Just got back from a recording session with Jeff.  And, as the title implies, I’m quite spent.  It was a busy day in general, but recording can finish me off.  It was a pretty productive night, though.  Jeff and I managed to touch up Oceans and record Til We Meet Again (piano AND vocals) in about 2 and a half hours.  Not bad, not bad.  We didn’t get to work on Home, but I’m thinking more and more that I’d like to record it live with a djembe (which wouldn’t have happened tonight anyway because my percussion guy is out of town).  But all in all, tonight was good. 

On another positive note, I was able to write some basic string parts for Oceans.  I can’t wait to hear it played by actual musicians and not some cheesy MIDI-strings on the computer.  There are a few more songs to write out and arrange strings for, but one step at a time, one mouthful of elephant at a time…

Goals for the month of October (which is approaching speedily): write out songs; arrange string parts for It Was Me, ‘Til We Meet Again, and….well, if I get that far, that’s GREAT; print out scores and give them to the string players; prep everyone to record sometime in November/December (but hopefully November).

Some pics in the studio (courtesy of Kasey Eckert):