***Don’t miss the release party on Saturday, May 16th at 8:00 p.m. central!
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I’m super excited. I’ve never had my own music on Spotify before (!). The last music I released was in 2005 with my band the Buffali, when blogs and iPods were new inventions, and Spotify and Youtube were just glimmers in Mark Zuckerberg’s eyes. I feel that I have overcome a hurdle, and look out, world, I have more songs!
These 6 songs took, unbelievably, 3 years to make. It turns out I’ve never really recorded and released songs on my own before. Oh, sure, I’ve released lots of “demo” quality recordings on this blog, but taking a song from demo to finished product is something I’ve always done with a band. But now it’s just me and my alter-egos, and I had to figure out a whole new recording process, and learn how to play the drums, keyboard, guitar, and bass. I brought in my good old friend Dan Hardgrove to play guitar on some tracks, but I ended up wasting his amazing talent because I couldn’t figure out how to keep the vibe of the songs at that point. After a year or two of floundering around (3 hours a week, since, as a father of young children, time is scarce), I finally figured out a process that resulted in recordings I like:
Lay down a live track of me singing and playing acoustic guitar, complete with dynamics, uneven tempo, and je-ne-sais-quoi.
Add drums, bass, and re-record vocals and acoustic
Add harmonies and other instruments, like such as usually Wurlitzer and misc. percussion.
Mix in ProTools.
Master using landr.com.
At this point when I start a new recording I assume it’s going to be the “whole band”, which is:
-Amazingly Andrew on lead vox and acoustic
-Willie Andrew on bass guitar
-Clyde Andrew on drums
-Professor Andrew on Wurlitzer keyboard and harmonies
I hope to bring you more 6-song EPs soon, and hope that this process I’ve identified continues to work, and fast!
I’ll be playing a live album release concert on Saturday, May 16th at 8:00 p.m. central, check out my Instagram for the live feed, I may try to do FB live as well, I have no idea.
Thank you to Audre Rae Krull for beautiful backing vocals on “You Animal” and “I Am In Control”. Thanks to Dan Hardgrove for guitarrific inspiration. Thanks of course to my lovely wife Jennifer, for supporting me in this fun but ultimately vain endeavor!