Nashville in November

I just wanted you to know how the trip to Nashville went.

Just in case you are in a hurry and you need to know in one word,

FANTASTIC.

But for the three family members that would like to read further, here is the synopsis by day. I know that for anyone who is actually a real musician, the dictionary at the end is going to let you know that, well, I know NOTHING. But don't make fun.

November 15th

~ preproduction at Pentavarit Studio with Andy Osenga.

~ scratch tracks were made for the first 5 songs.

~ Met Allison, Andy's wife and we ate at Baja Burrito (yum)

~ Hung out with Britt, Bobby and Jen, ate Jen's fabulous cooking.

November 16th

~ scratch tracks were made for the next 5 songs

~ Britt came and hung out at the studio.

~ Ate at McDougals (yum as well)

~ Ate at Baja again (super yum)

November 17th

~ Smoakstack Studio to begin laying tracks for bass (James Gregory) and drums (Will Sayles).

~ Ate at Baja again (super super yum)

~ Listened, learned a lot. And marveled at amazing musicians with my jaw hanging down to the floor most of the day.

November 18th

~ Smoakstack again with Andrew, James and Will. Finished laying down bass and drums for all ten songs.

~ drank a lot of coffee and tried to keep my jaw from dislocating again (these guys are amazing!!!)

~ ate at Calypso. (Does the yum ever end?)

~ hung out with Britt and Jen, ate more of Jen's amazing cooking.

November 19th

~ Listened to all the tracks and made notes about what was going to happen when I come back in January.

~ Flew home to my sweet family, just in time to save me from dying of homesickness!

STUDIO DICTIONARY (stuff I learned that most 4th graders already knew)

scratch track - the song in a raw state. Usually with vocals and bare instrumentation and a click track. Used as a guide for creating the real song track.

Click track - a steady rhythm fed to your cans so that you can stay on beat while you record.

Cans - headphones

Diamonds - whole notes

Preproduction - talking through with the producer all of the ideas and thoughts about each song.

Killer - this is good.

punch you in - insert a part into the music, usually in the middle of the song.

I can't wait to add to this. End of January is the next recording date. I will let you know how it goes!