Sunday afternoon last, Carrie and I went to Jeff Carpenter’s studio.  If I can figure out to import a few pictures here I will.  Carrie took some with her phone.  She has an intelligent phone.  I have an unintelligent phone.

Well…maybe I can make this work.

It starts something like this.

Then turns into this…

Then we listen to it here…

My friend and engineer, Jeff Carpenter.  We recorded 11 demos.  That is to say we recorded 11 songs with just me singing and playing the guitar.  It was a good time.  We are too economical with our time.  We did this in less than three hours.  As much as we enjoy working with each other, we are so efficient that it hurts.  I suppose that is part of the charm and the gift we have in working with one another.

We take the demos and decide what kind of treatment they are to receive later.  Speed it up?  Slow it down?  Guitar solo here?  Fiddle here?  It is a puzzle that is a joy to put together.  I enjoy writing songs.  I went over all that not long ago.  These new songs are really a nice collection, I think.  Putting headphones on and listening to music with such an intimate sound and purpose is kind of a surreal experience.  If you have not done it, or you can’t hear it, you won’t get it.  For you types out there that don’t get it and wish you do, you say things like, “That must be a pretty awesome time.”  You would be right.

That is speaking the rights!

Danny Johnson