We mastered the CD yesterday at Mastersuite. All except for one tune. Oh. My. God. I wasn’t prepared for how much more amazing the CD sounds after mastering. I can’t put my finger on it, but the mastering did something, a certain je ne sais quoi that pulled the whole thing together. I’m so impressed and so grateful that all these talented folks have spent time and effort on my CD. And it was really fun hearing my music in the mastering studio with the wonderfully tuned room and the wonderful speakers and everything.

I’ve heard final mixes of most of the tunes. They sound AWESOME! I don’t want to give too much away, but there’s a killer bottleneck slide solo, some terrific pedal steel, and a wonderful mandolin since last we spoke. And there are more guitars than I remember…

Well, we’ve finished principal tracking on the CD. Best week of summer camp ever! If you ever have an excuse to spend a week locked in a recording studio, I highly recommend it. Seven of us worked on it this past week. So far, we’ve got drums, bass, acoustic guitar, maybe some electric guitar, harp, keys, and vocals. Others will add their thangs (more guitars, mandolin, trumpet?) in the coming weeks.