Bill Small's Blog » moonhouse http://www.billsmallmusic.com/blog music, creativity, and the life of an entrepreneurial artist, coach and internet wanderer Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:30:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Back At It http://www.billsmallmusic.com/blog/2009/10/back-at-it/ http://www.billsmallmusic.com/blog/2009/10/back-at-it/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:25 +0000 billsmall http://www.billsmallmusic.com/blog/2009/10/back-at-it/ I’m back in Moonhouse Studio today putting the finishing touches on my new record with producer Chris Gage. It’s good to be getting it done! I know it’ll make my parents happy at least. I’ll keep you posted on the release date. It looks like I’ll have the support of the brand new Texas label, Blue Boot Records. Thanks for all the patience and support. Onward!

My view today:

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We spent the first part of the day laying down electric guitars on a song called “Houston”. The track is very textured. Chris playing swelling pretty stuff and me on slide. It was fun. Then after a dinner break it was time to sing again. Yikes!

After the last time I was a bit nervous about singing again. It’s really silly. I’ve sung on hundreds of recordings. I did manage to sing a little bit during the week between our sessions and I was stretching and pretty well rested. And I may have had a beer or two before jumping in to the first track of the evening.

It went well. I’m back! I knocked out lead vocals for three tunes and we called it a night. It feels like Chris and I have hit the groove now in how we work together. I can hardly wait until our next session.

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