Every Damn Light
So, while I have been remiss about posting anything for a while, there are things being done, albeit slowly. My last odd musical encounter was a week ago with the fine folks at Sigma Alpha Iota, which apparently is some kind of international musical sorority. Who knew such a thing existed?
As part of a semi-comprehensive pay-my-bills-on-time plan, I've been recording end-of-the-year recitals at Northwestern University. But when presented with recording a recital from a whole multi-instrumental musical sorority, I quickly abandoned the bill-paying plan and hatched one for a trade -- I record their recital; they play on my album. I needed trumpets, saxes, trombones! Two weeks ago I recorded their end of the year recital, quickly wrote some horn charts that week, and dragged a bunch of mics and recording equipment to a sorority house in Evanston that Friday.
In one session, we ended up doing trumpets on Remember the Maine, a sax and horn section on Every Damn Light, and some background vocals on Greatest Generation (Yes, it's still called Greatest Generation! Thanks to those of you who convinced me to keep it. It's actually a much better title now that that line is gone.)
Who are these people who played? Besides Megan, who played trumpet, french horn, sang and set the whole thing up, they trooped in, played/sang the parts, chatted amongst themselves in-between takes about some upcoming dance, and then immediately dispersed after the last line was sung. I'm still sorting through what we recorded but here's Every Damn Light with a sax and horn quintette on it. Which , thanks to Megan sending me info after the fact, I can tell you has:
Ksjusha Povod, alto sax
Carla Budesinsky, tenor sax
Kate Nylander, baritone sax
Brittany Petersen, trombone
Megan Beugger, horn
Every Damn Light, which I don't think I've posted before, is a song about the New Orleans Failure.
As part of a semi-comprehensive pay-my-bills-on-time plan, I've been recording end-of-the-year recitals at Northwestern University. But when presented with recording a recital from a whole multi-instrumental musical sorority, I quickly abandoned the bill-paying plan and hatched one for a trade -- I record their recital; they play on my album. I needed trumpets, saxes, trombones! Two weeks ago I recorded their end of the year recital, quickly wrote some horn charts that week, and dragged a bunch of mics and recording equipment to a sorority house in Evanston that Friday.
In one session, we ended up doing trumpets on Remember the Maine, a sax and horn section on Every Damn Light, and some background vocals on Greatest Generation (Yes, it's still called Greatest Generation! Thanks to those of you who convinced me to keep it. It's actually a much better title now that that line is gone.)
Who are these people who played? Besides Megan, who played trumpet, french horn, sang and set the whole thing up, they trooped in, played/sang the parts, chatted amongst themselves in-between takes about some upcoming dance, and then immediately dispersed after the last line was sung. I'm still sorting through what we recorded but here's Every Damn Light with a sax and horn quintette on it. Which , thanks to Megan sending me info after the fact, I can tell you has:
Ksjusha Povod, alto sax
Carla Budesinsky, tenor sax
Kate Nylander, baritone sax
Brittany Petersen, trombone
Megan Beugger, horn
With, of course, Aaron Zemelko on bass.
And yeah, I know I need to get the horns louder on this. I'm trying to figure out how I want them to sit in the mix. For now they're kind of quiet and off to the side...
Every Damn Light, which I don't think I've posted before, is a song about the New Orleans Failure.
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