This song arguably went through the biggest transformation in the studio. First, it began life in 6/8 time. We morphed the time into a driving 4/4 and things started to fall into place. Secondly, it never really had a chorus. We thought it did, but then Aaron added the high vocal “I’ve got them early… read more
Month: June 2023
force of nature
This song certainly has overt shades of Stevie mixed with Bowie’s “Fame.” From a production standpoint, this song is a real highlight for me because it was kind of a playground. Freddie recorded the drums for this song on his electronic drum kit. He then sent the MIDI file to me to assign the sounds… read more
the last thing
This song is third on the album. Now we’re really settling into the record. In many ways, this is probably our most straight forward song. It has that acoustic singer-songwriter energy to it. In fact, one of my favorite parts of recording this song were the lead vocals. The original lead vocal for this song… read more
always everything
Here’s track #2 off of “Golden Apple.” This song seems to be a favorite for many friends of mine. It’s a lot of fun to play, since the groove bounces along nicely. Here are a couple of production notes about this song: The guitar solo was recorded at half speed and then sped up. It… read more