After our usual Saturday morning bagel fantasia, Bug and I began setting up The Womb for an exciting, long awaited project ... the first kirtan recordings with Beth Ann!
It's been a long time since I've made a record. Close to seven years. And though Bug drum teched for me on that session, it's been quite a bit longer than that since her and I have worked as a producer / engineer team. Truth be told, we've never worked on something together with the potential to be heard by so many people ...
We did remember, mercifully, that the first day of any session is a breach birth. Things don't ever work how you think they should, even now when our 21st gear makes our nightmares of the VS-880 seem like they happened to someone else. So even though we started setting up around 11am, and BA arrived around 130, we didn't start any meaningful tracking 'til close to 4pm.
Once we began, though, we found our groove pretty quickly, which was impressive considering BA has never been in a recording situation. EVER. It took us a few takes to get our first tune in the can, but once we did, the other two followed fairly quickly, and in about three and a half hours, we had about 35 minutes of music recorded. Now to rest our ears, and mix in a few days ...
It was so rewarding and validating for us to do this. For Bug and I, it was a return to form, and proof that we could take on a project of this size (we're planning on doing four or five more sessions, and turning this into a double album) and for BA, it was validating that she could rise to a challenge of this magnitude with grace and power. Oh my, there are bits on here I cannot wait for you to hear!
After BA left, Bug and I were exhausted but happy (knackered was the word of the evening) and we went out for a quiet dinner (sushi and Wendy's) with E. We reflected a bit on our work, but mostly we were quiet, and quietly proud. The yawning started at dinner, and hasn't stopped, and now it's time for it to stop. By hitting the couch.
Deep gratitude to Beth Ann, and to Bug, for an absolutely perfect day.
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