It's been a while since I did a progress report on the completion of the CD, "Guaranteed To Be 100% Free of Hit Singles". Well, at this stage of the game, I was able to hire the services of drummer/percussionist Philip Hart of Atlanta progressive.psychedelic/world band Z-Axis on Saturday afternoon. After clearing out a utility room in the house, and running all manner of cables back and forth plus mic-ing, Phil came over all ready to do his thing . Just one odd twist in the plot, poor guy's cymbals were still back at his house in McDonough GA. D'OH!!!!! After wincing at the near inevitability of driving back to McDonough in murderous Atlanta traffic again, the inconvenience was avoided courtesy of my good friends Eric and Gordon at Earthshaking Music nearby, who fixed Phil up with a nice package of rented cymbals at a very reasonable price. Returning a short time later, Phil and I set to work on laying in the drum tracks for "Just What Did My Royalties Pay For?"Three takes later, we had a winner, and as if that wasn't enough, Phil then suggested overdubbing some percussion, and he did an additional 5 tracks of gongs, wood windchimes, spring drum and cymbals. A couple quick punch-ins were added to other portions of the song and we could safely say "Mission Accomplished". The recordings came out crisp and clear (a live room with hardwood floors is a big plus!).
I was so proud of Phil's professionalism and easy-going manner, he was more than worth the session fee and a few Corona's! I'll DEFINITELY be calling Phil in for future recordings!
All that remains to be done with this track is to lay in the remaining 3 guitar tracks and mix it all down.
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