Week 7 EP Recording- RETURN

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We were finally free to head back into the studio after a stimulating two weeks out and about away from the studio. The unseasonably warm weather of the past weekend made it hard to stay inside the otherwise comfortable studio setting. The recent addition of a basketball to TAYLOR Studios and the great weather provoked a few free throws and lay-ups in between songs. Great diversion on a hot May day. A game of h.o.r.s.e. may be in order when we are closer to the EP wrap.
The first day back was filled with much strategizing and also brought Nia, a new member of the production/promotion team, into the studio environment. I can see that she will bring some great ideas and interpretation into the mix. On Saturday, the background vocals were finished for the harmony laden ‘9Sticks’track. Producer/engineer Jeff, vocalist/strategist Liza, and I enjoyed a couple Tecate’s and an impromptu Mexican feast to end the day. Calling it a day is always good with an extended chill out session.
More background vocals were tracked on Sunday. We tentatively sorted out which bits would stay and which would be excluded so as to not be predictable and boring. An extensive brainstorming session followed Jeff Taylor’s lesson in crafting a solid Internet strategy. Liza began to conceptualize some original logo ideas and Nia introduced new musings on branding and image. Perspicacity and vision were soaring and streaming.
I was interviewed on sunny breezy Tuesday afternoon in a grassy peaceful setting. Interviews make me more nervous than singing no mater what the location. I think it’s all the honest straight talk that people generally avoid in daily life. Harmonies were then recorded for ‘Retrograde’, which would crescendo from a Beatles feel into some strange Eagles sounding polyphony. A “field trip” to my personal studio was resulted on Thursday due to the complex nature of the loops used in a couple new songs and talk of a major workroom overhaul. I took over the chef duties after the business part of the afternoon was completed. Week seven ended with the crew as twilight fell and solar lamps turned on around a grill and a chimenea. 
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