Mixing "Leonard"

Hello there Internetters.  I hope today finds you on as beautiful Spring(ish) Friday as we have here in Nashville.  The window's open and the breeze is floating through the studio.  All week I've been at Sputnik Sound, where I spent a few years working and learning under some amazing guys (Vance Powell and Mitch Dane) before moving into my own studio in 2009.

Vance is mixing "Leonard" and it is sounding unbelievable.  He's got a few Grammys under his belt, one for best engineered record a few years ago, so he knows a few things about what's going on here.  He's been very encouraging and complimentary about this record, which has been wonderful to hear.  And he's making it just sound enormous.

It has been so fun.  Right before we start each song I just get giddy.  These are some of my favorite songs I've ever written and recorded and to hear them finally come to life is such a rush.  I just can't wait for you to hear this.

Once we finish this process, hopefully today, we'll move on to mastering, which is where the songs are put in their final order and gently shaped to sound like one cohesive whole.  

And pretty soon after (late March) I'll send you a link to an early download of the record!

Here's a shot of Vance, Mark (who's assisting) and I, in the studio.  (This is also the room where I recorded "Letters to the Editor, Vol II" and a good chunk of "Choosing Sides", among other projects...)

 

Also, here's a little video clip...

Comments

[Ehren]

Looks like fun. Is that a reel-to-reel tape player?