Since beginning this blog and the associated project, I have reached 65 and my spouse has gone through a long two-year period of serious health issues, which, needless to say, cramped my activities. Nevertheless, I have been slowly creeping forward on the project and am at the point where I need only background vocals on […]
It’s been quite a while - over a year - since I posted to this blog and for several good reasons. The recording process bogged down while the producer’s band got very busy, as was I, and only the session with Brian laying down guitar tracks got down. Things crept along and we were […]
After a quick trip down to Lexington in September to discuss how to proceed apace, we’re scheduled back in on Friday, November 16 for some additional guitar tracks. Michael T. is also looking to find some time for vocals. More later.
Fighting Off Doldrums
It’s clear that all the things that our parents told us about getting older will turn out to be true, more or less, for all us Baby Boomers, particularly the one about how time passes so much faster the older you get; the days just slip away. Since I last wrote a bit here, […]
Just a quick post here - finally, finally, we got a schedule set for the session with Danny Jones and Murrell Thixton to put mandolin and banjo tracks on the five bluegrass tunes on the project: April 7. Better get my taxes down early.
Well, I don’t have any “Niagra Falls”-type trigger words, but I do know that managing projects can be, at best, a step-by-step affair, and sometimes more a “two steps forward, one back” sort of situation. It doesn’t help when ‘assumption traps’ hang you up.
“Assumption Trap” is a personal phrase for a problem which has […]
The holidays certainly take their toll on my time; yours as well, I would guess. The recording process got bogged down, too, in part because the studio was tied up over the holidays, then my choice of banjo players got sick on the first of January and was still ill around the last week […]
I finally went down to Diana Dinicola’s Flamenco studio for a two-hour introduction to Flamenco dancing. No need to detail the session; suffice it to say that I’ve signed up for a seven-week series of beginner’s classes. I think that taking these lessons will be very useful re: timing. Some Flamenco songs (and dances) have […]
The recording sessions takes an interesting turn, for a songwriter