Category: Moses
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Palette nearly full
At this point we may have recorded all of the instrumental parts. I mean, we reserve the right to add a trombone here or a french horn there, maybe a synth part, etc., but for now we have got all the instruments recorded according to the current plan. Next month we’ll work on backing and…
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Connecting dots
We got a lot of work done on the record in July. After the steel sessions covered in the previous post, we came back a week later to get Joe Kyle Jr.‘s upright bass onto three tracks and for me to add ukulele fills to another. As I noted in one social media post, “Picking…
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Picking up steam
A little while back we all agreed things felt like they were starting to drag a bit, and since then we’ve been making rapid progress toward completing the recording of all the parts for all the songs on this record. This month has been another ambitious one. Just a week or so ago we went…
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Twice in an orange moon
We got back into Goody Sound studio a second time this month and got a lot work done on six of the twelve songs for my album. For one (“Saint Lucifer”) we just tweaked a bass note or something so no real update to share there. As always these “Pleasant Valley Sessions” are produced by…
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Like leading lambs
We’ve kept plugging away on the album project. Back around March we went back into the studio to clean up a few of the basic tracks. For example, we cut out the extra chorus after the bridge in “All I Know” and we shortened the intro the “Long Haired King.” I’m still not happy with…
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A fresh look at Moses
This song started off with one couplet and developed into something of its own. Having gotten the basic tracks down In the studio now, it has taken further shape, as hinted at in this rough mix (produced by David Gans and engineered by Jeremy Goody at Megasonic Sound, with David on guitar and Dan Brodnitz…