Like the 19th century prairie, recording is a strange blend of high stress, fun and the beauty of being completely in the moment. The stress is in making something semi-permanent and paying for studio time, and the beauty lies in a dedicated time and space centred on sound and capturing the music. So it’s an absolute treat to take out the stressful part and record on a whim without any risk (read: cost) or outcome (read: album to release), which is exactly what I did a week or so ago.
This is how it happened:
Rex: “Hey Amie, do you want to record some stuff at The Main Bar sometime?”
Amie: “I’d love to. How about Wednesday night?”
Rex: “Cool. Let’s do it.”
So we did. Twas a great night recording some songs with piano, uke and double bass. No stress because it didn’t matter if we got any good recordings out of it or not. The funny thing is a lot of went quite well!
Here’s a sample: Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
Hi Amie, thank you for a glorious show last evening, me and my sister (Miffy) thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. You might remember that I said I’d written a personal tribute poem on the day of Leonard Cohen’s death, if you don’t mind I’ll attach the link here, and you may read my poem “Hold Me”, if you so wish to. >> https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/09/08/hold-me-2/
Hello Ivor. Thanks for coming along last week and I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the evening – so did I! Thanks for sharing your poem, it’s quite beautiful. I look forward to reading more of your blog.
Lovely to hear from you Amie, you’ve cheered me up, I’m in hospital at the moment, but coming good.