• I was wrong, the album was not quite done. But is now, I think...

Not too long ago, I posted that the final mixing session for my album had concluded. I was wrong. In listening back to one track in particular, I was not happy and Jaime and I decided that the problem was the digital piano, which just refused to sit right in the mix. To remedy the situation, I called Sam Bevan and had him come down to Hyde Street Studio C and replay the track on Jaime's old school Baldwin upright. I confess, I was amazed by how much richer and more harmonically nuanced the actual piano sounded than the digital sample, which was a VERY high quality sample. Yes, we used a killer Telefunken microphone to pick up the ambiance of Studio C's live room and a Nuemnann closer to the strings, but I'm sure that whoever created the digital version also had great equipment. Hell, they probably had a WAY better piano, as the Baldwin is nothing special (although it does have a mystical vibe). Having already played the song several times on earlier recordings, Sam cranked through his takes and we used the extra time to track organ on the extra super secret bonus track I have planned for a vinyl-only release. To get the proper TONES, we deployed a Nord and it delivered. Cool stuff, Nord. Looks borderline home made, but man, the sound, unreal. We finally wrapped around 11, so I am very tired today (not very rock and roll, I know, but Amelia kept me up long after I got home!). Okay, gotta cut this short, but suffice it to say, the album is, um, closer to being done! Here are some photos from the session.