Was lucky enough to get into the recording studio, thanks to Mark Sarisky and the Art Institute of Austin, and lay down 13 tracks of original music (minus one Monk and one Shorter tune) in two days. We got over 3 hours in the can which is really great. It was an amazing experience thanks to Bruce Saunders, Steve Schwelling and Daniel Durham, not to mention Mark and his crew who made it very easy. The next step will be to critically evaluate what we got and see if we have enough to put out the next CD. My gut tells me yes but the ears don’t lie. We’ll keep you posted on how it turned out. Regardless, the experience of rehearsing and recording my original stuff, some of which I wrote way back in ’98-’99 (!), is invaluable and I vow to do this at least once a year if I can pull it off. Balancing the family, a challenging (but fun) job, and music is not easy but it is so worth it.
Studio session recap
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