Spectre Studios' Glenn Fricker is basically the smartest guy alive. He gave you some great tips on how to get into the studio. He's taken the issue of the "cupping the mic to sound more br00tal/trve" and made it not only the easiest thing in the world to do, but also applicable to every single instrument you could possibly ever need to record! Are you guitars making early black metal sound like it was amazingly recorded and produced with only the top-most quality equipment? Cup the mic! Is your girlfriend cheating on you because your band sounds like shit? Cup the mic! Are you late on your rent and the bookies are after you because you bet on the Mets winning a baseball game like an idiot? Cup the mic!
Seriously, I'm about to dump my life savings directly into Fricker's wallet. Check it out!
[Thanks to Gear Gods for bringing this to our attention]