June 8, '08 Kim breezed through this town
Just had a marvelous visit from Kim ....got a chance to lay down a few songs in Springfield Recording Studio. She was well prepared....we were all in tears!
3/28/08 Just got Email From Lauren
Email from Ft. Colins Co. Attachments of three newly recorded songs....nice sound .....good players .
3/28/08 Kim
Kim comes home for a visit in May. Perhaps we will get to hear her sing....
3/15/08 Lauren does NOT! hop frieght trains.
I just talked to Lauren today. She sounds content with changing plans and landscapes. In addition to text messages with gps lat and lon I can almost tell in which town she is hanging because the site traffic on my website increases dramaticly from that town. I long for the day when we sing together again and I am busting ........thinking about the music she now writes.
Recording a new CD
I've been having a blast recording a new CD at Al Bien's Springfield Recording Studio. So far I've laid down 15 or so rythum tracks.
Rymond Clemens on Upright Bass is not just holding the bottom together. He's doing so much more! For most of my songs I play a distinct base part as part of my fingerpicking so Raymond is free to play "inside" and sometimes "out" of the folk music. A marvelous friend and such a combination of large talent and spirit.
Chris Gately is playing drums ....or should I say drum. Mostly snare with brushes and symbols as needed is exactly what is helping define my groove. No kick drum. It makes the phrase "less is more" mean what it does. Great ideas are coming from Chris and a pleasure to work with.
Al Bien is playing guitar as well and always finds just the right thing to play. I could search for a lifetime and never find the modest but powerfull support Al brings to my music. He doesn't lament about it he just proceeds......with steam.....beautiful !
My daughter Lauren and her friend Bea will be singing back up with their own vocal araingements that constantly bring me to tears.
Engineered by Greg Brady ....Here's a guy, a musician, who loves my music and is working harder than I to get it right.....great enthusiasm and musicianship.
This is the project I was always looking for but didn't know it. This CD will be Grand!
