Recording Generations was a year long adventure for us! Once we as a group had decided on what tune sets we wanted to put on this album and had several rehearsals to work out arrangements and such, David and I (Stephanie), made several Saturday trips to the studio (The Attic) in Nashville in August and September of last year (2023) to lay down the hammered dulcimer and guitar tracks. The Attic studio is our recording engineer's (Greg Magers) studio. Greg has recorded every album since Morgan Song for us - which all the albums we are still offering for sale. (The first album, Friday Night Favorites, which was recorded in the band's very early days and was rather primitive, is no longer for sale!)
Over the year, we went into the studio in groups of 2 to record everyone's individual tracks, and playing along with what what was already recorded y hearing in headphones. The next two to record after Stephanie and David were Melanie and Michaela,followed by Toby, Nate (unfortunately no pictures exist of Nate - Sorry!), and Kim for the bonus track, Gloomy Winter.
Greg edited and mixed as we progressed and as he always does, provided great recommendations on tweaks and mixes! We do call him our invisible 7th member!
Then off for mastering, album cover photos by David, album design by Stephanie, and submitted to diskmakers for production. Whew - the album arrived early December, just in time for our December gigs!
This is the first album that Toby, Michaela, and Nate are on. And they absolutely rocked their recording sessions. This is an album that we are all super proud of!
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| David, recording in the isolation room |
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| The dulcimer, ready to record! |
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| Melanie, recording in the isolation room |
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| Michaela, recording in the big room |
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| The session with Melanie and Michaela |
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| Kim, recording in the isolation room |
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Toby, recording in the isolation room
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| Stephanie and Toby recording in the big room |
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