Sangin'

Terry came over and we sang some backing vocals for Monty ( 919, Luggage Loader). Terry sang a scratch for Keith's Little Stories and there was a knock on the door! It was Roger Gupton! He had a guitar and a bottle of old vine zin... guess that's means you are here to play and sang too! We gathered around the mic and sang the backgrounds for Photograph and Precious (Keith), Luggage Loader (Monty). Roger added a guitar part to Precious and we called it a night.

Keith Christopher

Keith came back to town a couple weeks ago to work on his record. He managed to get Dan Baird to drive in from Nashville for the weekend. We hung out a bit on Friday getting set up and started recording in earnest on Saturday. A new version of drunk song (title unknown), a crazy jam track called Crazy Lips, Little Stories, a new version of She Sings and She Dug Me Up, and Photograph (Ringo). Dan added more acoustic and electric guitars to several of the tracks. Greg played some keyboard. We had a few passes at vocals and called it a weekend. 12 tracks ready for vocals and guitar from Rick Richards. (Sept) Terry came over last week and added a second drum track to Photograph. It's sounds great! At this point we are on hold until Keith returns from a trip to Tunisia or somewhere with Dan. Looking forward to working on this record again.

CFam Mastered

Greg Rice and I spent 8 hours Friday sitting on the sofa at The Kitchen while Brent Lambert flew the plane. If you have ever had a project mastered by Brent you'll know what I'm referring to. He sits straight up and moves his arms like he is at the controls of a small prop plane. It's a sight to see... but man does he know what he is doing. He cleared all of the dust away and polished the mixes up real nice.

Greg and I walked over to Carrburritos to pick up some lunch while Brent continued to work. The special of the day was Mexicanos con Pollo (or something like that). The guy on the line asked what we would like and Kevin (from The Kitchen) had asked for this particular burrito.... I read the sign to the guy at Carrburritos and added por favor. He looked at me and said... sorry man I don't speak spanish..... uuuh dude I was reading the sign for special of the day. Note: don't take a job in a Mexican restaurant if you have no idea about the food on the menu.

Jonathan is very happy with the mixes, I'm thrilled, and The Cartridge Family have approved the master. I have a couple minor requests for Brent and the master will be ready for replication. I understand the cd has a title 'Shine Like A Bottle' and if is all goes to plan they should have a cd by October.

Cartridge Family

Well, it is finally gonna happen! We are scheduled to master the cd on August 10. We start at 10 am at The Kitchen with Brent Lambert in Carrboro. I have mastered several projects there and am always blown away by the magic that Brent sprinkles on the tracks. I uploaded the files a couple weeks ago so that Brent could have a listen and make suggestions about the mixes. We have a couple of tweaks to do when Jonathan gets back from Alaska and that will be that. I'll let ya know how it went and when the cd's will be available.