We’re All In This Together

Vincent Jones http://www.apple.com/pro/music/jones/, keyboardist for Sarah McLachlan, came in to fill some holes in some of the songs. ‘Keep On’ has some really cool Clavinet, Wurlitzer and B3 now. It’s like Stevie Wonder meets The Rolling Stones meets Led Zepplin. He also added some amazing things to ‘Maybe Tonight’, ‘Feel the Weight’, ‘Find You’, ‘Easier to Crumble’, ‘Fields of Mourning’ and ‘Lie to Yourself’. It was pretty spectacular watching Vince track a song after hearing it the first time, dialing knobs on his pedals and working his Leslie like a madman. I took a bunch of pictures of his gear: B3, Solina, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, Kurzweil, Styleophone(what David Bowie used on Major Tom), Harmonium, Accordian, Pump Organ and some other things I’m forgetting right now. It’s 3 a.m. and Shawn and I just finished making the loop for ‘Are We Going Down’. It’s time to go back to the Super 8 and get some rest.

Back in the studio today going over what needs what. The glue is being squeezed into the mix. We’re really getting somewhere. I am kind of freaking out about how the songs are sounding.

I have been cutting vocals for the last two days. It’s great having so much time to do work on the vocal parts. So far, I’ve done ‘Find You’, ‘Fields of Mourning’, ‘Give All’, ‘Last to Know’, and ‘Easier to Crumble’. I’ve even been able to do some of the bgvs on a few of them. I should be able to finish all of the vocals by the weekend, so we can pick up on Monday doing various over dubs. I took pictures of some of our notes. You can see them in the Vox gallery.

It’s hot in the Valley today, it’s gotta be pushing 100 degrees outside. We are kicking down overdubs right now, Andy is in the studio working on the acoustic guitar for Fields of Mourning. This one is going to sound so so good. I want to jump in a bucket of ice cold water to cool down. The album is going along very very well, even with the occasional creative tensions that happen with any creative process. Moods are good and we are all stoked.