Can’t you just hear it now from when you were about to take a test in school?: Remember to show all your work. Whatever the answer, if you couldn’t show how you got there, you didn’t get full credit. The thinking mattered. The process mattered. I hadn’t thought about that in a while, but somewhere… More »
Tag Archives: recording
Gear Acquisition Syndrome
As we move through the summer and I record songs for the next album, I’ve been revisiting a lot of the guitar “toys” I’ve collected over the years. Funny thing — some of them are now considered officially vintage. I posted about this on Instagram, and the response made me think I should give a… More »
One Track at a Time
On the road again – currently on my way to Red Deer, Alberta, and just got back from New York City a couple of days ago. But while out, I decided to take a moment to write about what I’ve been up to on the recording front. I was also thinking to myself that it’s… More »
Lull
So for a little while there, things were moving very very fast! The new EP was out, there were new listeners on Spotify, and a chance to play live! We took two bites at the apple to try and get a live show going in August and then in September. And in each case, Danielle,… More »
Aaaand We’re Back
The new website is up and running! I wanted to hold off on posting this until I knew everything was going to work OK. Certainly didn’t want to put something up that might get lost in the shuffle, so here we are. Scott Heron did all of the work that got us here, incorporating Micayla’s… More »
Recording, and Being
Greetings everyone. It’s the end of another week, and the beginning of yet another. I cannot express to you how happy I am that I’ll be taking vacation time at the end of this week. Also, there are at least two new songs that feel like they want to be written. I plan to work… More »
Four in a Week (Live Music, Recording, etc)
If you’re wondering why it’s been a little while since there has been a long blog post, it’s because we have been busy! One of the things we’ve been working on is recording music. Demo versions of both “Clouds” and “In a Minor Key” were released to SoundCloud a few weeks ago. If you haven’t… More »
Before…. (On the remixing of new music)
I come from a long line of do-it-yourselfers – tinkerers, mechanics, electricians, and even an engineer. As a result, my first impulse is almost always to try to figure things out on my own. While this does get me into trouble sometimes, my successes so far outnumber my utter failures (utter failures being defined as… More »