It's official.... We have set the date (two days in October) and location (a studio in Nashville) and we are practicing, practicing, practicing! Once we record the tracks, they will be editted and mixed by David's son, Greg Magers, at his studio in Chicago. This is how we produced our second CD, "Morgan's Song", and it seemed to work well for us. So look for the new CD in mid-November - just in time for Christmas!
Speaking of Christmas.... we debated whether this CD would be our "Christmas CD". After much thought and discussion, we decided that since we are now a band of four members - rather than the eight involved in "Morgan's Song" - we needed to do another CD of traditional tunes that reflect the four of us as a group. We have an exciting mix of Celtic, Old-Time, Renaissance, World, and three or four original tunes by band members picked to put on this recording. We have not recorded any of these tunes in either of the first two CDs (with one exception) and many of the tunes we have selected for the CD are recent additions to our repetoire so we are excited to be recording them for you!
So... maybe CD number four will be our Christmas CD. And as for the one tune we are recording again... we have decided to record "Steph's Air" again since it was recorded on our first CD, "Friday Night Favorites", and this CD is officially retired and no longer being produced or sold. "Steph's Air" seems to still be a crowd pleaser and happens to be a personal favorite of Stephanie's since se wrote it many years ago. Look for two other tunes on this CD that are original tunes by Stephanie, and even one written by David, as well as plenty of other interesting traditional tunes all played with our unique style of acoustic instrumental music.
Still to do is to decide the title of our CD, the artwork and layout of the CD packaging, and of course, practice, practice and a fair helping of panic!
