PITTSBURGH — On a rainy afternoon in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, a group of amateur musicians gathered to lay down a few tracks.
This wasn't the first time the band had performed together, but it was their first time in a recording studio.
"Lots of people lock up the first time they're put in headphones," said Jim Barr, the recording engineer at Heid Studios. "I've heard some real train wrecks."