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June 16, 2006
Whirlwind
The past week has been a bit of a blur. Ever since we came home from Nashville, I have been working at a somewhat frantic pace.
On Monday we met with our new financial advisor. Our previous advisor retired from the business, and we’ve been feeling the need to get our financial house in better order. Yes, even artists have to think about such matters, as hard as it might be.
On Tuesday morning, I had “The Two Tonys” in the studio. That’s not the name of a singing group; it’s just two old friends, Tony Martin and Tony Esposito.
Tony Martin is an entertainer from Vero Beach, for whom I produce MIDI backing tracks. He told his friend about our studio, and brought him in to record.
Mr. Esposito wanted to record some songs, with just piano accompaniment, for the enjoyment of his friends and family. He and his wife recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, and he wanted to give her a professional recording of his singing. (I love these old romantic guys!)
Picture a lean, hale and hearty gentleman with a genuine smile of joy on his face at all times, an obvious love for life and good songs, topped off with a thick and oddly charming New Jersey (think “New Joisey”) accent. He was kind of like Jimmy Durante with a regular nose.
He had a lot of fun recording, with me playing piano for him. I had a lot of fun recording him!
From Tuesday afternoon until late Wednesday night, Sheryl and I worked on her “Movie Song.” (See Nashville – June 2006 – Day 1, 2 and part of 3)
We spent Tuesday afternoon and evening working on the track, and on Wednesday night we brought in Mike Orrison (a great singer who had done much backing vocal work for us) to sing the lead vocal. After he left we continued working on the track (a lot of guitar stuff!) and didn’t stop until after 2AM (I couldn’t go on, I’m not a young man anymore, I can’t pull all-nighters).
Got a late start Thursday, but I managed to add some keyboards, and mix the track in time to overnight it to where it needed to go in order to be considered for inclusion in the movie.
On Thursday night we produced a 30-second radio spot about S.O.L.O. Creative Media for broadcast on WMEL 920 AM.
Sheryl will be appearing for the 3rd time on "At Home With Matthew Bronson” from 9-12am. She’ll be talking about her music and playing some songs throughout the show.
We also recorded a new theme song for the show, written and performed by Sheryl. Instead of paying us for the new theme song, they will air our radio spot. It will be interesting to see what kind of response we get.
So, if you live in the Brevard County area, listen to Sheryl on Saturday morning on WMEL.
If you're anywhere else in the world, you can still hear the show, just go to the WMEL site and click on "Live Web Streaming."
Posted by leon at June 16, 2006 11:51 AM