP “Tales Told by Dead Friends” in 2006 and sold more than 50,000 copies with no label support. In July 2007, the band released their debut album “A Lesson in Romantics.” Having been signed to Fearless Records since 2006, the band signed onto major label Atlantic Records in 2009.
Lorne describes his TELEFUNKEN mic selection while on tour with the band: “Telefunken is well known for some of the finest microphones for studio recording,” but their selection for live recording is unbeatable. I’ve been a huge fan of M81s on vocals since the first time I used them because of how smooth and clear they sound. I especially like their dynamic mics for all my drum shells: M80 on snare top and M81 on bottom is a match made in heaven. M82’s on my toms made a huge difference out front/in the ears and need considerably less work to get the sound I want. The M60’s on overheads and hat are also super crisp and have astounding clarity/lack of harshness and really help bring cymbals into the mix without being too abrasive. I use an Allen and Heath SQ-5 out front, along with a little help from my Waves package.”
A 2014 graduate of the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Arizona, Lorne then relocated to Chicago where he worked at Raxtrax Studio and made his way into the touring world with a local production company. In 2016, he went out on tour and has been a successful FOH engineer ever since.
As well as working for Mayday Parade full time for the past three years, he’s also worked with bands such as Our Last Night, Sleeping With Sirens, We The Kings, State Champs and Falling in Reverse. With Mayday, he’s done multiple U.S. and international tours.
Of his multi-track recording and his mix for the videos, he says, “For these videos, I mixed completely in the box with Pro Tools. I did not use any samples or replace anything. These are all the raw recorded lines hit with love and a little EQ and compression.”
Mayday Parade’s current lineup is Derek Sanders, lead vocals, piano, additional guitar; Alex Garcia – lead guitar; Brooks Betts; rhythm guitar; Jeremy Lenzo, bass guitar, backing vocals; and Jake Bundrick, drums, percussion, co-lead vocals. Mayday Parade’s diverse records have been described as pop-punk, alternative rock, emo-pop, and pop rock, and others.
Check out the Mayday Parade Soundstage series:
Dec 6th: “More Like A Crash” https://youtu.be/SBNcq4QBLKY
Dec 13th: “Got Me All Wrong” https://youtu.be/9rGJ4kZjk-c
Dec 20th: “Jersey” https://youtu.be/YMY64X7l4Ko
