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Friday, July 10, 2009

Journal of our Recording of Amazing Grace Summer 2009

We flew into Burbank on Tuesday night July 7. Penny McCoy, label ower and her son Stanton met us at the airport. We got our rental car which is a small SUV and went to Shanie & Denver's house. It was great to see them again. We were tired, and went to bed at around 12:30 by the time we got settled in.

July 8 - We got up and went to The Good Earth restaurant and had a great breakfast. It was such a nice quiet morning. It was the day after Michael Jackson's funeral, and I was surprised it was so mellow. The studio we were to go to was only 5 minutes from where Shanie and Denver live. All along Ventura blvd which is our favorite, and most beautiful part of LA.

We got into the studio at noon and started working on getting a sound for the guitar and bass. Eric wanted us to record the tracks together to get the vibe like we do this live. In the meantime Jeffrey Weber came by, and we had a great chance to talk to him and get to know him. Jeff has produced 175 records including some of the greatest in jazz, and he is such a mellow, friendly guy. He has a law degree, so he combines his desire for people to see justice with helping musicians have a long term career, where they feel valued by the producer, and people they work with.

July 9 - We went into the studio with Eric at around 1 today and re-tracked the guitar and bass. This time, we got the take we wanted. Then Shelley got into doing her vocals. Ian Boxill came by and hung out for a while. He has done a lot of engineering for prince. He is from Trinidad, and a very nice guy.

We worked and worked, Penny came by and we went to the best East Indian restaurant I have ever been to. We went back and started in at 9pm. We were done at 2:45am. We were whooped!!

July 10, 2009 - We are in the studio for the 3rd day now working on Amazing Grace. It truly is amazing grace that brings us to this place. Working with Eric has been just great! He is mellow, cool, fun, friendly, and a true Christian.

Shelley, Eric, and I are working on the vocal parts, and as we listen to the final product at around 1am, we are really excited to hear how it will sound in the final mix.
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