radios, recording, rodents

This last week my drummer and engineer Ken Mahru and I spent 26 hours recording the bulk of my Rodent to Rodent in the massive live room/rehearsal room at the university where I work. It was a very successful chunk of time. Everyone in the band came out at some point to lay down their parts - we played with a lot of fun gear and recorded in a couple interesting spaces. Cello and air raid siren in a theater stairwell, flugelhorn, euphonium and accordion in a super resonant recital hall.

Now we must find a place and time to record vocals, handbells and a single missing synthesizer line, and the album is ready to be mixed and mastered. I'm truly excited to bring this beast into the world - it's all happened so fast, but I'm glad to be where we are right now.

Sparky and I will be interviewed today on Pirate Cat Radio. We'll play a few samples from the recordings, including one of the tracks we recorded this past weekend, and we'll be playing a couple live arrangements as a father/son duet - one time only! Don't miss it, you can stream it online at the link above.