And They Sang!

Last night I spent a bit in the studio with the singers. We had Lauren, Jan, Janan, Rick, Matt, and Chad in the studio working on background vocals. It only took 30 minutes for them to learn biblical Hebrew - impressive! Every one of you guys missed your calling as ancient Semitic language professors. Unfortunately, we didn't have a camera, so you have to just imagine this group slaving away all night in a hot room under highly sensitive microphones. Tonight another group of background vocalists will go into the studio to hopefully finish of the congregational sound. I'm taking the day off from my day job to spend a full day in the studio tomorrow. I'm going to try my hands at some gitfiddle, and I'll redo some vocals on Beautiful Jesus if we have time.

Bez...poor Bez. He's sicky-poo. But he's still making this happen. I'll pray for him tomorrow if he's still hackin'. If you read this, lift him up...we're coming down to the wire, and he's the glue - and the glue can't be sicky-poo. Know what I'm sayin? Mastering is scheduled for April 6 (less than two weeks away), so we have a hard stop that morning. The plan is to have all recording mixing, and CD artwork done by that date. Please pray for perseverance, divine inspiration, and push-it-over-the-goal-line-ness.

Artwork, Bass, and More!

This week Bez has been really busy. I think the studio has been his home away from home. He finished tracking bass with Steve (great job Steve!). Also, last night, Steve (bass), Gil (keys), Chris (percussion), and I recorded a live version of Adonai Ro-i (Psalm 23). We left pretty late, so I'm dragging at work today.

Bez let us hear some of the other songs in progress - Holy, Father, Let Joy Arise, Beautiful Jesus, and The Lord's Prayer. The album is really taking shape, and the team has done some really beautiful stuff. I really feel like God is blessing the work we've put into this!

Next week Bez is bringing in the vocalists to do a lot of vocal work. The April 6th deadline is fast approaching when we'll be in the mastering studio putting on the final touches.

On the artwork front - Luke Flowers is starting the concept this week for the front cover, and he has some neat ideas. I should get a preview of the artwork this weekend, and I'm looking forward to that. We're still tracking to have the final product towards the end of May.

Here's a picture of Chris warming up to the djembe for Let Joy Arise. Remember Chris - ONE, two, three, AND! :)~

Bass Man-n-Lady Pics

Here's an update from Bez on the bass sessions (pictured below). Also, we're blessed to have Luke Flowers (http://www.lukeflowers.com) do the artwork for the CD. He's done other CDs like Enter the Worship Circle and Ellary - cool stuff!

"The pianist didn't make it so we decide to do some improve piano with sweet pea - liz's chuwwawwa. Steve laid down a killer bass performance on Wide World and Alpha Omega."

Sick 'em Sweet Pea!

Strange and wonderful people doing strange and wonderful things...

Awww...