I first met Megan a couple of years ago when she was in the band Exit Glaciers. She and another band member came by the studio to check it out because they were looking for a facility to record their next album. I didn't get the gig. But I did get to meet her and get to know some of their music, and I thought it was great. Megan is a talented songwriter with one of the best pure voices I have ever heard. Somehow she manages to communicate compelling emotion while maintaining great control and articulation over her delivery, the result being a very riveting vocal performance. A couple of months ago I had her in the studio to do another session for Shake Music TV. The plan was originally to ha
So last week, my friend Gary was in town for a couple of shows and asked me if I wanted to play Good Morning Texas with him: get up really early and drive all the way to Dallas for one song? Sign me up. For those of you who don't know (I didn't), WFAA studios are located in downtown Dallas, right next door to the American Airlines Ctr. It's a really cool spot, and the floor-to-ceiling windows give you a great view of the city where I used to live. I showed up compulsively early at 7:30 AM and found Gary in the parking lot. We walked up to the outside door and knocked unceremoniously. We were obviously at the wrong entrance because a mildly annoyed Greg Fields opened it and said "I'm not sure
Today's session was with Chelsey Danielle (i.e. 'Red'), an accomplished multi instrumentalist who plays in several bands and also performs as a solo artist. I met Chelsey during the Pearl Earl session from a few weeks ago, for whom she plays keys and sings. She really liked the layout and vibe of the studio, so we discussed doing some of her own solo stuff and shooting a video for it at the same time. This turned out to be a great idea, not only because she is a talented songwriter, but also because watching her perform as a solo artist is pretty engaging. She has a rather elaborate setup for her live show, and it entails a number of different instruments all going at the same time, while be
I first met Richard Gilbert through a mutual friend, Jessie Frye, who stopped by the studio one day. I had seen him around town and knew he was a singer-songwriter, but I had never heard his stuff. We chatted briefly about what he was up to, and I gave him a brief tour of the studio. A few months later he called me up and said he was interested in recording an EP, which wound up being Daybreak. I managed to catch a couple of shows this year and really dug how the songs we had recorded together translated to a live audience. Last Thursday he came in to the studio to work on a few more tunes, this time a couple of covers as well as a new song. Daybreak was recorded all on acoustic guitar, and
