The physical copies of my new double-album, Animist, have arrived. I had been checking the FedEx tracking updates daily since the limited run of 100 copies shipped last Thursday, so I decided to call and have them hold the package at the nearest FedEx. I awoke early this morning (5:15am) from an anxious sleep, not unlike a child on Christmas morning, and rushed to the FedEx center in Holmen, WI where the box was waiting.
I am really happy with how the package turned out, thanks to the finding of Ernst Haeckel's old illustrations online. The package is a 4-panel eco-wallet that folds open to reveal a disc on each side. I spent most of the rest of the day mailing out some promotional copies and dropping them off at a couple of retailers in La Crosse, WI.
As of right now, Animist is available at:
Deaf Ear Records in La Crosse, WI
Dave's Guitar Shop in La Crosse, WI
Kephart's Music in Decorah, IA
or directly through me at www.brahmanshaman.com.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Weekly Update - January 18th - 24th - Good Job Done
2010 continues to be an extremely busy and rewarding year.
Monday - Had a great lesson with my new guitar student in Decorah on my way home from work. Drove home from there and headed down to Ghost in My House Studio where the very talented, and all around good guy, Joe Gantzer (T.U.G.G) stopped by to add some of his electric guitar magic to a couple of the tracks on Nick Shattuck's upcoming debut album, "Chorus & Verse". Joe did an excellent job and it is always nice when a guitarist brings two cool small amps and a splitter box to run them both at once.
Tuesday - Jaran Carson, a good friend and often 1/2 of the Brahman Shaman Electric Duo, stopped by to do a quick preliminary rehearsal for our upcoming show opening for Porcupine and Dream 13 at JB's Speakeasy on February 5th. Now that we have had a few rehearsals and a couple of shows together things are really starting to gel and we are both having more fun because of it. A couple of more rehearsals and we should be all ready to roll on the 5th.
Wednesday - I had the day off and spend most of the morning working on mixes for Nick Shattuck's "Chorus & Verse". Nick stopped over after lunch and finished some vocal and harmonica overdubs as well as experimenting with some potential harmonies. Although I have been trying to take a break from writing any new music for a month or so, to clear the mind after the extended Animist writing/recording project, I did start work on a new song. You just have to follow the ideas when they arrive and let them take you where they may.
Thursday - At work most of the day but did have some time in the evening to tweak the mixes and the mastering templates for Nick' album in preparation for the listening party on Friday morning.
Friday - Got up early and spent a portion of the morning working on new songs. Nick arrived at 10:00am and we listened through a nearly completed copy of his upcoming debut album "Chorus & Verse". The listening session went well and Nick took a copy home for a more thorough review. The rest of the day was spent working on the new song and preparing the studio for Joe Dawson's arrival at 5pm. Joe stopped over after work and we set about laying down the basic tracks for two more of his new songs. The live tracking has been going really well and I have been having some good luck with some experimental room mic placement.
Saturday - Tried to take a little break from the studio but still ended up working on refining the new song through some keyboard experimentation. At 8:30 I headed down to the Popcorn Tavern to set-up drums to play for Nick Shattuck. Once we got all the musicians there and found all the necessary P.A. cables everything came together and we had a great show, unfortunately the last one with bassist Andrew Wild who is heading West in the near future. Margit Severson also did a great job of adding violin to some of the songs, much to the audiences delight. All the time spent recording and listening to the songs has really helped tighten up the sound and the set which definitely makes me look forward to the many upcoming shows. The more I play the drums, the more I like it.
Sunday - I had a good guitar lesson in the afternoon. Nick came over about 5pm and we made the final edits on the "Chorus & Verse" masters. We are both really happy with how the album turned out and I really enjoyed the process of helping another musician capture their creativity in a recorded format. I think this is a good omen for an increasing number of exciting recording projects at Ghost in My House Studio.
Monday - Had a great lesson with my new guitar student in Decorah on my way home from work. Drove home from there and headed down to Ghost in My House Studio where the very talented, and all around good guy, Joe Gantzer (T.U.G.G) stopped by to add some of his electric guitar magic to a couple of the tracks on Nick Shattuck's upcoming debut album, "Chorus & Verse". Joe did an excellent job and it is always nice when a guitarist brings two cool small amps and a splitter box to run them both at once.
Tuesday - Jaran Carson, a good friend and often 1/2 of the Brahman Shaman Electric Duo, stopped by to do a quick preliminary rehearsal for our upcoming show opening for Porcupine and Dream 13 at JB's Speakeasy on February 5th. Now that we have had a few rehearsals and a couple of shows together things are really starting to gel and we are both having more fun because of it. A couple of more rehearsals and we should be all ready to roll on the 5th.
Wednesday - I had the day off and spend most of the morning working on mixes for Nick Shattuck's "Chorus & Verse". Nick stopped over after lunch and finished some vocal and harmonica overdubs as well as experimenting with some potential harmonies. Although I have been trying to take a break from writing any new music for a month or so, to clear the mind after the extended Animist writing/recording project, I did start work on a new song. You just have to follow the ideas when they arrive and let them take you where they may.
Thursday - At work most of the day but did have some time in the evening to tweak the mixes and the mastering templates for Nick' album in preparation for the listening party on Friday morning.
Friday - Got up early and spent a portion of the morning working on new songs. Nick arrived at 10:00am and we listened through a nearly completed copy of his upcoming debut album "Chorus & Verse". The listening session went well and Nick took a copy home for a more thorough review. The rest of the day was spent working on the new song and preparing the studio for Joe Dawson's arrival at 5pm. Joe stopped over after work and we set about laying down the basic tracks for two more of his new songs. The live tracking has been going really well and I have been having some good luck with some experimental room mic placement.
Saturday - Tried to take a little break from the studio but still ended up working on refining the new song through some keyboard experimentation. At 8:30 I headed down to the Popcorn Tavern to set-up drums to play for Nick Shattuck. Once we got all the musicians there and found all the necessary P.A. cables everything came together and we had a great show, unfortunately the last one with bassist Andrew Wild who is heading West in the near future. Margit Severson also did a great job of adding violin to some of the songs, much to the audiences delight. All the time spent recording and listening to the songs has really helped tighten up the sound and the set which definitely makes me look forward to the many upcoming shows. The more I play the drums, the more I like it.
Sunday - I had a good guitar lesson in the afternoon. Nick came over about 5pm and we made the final edits on the "Chorus & Verse" masters. We are both really happy with how the album turned out and I really enjoyed the process of helping another musician capture their creativity in a recorded format. I think this is a good omen for an increasing number of exciting recording projects at Ghost in My House Studio.
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