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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):
Awesome! To sing or not to sing: is NOT the question….been listening to “It Was Me” again….and enjoying every minute! Glad your site is working, glad your studio time is, too.
Can’t wait to hear “Oceans” and “Home”!! Hey, thank yous going out to Jeff, et al. Thanks for posting the great pics, too. Watched the Moravian Christmas Vespers tape last night starring Kim and Brette and few of their friends
“Til We Meet Again”, at “Home”, sending out love with hugs!
Hey, Nice pics Sis! You might wanna shrink ‘em a bit, though. The Lightbox is way huge for viewing. Also, setup an RSS feed. Then JT and I can link ya!
Is studio time expensive? I would love to lay down drum tracks for ya. Since I have the Roland kit, I could cut something for ya and send it via email or FTP. Let me know!