I used lots of equipment to get a very rugged natural sound but the biggest example of this was the song “Certainly Never”.

Matthew and I talked about the production on “Certainly Never” and he wanted a very room like, no frills sound for the song.

Keeping with the spirit of the song, I took one AKG 414 and put it into the figure 8 pattern.

I had Matthew and Dave play half the song, then I moved the mic a bit for vocal piano blend (still using the figure 8 pattern) and adjusted Dave’s amp volume a bit.

Don’t over-think.”[1] All words and music by Matthew Ryan, except where noted.