Been out of pocket in terms of updates for awhile, but have made progress on quite a few tracks. Will post the current in-process versions in the “Express Lane” section shortly.
At the moment, working in earnest with Steve on developing
the string arrangement for “All In You”, which is an upbeat track with an intro
that’s structured very similarly to that of ELO’s “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”. We’re currently focused on just the first
part of the song (through the first chorus), and are going back and forth a bit
in terms of developing the overall style for the rest of the track (and really,
the album).
A challenge we have is that Steve is initially developing the
parts at his studio in the UK, and I’m providing feedback here in SoCal – so none
of it is happening organically with us in the same room. Each round of development and feedback takes
a full day’s worth of time, whereas if we were sitting in the same room, it
would be instantaneous.
As I’m thinking about it, I think a better approach might be
to have Steve develop the initial string parts for all tracks without revisions. I can then take time analyzing each of those
arrangements and coming up with revisions, and then we can work on those
together “in the same room”, as it were – either in person at his studio, or
virtually via some form of audio teleconference.
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