Wish Us Luck!

Well, after playing in public since August 2005, we've finally accumulated enough original material to go into the studio. Tonight is our first of either 4 or 5 four-hour sessions at Mandala Music here in San Antonio. The studio is owned and operated by local jazz legends [and great folk] Bett Butler and her husband Joel Dilley. I'll be wearing the white FulhamUSA tee-shirt in the studio tonight as a positive talisman!

Although we've gotten successful covering songs from the 50s through this century, we're recording 12 originals and only two covers. Why? Well, for one thing, the 12 originals save us at least $1200. For the other thing, Steve is rather proud of his melodies and I'm not terribly ashamed of my lyrics.

The 2nd session is next Tuesday, and we're hoping to have the entire thing recorded and mastered by the end of August with a view to having the CD released in early November.

Believe me, you'll be among the first to know when they go on sale. Save your pennies!

 

One is Poco's "Crazy Love" -- Steve scored a four-part version of it. We'll have it up on the web site as soon as it is mastered.

The other is "Let It Be Me" by the Everly Brothers. It's already recorded [as part of our demo days] and is up on our website.

and thanks for the good wishes, Mo!

 

okay; I've just been corrected by my partner in crime. We're talking 8 or 9 four-hour sessions rather than 4 or 5.

I blame my advancing years for the mistake ...

And thanks for the good wishes, guys. It means a lot.

 

thanks, Bradical; and same goes for me. Post some links when you get something on EP3, dude. And if your band has MySpace, find us on there and make contact.

There's actually quite a few musicians on this site. Did someone say FULHAMJAM09? :rock:

 

great night in the studio. If you're working at a rate of 2 hours per song, you're on schedule. Well, we gave up about a half hour of non-productive set up time and getting our levels set for the rest of the recording schedule, then we finished rough cuts on two complete songs and did everything but the vocals on a third. Should take us about 45 minutes to put the third one away on Tuesday.

And we had FUN. Our recording crew was great and we're off to a roaring start. I got some pix wearing the FulhamUSA shirt, but it ain't on our camera so I may not be able to post it soon.

Anyhow, thanks again for the good wishes. I'll update y'all after Tuesday's session.

 

Well, we go back into the studio tonight for another four hours. We can't reasonably expect to see as much progress as we did the first time, but we're hoping.

The new avatar <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< comes from that first session. I'm doing a little "dressing" on an additional track of the first song. I adopted this avatar -- temporarily -- to show you guys that FUSA was in the studio with me [note tee-shirt]. Did we have a good night because of the shirt? HELL YEAH.

Well, on the advice of a few people, some time soon I'll be setting up a blog to deal with this writing/recording thing. I'll post a link here when it gets up, and many of you may be invited to comment. Once that link goes up, I'll probably let this thread slide into history.

I appreciate all the good wishes. This is a butt-load of fun for an old fart, I tell ya.