n-Track Studio's Featured Artist of the Month

MARCH, 2001


The Five W

 . Featured Artist's Web Page: http://www.thatspower.org


Where: Hartford City, Indiana - USA

Who: Marc Rench - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals;
Hartford, IN
Married, wife Ginger, 3 sons

TJ Higley - bass, acoustic guitar, drum programming, vocals
Gas City, IN
Married, wife Juanita, 1 son

 When:
That's Power, 2000
Tower Of Babel, 2001

Why: That's Power is named for the bible verse 2 Tim 1:7 which says "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of
self-discipline". This verse means that as believers in God, we're not to sheepishly live our lives in obscurity. Instead, we're to boldly tell people of God's love and forgiveness, and we're to live a life of integrity. We do what we do because God has given us so much.. forgiven us so much.. loved us so much. And we want others to see how wonderful it is to know him personally.

What: From acoustic ballads to screaming guitar leads and drums, That's Power produces some of the freshest, most insightful music around.

In Short: That's Power's songs are biblical in nature and speak the truth boldly. We wouldn't have it any other way. It is our hope that something in the lyrics helps you understand God a bit better and to see your need for his love. Visit us at http://www.thatspower.org

That's Power
 by Alessandro De Murtas
Featured Songs: 
Cross On A Hill
Tower Of Babel

[..] "Marc and I met in 1998 after I saw him perform at a coffeehouse. I was immediately drawn to the passion in his music and talked to him after the show. It quickly became obvious to us both that we should work together. After several months of weekend performances; we agreed this should become a long-term relationship, and that a demo CD was the next step. I own an Ampex ½" 4-track deck and had planned on using that to record our demo.But a friend told me about this handy PC program that allowed multiple tracks. It even had effect plug-ins like delay, verb, chorus, compression, etc. It was this impressive list of effects that persuaded me to check out n-Track Studio. After a very short demo, I was hooked. N-Track is very easy to use, and the final product was far superior to anything I'd done with my Ampex. By the time the demo CD was recorded and burned, we had become acquainted with MP3.COM. We uploaded a few songs, contacted friends and fans, and before we knew it had a #5 song on MP3c's Christian Pop chart".

That's Power was invited to join Colorado Musicians Allied Promotions (CMAP) in november, 2000. This alliance of Internet musicians offers some of the best Indie music around, and has proven invaluable in helping promote That's Power music

Tips and Tricks from That's Power using n-Track Studio.

[..] "Drums, strings, perc, etc. are programmed using a Boss DR-5, then transferred (analog/stereo) into n-Track Studio.
Marc plays a Dean electric guitar and a Daion acoustic. He plugs the Daion directly into our Mackie mixer and plays the Dean through a Peavey amp, which is mic'd, close proximity.
TJ plays an Ibanez bass and an Alvarez classical (hardly ever at the same time. Both are plugged directly into the Mackie. Recording is done flat, without effects, with the exception of vocals which have slight compression added via an outboard unit. Since we're just a duo, we seldom require more than 15 tracks. Because of this, we've never had to resort to rendering sub-groups (prior to final mixing) for performance reasons. But, we found that rendering just the harmony vocals together tends to give them a tighter packed sound... not sure why. We usually like harmonies heavily compressed and a subtle, short reverb added. Guitars usually end up EQ'd brighter than expected, 'cause we love that crunchy, chunka-chunka sound.
Usually, individual instruments are compressed (at various levels and settings) for song rendering. Then, the new rendering is re-rendered using soft-knee compression. We use Right-Click MP3 for MP3 encoding. One note on sampling rate: my PC has an SB Live, which operates natively at 48k. Performance improved considerably once I made that settings change. Thanks to users here on Fasoft's BB for that tip!"

Visit us at http://www.thatspower.org

Breaking News 


CDs for Sale:
That's Power and
Tower Of Babel - scheduled for release 04/2001

 

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That's Power stays busy performing in and around Indiana, and writing and recording new material. Work on the new CD goes on. We plan to expand our ministry to begin helping small churches develop a contemporary worship team.