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Five Hundred Reeds at the Stickhouse
Lily and Ryan Jones started work on an EP for their band, Five Hunderd Reeds today. Well, we actually did one tune last year that turned out quite nicely, but then we all got sidetracked by life. You can hear it on their freshly created myspace spot. We’re planning to do 5 tunes altogether, and after today, have pre-production fleshed out on two new ones, and hopefully will do the other two tomorrow. Lily has a beautiful voice, similar to Brooke Fraser or Sara Barreilles.
For today’s pre-production session, I set up my little tracking room with a small drum kit, stereo acoustic guitar mics, and the Neumann U89 for vocals, all hot and ready to record so that as inspiration struck, we were ready to go. It worked very nicely, but it makes for a tight fit in that room.
That’s Hugo, their puppy in the cage.
UPDATE! July 14 session… here’s a shot of Ryan playing acoustic for one of the tunes.
For you gear-heads:
The Resolved Conference
On Friday I’m headed down to Palm Springs to attend the Resolved Conference. After producing Enfield’s first “resource” CD, it’ll be exciting to see how the songs work in the context they were designed for, which is congregational singing. I’m sure it’ll be eye-opening and very helpful if I’m asked to help with a record again next spring.
I’ve been to plenty of conferences for worship leaders, usually as a clinician, but this is something entirely different. Enfield is the only band that plays all weekend, and there aren’t any “breakout classes,” just a number of different preachers doing their thing. The conference isn’t at all about the music, but the music Enfield will play will have a dramatic effect on the tone and feel of the conference.
And of course, Palm Springs in the summer is, well, hot.
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