All of the tracks for "Across the lines" were improvised courtesy of a few great local musicians:
Serena Eades (violin)
Ian McClatchie (Pedal steel and dobro)
Boyd Norman (Bass)
Steve Wright (Guitar, Piano, and overdubs)
Barry Taylor (Drums)
The music was recorded over two evening sessions with no plan, other than the collective combinations of instruments. We played a few "games," such as do some "shots" of notes, followed by solos, and generally tried to have a few different combinations of sounds and performances. Kudos to the band for accepting this challenge of playing with no boundries, and seeing where it led.
We did 5 Christenson Village workshops, onsite recordings, combined with archival recordings from over a 5 year period. Using sounds, the environment, capturing “now” moments, digital recorders running all the time to capture bits of words, sentences, bits of the everyday life at Good Samaritan Christenson Village.
After the recordings it was up to Steve to combine workshop recordings, pre-recorded poems and dialogue as well as overdub various sounds and instruments. We think the results transfer the kind of spirit of play that is the overall goal and concept of the recording. Enjoy!
We hope you enjoy the experience. We are all very proud of the final production. Below are the full tracks as they appear on physical CD's.
Serena Eades (violin)
Ian McClatchie (Pedal steel and dobro)
Boyd Norman (Bass)
Steve Wright (Guitar, Piano, and overdubs)
Barry Taylor (Drums)
The music was recorded over two evening sessions with no plan, other than the collective combinations of instruments. We played a few "games," such as do some "shots" of notes, followed by solos, and generally tried to have a few different combinations of sounds and performances. Kudos to the band for accepting this challenge of playing with no boundries, and seeing where it led.
We did 5 Christenson Village workshops, onsite recordings, combined with archival recordings from over a 5 year period. Using sounds, the environment, capturing “now” moments, digital recorders running all the time to capture bits of words, sentences, bits of the everyday life at Good Samaritan Christenson Village.
After the recordings it was up to Steve to combine workshop recordings, pre-recorded poems and dialogue as well as overdub various sounds and instruments. We think the results transfer the kind of spirit of play that is the overall goal and concept of the recording. Enjoy!
We hope you enjoy the experience. We are all very proud of the final production. Below are the full tracks as they appear on physical CD's.