My family headed back home this morning,
but not without tears. My youngest child had
a difficult time leaving me :( My oldest daughter,
Chloe, stayed with me. She has friends up here to
hang out with while I am recording.
We started working about 10am. The session artists
who are playing drums and bass on my record are coming
tonight, so we have to get the scratch tracks finished for
them. The morning and afternoon have been taken up
with making scratch tracks for the 3 songs we worked
on last night. Ryan set up a mic in the control room, and
I sang and played through the songs while he recorded.
Control Room
We were finishing up the last scratch track as the
drummer and bassist were arriving - about 5pm.
It takes awhile for them to get everything set up -
especially getting the drums set with the right tones,
so I sat and watched them.
Setting Up
Samuel (Sam) Heard is the drummer, and
Jeremy (Jer) Friesen is the bassist. I have never
met them and they have never heard my music, so
when they are finally ready, they ask me some questions
about my style and what I am looking for in sound.
This is always a tough question. I sort of gave them
some not very helpful answers, then we listened to the
first song - March On. This is a good one to start with.
It's very vibey and smooth. They took some notes as they
listened, and we discussed the dynamic of the song,
then they got to work. We record drums and bass playing
live together (as opposed to one at a time) because
they feed off each other. They played through the song
several times, and threw in something different each take.
They are a bit quirky, which is exactly what I want.
Ryan says you never know what you are going to
get with Sam :) I am absolutely ecstatic over what they
came up with!! They are incredible musicians!
I feel very fortunate to have them on my record!
Sam
Jer
When we finished March On, we moved to Eyes of a Child.
This one has been fairly complicated (I'm figuring out that
I am a very outside-the-box songwriter ;) it has taken
the longest, but they came up with a pretty spectacular
groove for it. By now it's getting pretty late, and the
guys are wanting to head home, but Ryan began playing
the 3rd song - No Going Back, and they immediately
rushed back to their instruments and starting playing
a crazy beat. I was blown away. It brought me to tears.
It's unbelievable and overwhelming for me to see
someone be inspired by something I have done, and to
hear their perspective, and see them create something so
cool. They are bringing my music to life in ways that
I cannot do myself, but have so longed for!
We ended at midnight again tonight. Tomorrow we have 5
more songs to make scratch tracks for before Sam and Jer
come back. What an awesome evening! Besides being
able to sit and play music all day, these guys are hilarious
and terribly entertaining. I have a feeling I'm going to be
laughing a lot through this recording process!
Another big day tomorrow and I am SO tired.
Goodnight!!
but not without tears. My youngest child had
a difficult time leaving me :( My oldest daughter,
Chloe, stayed with me. She has friends up here to
hang out with while I am recording.
We started working about 10am. The session artists
who are playing drums and bass on my record are coming
tonight, so we have to get the scratch tracks finished for
them. The morning and afternoon have been taken up
with making scratch tracks for the 3 songs we worked
on last night. Ryan set up a mic in the control room, and
I sang and played through the songs while he recorded.
Control Room
We were finishing up the last scratch track as the
drummer and bassist were arriving - about 5pm.
It takes awhile for them to get everything set up -
especially getting the drums set with the right tones,
so I sat and watched them.
Setting Up
Samuel (Sam) Heard is the drummer, and
Jeremy (Jer) Friesen is the bassist. I have never
met them and they have never heard my music, so
when they are finally ready, they ask me some questions
about my style and what I am looking for in sound.
This is always a tough question. I sort of gave them
some not very helpful answers, then we listened to the
first song - March On. This is a good one to start with.
It's very vibey and smooth. They took some notes as they
listened, and we discussed the dynamic of the song,
then they got to work. We record drums and bass playing
live together (as opposed to one at a time) because
they feed off each other. They played through the song
several times, and threw in something different each take.
They are a bit quirky, which is exactly what I want.
Ryan says you never know what you are going to
get with Sam :) I am absolutely ecstatic over what they
came up with!! They are incredible musicians!
I feel very fortunate to have them on my record!
Sam
Jer
When we finished March On, we moved to Eyes of a Child.
This one has been fairly complicated (I'm figuring out that
I am a very outside-the-box songwriter ;) it has taken
the longest, but they came up with a pretty spectacular
groove for it. By now it's getting pretty late, and the
guys are wanting to head home, but Ryan began playing
the 3rd song - No Going Back, and they immediately
rushed back to their instruments and starting playing
a crazy beat. I was blown away. It brought me to tears.
It's unbelievable and overwhelming for me to see
someone be inspired by something I have done, and to
hear their perspective, and see them create something so
cool. They are bringing my music to life in ways that
I cannot do myself, but have so longed for!
We ended at midnight again tonight. Tomorrow we have 5
more songs to make scratch tracks for before Sam and Jer
come back. What an awesome evening! Besides being
able to sit and play music all day, these guys are hilarious
and terribly entertaining. I have a feeling I'm going to be
laughing a lot through this recording process!
Another big day tomorrow and I am SO tired.
Goodnight!!