Wrapping up the tunes
Eric’s project is finally in it’s last few days of tracking. We’ve finished everything but final vocals, then it’s off to be mixed at Derri Daugherty’s (The Lost Dogs/The Choir) Neverland Studios. The whole process has been really fun, but the guitar sessions (which lasted all day each time) were exhausting. I came home mentally beat-up. Drained.
It was such a great learning experience for us. We set out to make it as raw and simple as possible, trying to make each track mean something. That means not putting three acoustic tracks and two electrics all on top of each other just because we could. It just creates a mess when you do that to Americana songs. We also tried to keep full passes on each instrument. If an acoustic is playing the entire song, then we wanted to keep a track that was good from start to finish and not have to edit. I’m pretty sure we accomplished this.
Now, the final mixes shouldn’t turn out too much different than what we’ve got down. Just some tweaking from fresh ears other than ours. We’re really excited to get to share this work with everyone. It’s a pretty cool accomplishment. The musicians (read: friends) that came and put down the goodness are the best. So, not to let any of them fly under the radar, I’ll mention them now.
Jimmie Ingram – acoustic & electric guitars
Derek Williams – acoustic & electric guitars
Greg Wood – electric guitars
Aaron Ivey – keys
Matt Wilder – bass
Thanks everyone for your help and hard work. Your willingness to contribute to this record is greatly appreciated and we’re really excited about how it’s turning out in the final days!
The only payment I received for working this was a ham and cheese sandwich that Ruth made. Eric’s tighter than the skin on a grape:) haha!! It was loads of fun working on this record.