With two days of recording completed at Imaginary Road Studio in Vermont, I thought I would share a little more about the process for those who are interested. Each of these first two days began with the piano tuner making fine adjustments to the voicing and sounds of certain notes so the 7 foot Steinway B would be at its best for each session. About 1.5 to 2.5 hours is spent doing multiple recordings of each song. Sometimes this involves particular sections of a song to try to capture the very best work emotionally. The final recorded version combines the best sections from all of the takes. These can include small “mistakes” that are magical even though they were not intended. Final versions are not about creating a “perfect” performance, but more about revealing the imperfect human element while capturing the emotion that each melody wants to speak to the listener’s heart.
A Thousand Years – Day 3
It turned out to be a Psalm 16:11 day today . . . “You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Four songs were recorded with Grammy winning producer Will Ackerman and Grammy winning engineer Corin Nelsen, beginning with Vive La Joye, which expresses this Psalm. Also recorded were For A Lifetime Blessings Flow, which combines a unique arrangement of The Doxology with an original melody from Psalm 30:5, Be Still My Soul, which combines Brahms’s Lullaby with this 1899 hymn, and J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C which testifies without words to his belief that “the aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.”
A Thousand Years – Day 2
Started through the Psalms this morning before my first day in the studio. Finished recording three songs today: 1) Always in Blossom (Psalm 1 . . . you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month. Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom), 2) Across the Skies, featuring interpretations on Pachelbel’s Canon in D (Psalm 19 . . . God’s glory is on tour in the skies, His Word vaults across the skies), and 3) Bread of Angels (Psalm 78 . . . They ate the bread of the mighty angels; he sent them all the food they could eat). Tired and ready for rest. Grateful for life’s blessings and looking forward to tomorrow.
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