Always Expect the Train
This month has been non-stop as usual. We just finished two more songs for Mitchell Sumner, who writes everything with Garageband, his old acoustic guitar, and a Casio SK1 sampling keyboard from 1986. Although these songs were re-recorded to 2-inch, 16-track tape. Check out The Second Section [mp3] and Always Expect the Train [mp3]. The Daveys just dropped off their EP, and it's great. Last week we recorded Jessica Stiles and her six-piece honky tonk, country band live. Her session players were top notch, and the songs tracked beautifully. Right now El Salvador is tracking their record and the studio is thumping. Next week brings sessions with The Winebirds, Pedro Bufurd, Fisk, more Mitchell Sumner and The Hugs. The control room is about to get tuned by Justin Phelps and Jeremy Sherrer to tame those pesky standing waves and reflections. Stay cool in this hot weather!