Vocals for T1stL

10:30am- 3:30pm Danny and Kevin of the 1st Line came in to record vocals for the 4 songs we recorded on Friday. I’ve been recording vocals in the live room instead of the vocal booth lately because I think it’s nice for singers to have a little more room to breathe. Kevin and Danny both […]

Jerry Cripe

My session with Jerry Cripe started at 4pm and I was looking forward to it ever since we last met. Jerry is quite a character and I always enjoy our sessions. He first came to Certain Sparks with the simple goal of making a 5 song acoustic & vocal “demo”. We completed the first sessions […]

Mixing Sister Axe + 5 yr old guitar player

Sister Axe was back in at noon for mixing & basic mastering of 4 songs. The session went well and the band played well together so mixing was pretty easy. We started with one song, ‘Pierced Like Brosnan’ and brought it to completion. It took about an hour. We then did the car test to […]

T1stL – New Songs / New Album?

My own group Le Petit Protest was originally scheduled to play a show this evening at the Mercury Lounge in Goleta, CA. Unfortunately, we had some bass player problems (who doesn’t?!?) and we were forced to pull out. Anyways, because I thought  we’d be performing in the evening, I set up a 9am start time […]