on the 24th i went back to sharkbite studios in oakland and tracked two albums worth of music. it was a bit of a long day. adam myatt engineered.
joe shotwell showed up around 11 am, we got some great sounds pretty quickly. the music could be categorized as jazz.
alex vittum came after joe, getting there around 4 pm. after swapping out some bass drums, things went quickly. this music was less swing-like. alex and i had done maybe one gig together in vermont, some sessions in ny and some playing sessions here. this was our first recording together.

most likely the first album (done with joe) will be done at the end of august, the second the end of october. i'll have to keep note of this to see how close i stay on this schedule.

i booked some time june 24th again at sharkbite studios. ryan - owner and adam are great people. the studio boasts a trident board that carried signal for steely dan's aja and the pink floyd's the wall. adam knows how to use it.

i'm recording two small projects- one with drummer joe shotwell early in the day, the other with alex vittum later in the day. these two projects will both consist of only bass and drums.

not that i don't want a guitarist- namely rob michael, it's just that i have all this guitar-istic playing that needs to be recorded. as a result, these will both be challenging projects. 80% of the material is new, the other 20% is music that i abandoned for lack of a proper recording situation.

look for the next album by mid-august, the second the end of september.