Getting ready for a flight to Arizona; wanted to take a few minutes to provide a quick update. We’re about to start moving forward with recording this album in earnest. I started with the track “If You Won’t Stay”, which I’ve used as a basis for finding the right musicians to perform on the record. I’m very happy that my friend Joe Barbosa (a/k/a Billy Freedom), who’s based in London and who I haven’t actually seen in over 25 years, will be gracing us with his wonderful drums. He’s scheduled to record those parts for the next three songs this weekend.
For bass, I managed to get in touch with Robbie Malone, who has
been recording and touring with David Gray for a very long time. (For anyone who’s not familiar with David
Gray, his biggest single was “Babylon”, which came out a little over 20 years
ago. He’s a fantastic songwriter; his
material is more than worth exploring.)
Robbie just finished laying down the bassline for IYWS, and is on board
for continuing with the rest of the tracks on the album.
I’ve recently connected with Niels van der Steenhoven, a
Dutch guitarist with a phenomenal sound.
He’s currently on holiday, but will be recording the guitar parts for IYWS
upon his return next week… we’ll take it from there.
Finally… I broached the idea of having Steve Turner, our illustrious
string arranger, also perform keyboards for the album. He and I have developed a wonderful chemistry
over the course of recording the first album… after we get the guitar tracks
for IYWS, I’m going to send the result to Steve so that he can lay down proper
piano parts, and some of those great 70s analogue synth sounds a la Richard Tandy.
Once we have the meat and bones for this first track
completed, I will start posting the works in progress for the subscribers, so
that everyone can hear how the album is coming along!
My best,
-Eddie
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