This past week was both very busy and very enjoyable. I had a great lesson with my Decorah student Monday. I am helping him write his first original song and it is really a lot of fun. He has already come up with some great ideas for the rhythm of the progression and is playing the lead guitar part we came up with really well. Hopefully we will get a little farther on the melody and lyrics next week.
Tuesday was my 5 year wedding anniversary, so besides working during the day I spent the evening with my wonderful wife.
Wednesday was spent working as well, however did get the chance to do another Brahman Shaman rehearsal with Jaran & Joe at Ghost in My House Studio for our upcoming debut gig as a trio at the Root Note on March 20th w/ Michelle Lynn & Hyphon. My song "Youth" from the recently released Animist double-album was featured on La Crosse's Z93.3 FM's Play it or Hate it radio program. I was surprised to get enough votes for a "Play it" and was pretty fun to hear my song on the radio twice in one hour. Also, really enjoyed hearing the snippets of people calling in and voting.
Thursday I spent most of the day helping Michelle Lynn record her new album, Twisted Logic, at Ghost in My House Studio. Michelle was a quick study with the click and we spent the day recording rhythm guitar tracks and scratch vocals. Thursday night Joe Dawson was in the studio to finalize overdubs for his 4 EP solo project, Moth Mountain. We are hoping to get it mixed and available online in within the next couple of weeks. Later Thursday night I enjoyed listening to Michelle Lynn on La Crosse's 95.7 The Rock Local Lixx radio program. She did a great interview and they even spun our collaborative effort, Death By Fear, from her recently released album, Pre Echoes for the Post Modern.
Friday I got some time in the morning to experiment with the new compressor I got for the studio before Michelle was back in the studio finishing up the the rhythm guitar tracks and scratch vocals on the 13 songs that will make up her upcoming release, Twisted Logic. Her partner and my close friend Adam Ptacek (Rearview Mirror, Objective Subject) was over in the afternoon and we had a fun rehearsal as a three-piece. Hopefully we will get a few more of those in before the Root Note show on the 20th, where we will be playing a few songs together and Del's Bar on the 25th where we will be playing 10pm - 2am.
Saturday night my friend and amazing bass player Pat Longmire picked me up and we headed to Tomah to play with Nick Shattuck at the Gas Alley Pub. We had a great time and really enjoyed performing as a three-piece.
Sunday I had another good lesson with local student. He is getting his fingerings in order and we will be hitting some right-hand rhythm techniques harder in the next couple of weeks.
In other news Ghost in My House Studio is now fully operational and available for bookings at a flat rate of $20/hr for tracking, mixing and mastering. Spring dates are already filling up so if you are interested in doing some recording just click here.
