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My summer recording session is proceeding according to plan. By which I mean, I planned to be several weeks behind. That’s why I allowed myself an extra month.

I had two goals:

• upgrade my studio gear and my tones
• appear on as many CDs as possible

The second goal meant working with songwriters who are more likely to release CDs in the near future than I am. I found several. Here is the current track list:

I’m taking a lot of time with these projects — sometimes a couple weeks to work up a demo, then a couple more once the demos get approved (which itself can take weeks, if not months (hello aaron!)).

The untitled gospel/techno tune is a remarkable exception. Given a scratch bass track and a stylistic reference to a tune I’ve never heard by an artist I’d never heard of, I turned around two demos in one evening, and recorded a final take in another evening. It ended up being a pretty basic groove — there was no other way to play it, because none of the cool breaks had been written yet — but I was so pleased with it I listened to it a half-dozen times the next day. I have no idea what the final song will sound like, because the bass line has since been rewritten. So, basically, I don’t know what song I recorded, but I know the drum track is pretty cool.

In addition to the above schedule, I have another artist who I’ve promised four drum tracks. That project is somewhat at risk, because I’m postponing it until the rest of these songs are complete.

Also I have a half-dozen song fragments of my own bouncing around in various formats — GarageBand, ProTools, MP3, and even a digital 8mm videotape of neat dulcimer lines. I hope to put together at least one new song of my own before I have to take my kit down next month. It’s just a matter of time.