Current mood:

artistic

Finer than better
I had a good day in the studio today. I added several guitar parts to the as yet unnamed song I started yesterday. I got a pretty good acoustic, 12 string acoustic and crunchy electric track done. I guess I need to write some lyrics.
Normally I would probably have recorded a bass line before adding all these guitar parts, but on this album I'll be playing very little (if any) bass. I have the good fortune of access to a couple of extremely good bass players at the moment. One of them is Tony Levin, who has always been a musical hero of mine. A while back I spoke with him to help out with some technical problems he was having, and he offered to record a few tracks for me. A few months ago he did two bass tracks (High Desert and Falling) and a Stick track for Möbius Street. I can't even begin to describe the feeling the first time I heard the utterly distinctive sound of Tony's playing on my songs. Tony is probably best known for playing with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, but his discography is a mile long, and includes some of the most popular artists and albums of all time. If you have a lot of time check it out here.

For most of the other songs, I've got a friend from work, Victor Gonzalez, playing bass. Victor spent years touring with Santana and Tracy Chapman, and he's an awesome player. He's already recorded tracks for Radio Free Luna, Between (a gorgeous fretless part) and A Candle in Your Hand.

I'm also waiting for some drum tracks for High Desert from Jerry Marotta. He plays in Tony Levin's band, and also played on several Peter Gabriel albums. Having all these accomplished players on this project is really making me raise the standards of my own playing. I'd hate to look like a fool compared to the other players on my own project.