Plus Five
Ian Rutherford Plus Five is a "virtual band" made up of Ian on keyboards and a range of collaborating musicians from around the world that includes vocalists, drummers, guitarists & bass players. I've lost count, but over all the projects there must be more than 50 involved.
It all happens in our own studios with the writing, arrangements and engineering done by Ian. It's quite an amazing way to make music, not quite as much fun as being in the same room, but a lot more flexible.
The music is published on Ian's Bandcamp site as well as iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Deezer & Pandora. Search for the artist "Ian Rutherford Plus Five" to see it all.
Nerdy Stuff :)
The process works much like any recording except we're never, well almost never, in the same room, and certainly never all together.
It all happens in our own studios with the writing, arrangements and engineering done by Ian. It's quite an amazing way to make music, not quite as much fun as being in the same room, but a lot more flexible.
The music is published on Ian's Bandcamp site as well as iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Deezer & Pandora. Search for the artist "Ian Rutherford Plus Five" to see it all.
Nerdy Stuff :)
The process works much like any recording except we're never, well almost never, in the same room, and certainly never all together.
- Ian writes a song, plays keyboard parts plus some to be replaced, like guitar or vocals
- The guitarist gets the whole song with Ian playing everything, then a version without the guitar, which they play
- Ian replaces his version with the real guitar
- The singer gets the whole song with Ian either croaking out the melody or playing it on a clarinet or saxophone
- Singer does their thing and back to Ian
- Ian repeats as required and puts it all together
- Bingo - a song!