Week Twenty
Week Twenty …was fabulous. On Tuesday I was kind of freaking out a little because Beach Ballad was not feeling right. It was pretty, but just not right for the record. Wonder Full was falling a little short for me to. And Nowhere Near My Heart was SO close…but still not what it could be. Something was just not working in each of these tunes. I sang for the first time since my sickbed...
Read MoreWeeks Seventeen, Eighteen and Nineteen
Weeks Seventeen and Eighteen The first half of the week saw us making great progress with Northern Belle and Queen. In fact Northern Belle is done! And she is so pretty to. Queen is also becoming a gem. Although I have always been fond of this tune, I had no idea how beautiful it could be. Dave asked me to imagine that I am on a dark stage…the band is behind me (in matching white suits)...
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Week Fifteen On Friday, Justin had to leave for the East Coast for seven weeks. So we focused our sessions on him and his magic because by the time he gets back the record will be in the mixing stage. He laid down two killer bass tracks for Shooken Up and Crack My Eyes. At the end of the last session we even managed to get a mandolin part down for Wonder Full! I am incredibly grateful for the...
Read MoreWeeks 13 and fourteen
WEEK THIRTEEN Spent a lot of time working on mixes. Eight songs are started now, Queen (formally “No one Else’s Queen”) presented herself in the studio this week. She is very bare at the moment, but her bones are beautiful and strong. She needs a few weeks to settle into her skin. We also tackled Nowhere Near My Heart which myself and Dave were a little worried about. He and I...
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Week Eleven and Twelve We accomplished a lot over the course of these two weeks. Six tunes are up and running and I think we have three vocals that will make the final cut! Last week we recorded rhodes, banjo. I heard Side A of Harry Nilsson’s “The Point” for the first time… absolutely wonderful concept and music (especially loved Me and My Arrow). I made dinner one...
Read MoreWeek ten (August Already?)
This is what I drove up to before Wednesday’s session, no edits folks. Week Ten Three days of really great stuff this week. The focus seemed to shift to Don’t Give In and Crack My Eyes this week. Laid some great bed vocals (aka rough vocals) for both tunes (one may actually be a keeper…) and a killer acoustic guitar track for Crack My Eyes. Dave and his usual studio tomfoolery...
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