Now this right here is the OTHER side of a Christmas record. Full of rockin’ and inventive takes on Christmas classics. Gotee Records have always been the guys that do things a little differently, and here is a classic example. There’s always room for rocking out some holiday cheer. Check it out here on iTunes – Tis The Season To Be Gotee Too
Here it is kids. Francesca’s “Christmas” – what a fun record. It sounds GORGEOUS if I do say so myself, and it actually gets COLDER when you play it! (It doesn’t actually get colder when you play it)
This is a must have for the Christmas time. Go get it!
If you haven’t been hip to Francesca, you can check out her Facebook Page and her Twitter Thing – I don’t know her address or license plate number, so I hope those will do.
Ok. That’s a stretch. I totally have a kitchen sink.
This week has been chock-full of different stuff.
The upcoming Francesca Battistelli Christmas record is in the can…well…the stocking, so to speak, all but the parts order. There will be a Mastered for iTunes version available, if you’re an iThing haver. Also CDs at stores, like our forefathers bought music for their CD boom boxes when they walked up hill both ways in the snow. At Christmas. See how that happened? It was an accident.
Also this week, an album for Jeff Sparkman at Trinity Church, a bit of a rocker with some acoustic niceties mixed in. Tuesday was an EP for Matt Boswell, brought by long time regular producer and engineer Jordan Critz. An album by artist Jennifer Shaw, from producer and engineer Paul Marino. A couple of songs for Don Chaffer and his wife’s band Waterdeep (awesome cover tune, by the way) one club bumper for DJ Maj, a punk rock tune from Stages and Stereos for my buddy Lee Dyess at Earthsound Recording…that song will have its own post. It’s interesting, and I want to make sure I’m not blowing anything by talking about it before they do.
Now, it’s back to finishing the Trinity Church recall mixes and getting into Lisa-Marie Fisher’s album. She’s German, doing a pop thing with a little country feel. A little work from my family’s homeland. Isn’t that fun?
Seriously. If you’ve read this far, you must be bored or avoiding something. Maybe, if you’re not doing anything, mosey over to my facebook page and give it a Like. You’ve obviously got a minute to kill on Friday afternoon.
Have a great weekend, and send me some tunes!
Well how much fun has this turned out to be?
The last couple days have been such an unexpected good time. An acoustic folk band called Robinson that barely even exists yet, but they’ve got three really killer tunes that sounded amazing, and they really made me feel good. How often does work make you feel good? All real, and very cleanly recorded with some pretty delicious low end. Also a happy producer to go with them. Right now I’m working on an EP for a band called 3 Car Pile up. Indie rock with some dirt smeared on it. A little fuzzy here and there. Mixed by a drummer, so you know it’s hittin’ proper style. Kinda reminds me of Silversun Pickups a little bit. Nice one Paul. Earlier today I had a Christmas tune for Dara Maclean, which sounds awesome, a rocker for Undeserving, which was full of vibe, dynamics and thump and a Christmas single for Brigitte Donoho. I don’t even have lights up yet. Whoops. Through all that I’ve been getting the system for verifying Mastered for iTunes stuff rockin’ for Monday. Of course, I need to go buy some more wires. Awesome.
Also. Football has started. Go Steelers.