Since moving and living in Chicago for the past couple of months (six months to be exact) there has been loads of developments in my wonderful world. My daughter, Prajna, has two, SHARP, bottom teeth. I know how to drive around and not get lost. I found a record store I love. And to real die hard fans, the Boston Celtics provided us with an "EPIC Fail" in this year's NBA playoffs after their great series with Da Bulls.One thing that was consistent through the months was the work on the Marybee's album (untitled as of now). As I type this, I am mixing the last two songs. I know I'm bias due to producing the music, but I have to say ... I'm really happy with what we got.
My main goal throughout was to make sure we got good music that was unclassifiable and stood out in the crowd of Acoustic/Songwriters Mary is sometimes associated with. I gave Mary over 40 beats to work with, through process of elimination, many of the Hip-Hop influenced instrumentals didn't make the cut. What did was music I was experimenting new techniques and new equipment with. It lead to a really diverse set of source material and an overall signature sound that is present throughout the album.
Unlike other projects I've been connected to, many of the songs were tested on stage by Mary. Instead of trying to keep the body of work in a vault, we performed the pieces before recording to find it's life and to make the proper changes to make it pop. Through this process, some songs didn't find their way to being recorded, others were altered, few were remixed all-together. Performing the songs before recording gave us an upper hand by working with the feedback provided by the stage and audience.
So, I'll be finishing the last couple of songs by the end of this week. I think it's safe to say the album will be ready as early as mid-to-late-July, but no later then mid-August. I'm also sure the details on how to get your hands on a copy and/or to sample some tracks will be posted at www.marybeemusic.com. So check it out. I really enjoyed working with Marybee and I'm excited to share our project.
Quick aside, Marybee is up for Best Singer/Songwriter in the Providence Phoenix. Please take a minute to vote at (http://thephoenix.com/BMP/Providence/vote/SingerSongwriterAct/).
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