Recording...and running!
Posted on October 26, 2010 with 0 comments
I'm able to get in 6-9 hours a week in at the studio (which, with my schedule, is amazing!), and just finished the roughs for the first song. Recording is very different than live performance, but I love both. I'm excited about the CD and will be back in the studio on Sunday for a long day session. There will be a mix of styles as well as instrumentation. For my mom I'm including (the piece I just finished) an arrangement that's influenced by Early Music for a traditional French piece. I had a lot of fun playing keyboards on it. I'm planning to release the songs in batches of 2 or 3 through iTunes and other distribution channels before releasing the whole CD. I'll post more details here.
I remain stunned at what I observe so often with kids 3 months to 5 years when they are exposed to music from all over the world. I played a song from Zimbabwe a couple weeks ago, a song I learned as a child, and the kids were up and dancing instantly. Grown-ups ask whether foreign language is a problem, and it never is. Kids this age are so completely open. I can read or sing to them in French, English, Spanish, or other languages, and they just absorb like sponges. Hearing those little voices sing back or along with me is absolutely incredible.
What I love about the way my parents taught me music (which is what I am passing on) is how you can learn theory and the rest by having so much fun...and by developing such a profound love of one of the most joyous things in life. I'm so grateful for what I was given and what I can, in turn, hand onto the younger generations.
I remain stunned at what I observe so often with kids 3 months to 5 years when they are exposed to music from all over the world. I played a song from Zimbabwe a couple weeks ago, a song I learned as a child, and the kids were up and dancing instantly. Grown-ups ask whether foreign language is a problem, and it never is. Kids this age are so completely open. I can read or sing to them in French, English, Spanish, or other languages, and they just absorb like sponges. Hearing those little voices sing back or along with me is absolutely incredible.
What I love about the way my parents taught me music (which is what I am passing on) is how you can learn theory and the rest by having so much fun...and by developing such a profound love of one of the most joyous things in life. I'm so grateful for what I was given and what I can, in turn, hand onto the younger generations.