OAKTeam

Terry, Jonathan and I have finally started some real work on the new OAKTeam record. Terry tracked electric guitar, then we tried a number of different approaches to an acoustic guitar part. We were having fun using some of the pre-made channel strips in Logic, but they ended up inspiring the approach. The song is called ' Lost Your Number'. Jonathan built a drum loop, Terry sang and I added a fretless bass part. All in all a very productive evening. We are planning on this approach until Dave and Greg get a break in their schedules to track as a band.

Ryan Hamlin

I met this kid several months ago when he and his father brought a track they had recorded at another local studio. I was blown away by the maturity in his playing and song arrangement. We arranged a session back in late spring. The original plan was to have Will Anderson track drums along with Ryan, unfortunately that did not work out. Ryan and his dad Rick came over to demo some songs. We tracked a few basic tracks with Ryan playing piano and when it came time to sing discovered that Ryan had spent his voice at rehearsal the night before with his 'screamo' band. We left it for a later date, which unfortunately didn't come around until August. He came this time by himself and we tracked another couple of songs and then decided to flesh out one of the songs with guitar, bass and vocals. He is good enough at most instruments so he played the parts and then we parked him in front of the Peluso to sing. Every take got better and better as his voice warmed up and he became more comfortable in front of the mic. He took direction well. We sent him away with with a few roughs. Hopefully we can get back together soon.