Well, after several years of kicking the idea around, the Christmas project finally got kicked off today. I'm recording a few Christmas Songs.
Pre-production (choosing, and learning the first songs) actually started a few Weeks ago. The difference today was that I got some help.
My pal Andy and I met over at Route 110 Studios and got some basic guitar tracks down (he played the guitar, I hit "record" on the lap top). As always, I was impressed by his professionalism. Not only did he quickly pick up the odd progression I had arranged for the lead song, but he then went on to come up with several variations, and lay down all 5 tracks quickly, many of them in a single take.
It was a lot of fun as well. There's a strange kind of humor that only musicians working together seem to be able to express. I think it's got something to do with the collaborative creative process that makes us (allows us?) to come up with some strange artistic juxtapositions (the reggae riff version of "Away in a Manger", or the Jazzy version of "Jingle Bells" that we started to experiment with, for example).
All in all: a good start. I can call it that in earnest now, because because now that someone else is involved with the project, I had better complete it :)
I'll post most about the project as it progresses.
I'd love to hear about your projects as well. Post a comment or e-mail me any time!
JG
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