Recording In Progress

2/13/10

There's a rough video clip on my Facebook page my wife took while I was working on recording the solo for our song "Sometimes". Recording is an endless stream of hours of time spent playing the same part over & over until you hit the near perfect moment when you've played the part the best you can. Then, you spend more time making it better, then you spend hours editing that part, the whole time wondering you could have played it better. Then there's the mixdown, where you wonder if you've got everything represented the best you can & if that part is exactly where it should be in the mix, knowing that every other musician you know & dozens you don't will go thru your songs with a judgemental ear listening for every imperfection & stating how they'd do it better, to you & everyone else. This on top of all the great people that I've worked with that have really spent the time on my songs to make them sound the best they can. Large amounts of money, time, resources, talent, people, prayer, equipment, and stress go into a 3-5 minute song to present emotions to God & the world & there's still that frustration of wondering how much better it could have ended up.

On that note, my time inside Recording Guy's Studio working with Doug Johnson has really been a great time. Robert has been tracking drums there, & we'll be mixing down tunes there when/if that day ever comes! I'm still amazed at how blessed I am to find so many talented people in the Body that can do what I envision, not to mention so many that WANT to help me.

Live dates are coming in, check the Performances page for more info.