THE MALIBU EP - UPDATE!

i was down in bloomington yesterday (wednesday) for a recording session for my new album and i wanted to holler with an update about how it went...

first of all, dave weber is a rockstar behind the sound board. i know dave from straight no chaser days and it was so nice to be back home at airtime studios. after a crazy start of the morning having the best breakfast i've ever eaten at the village deli, a follow-up rehearsal with my bud nick jaenicke (piano guru), and running all over state road (both old and new) 37 to rendezvous with aubrey pepper (my bud from young life and AWESOME photographer), we got rollin with the tracks around 2.

at 8 i left with 5/8ths of the project in digital form and haven't stopped listening to it besides the 8 hours of time spent sleeping last night. side note: it's best in some people's opinions to put tracks on the shelf until the next studio session...in others' it's best to periodically listen to them to get ideas of what needs to be brushed up, etc...i've never heard anyone suggest listening non-stop to tracks between sessions. ha!

i'm headed back tomorrow (friday) for a final mixing session with dave and then meet with aubrey early next week to look over the photos and decide which ones will make it to the artwork phase. after i hand 'em over to chris mccormick, he'll put his creative wizardry to work and then it's off to discmakers out in new jersey to mass produce the bad boys. 10 days after that, i'll have 'em on my doorstep and soon after that, they'll be ready to cozy up next to "i can see forever" in your ipods/stereos! :)

the 8 (5 were originally planned...) tracks that will be on the CD, in no particular order, are as follows...four old-school hymns and four originals:

amazing grace
holy, holy, holy
swing low, sweet chariot
i'll fly away
waiting (new version of ICSF tune)
i won't make a judgement on you (new unreleased original)
jesus (new unreleased original)
indiana summertime (BONUS TRACK!)

if you're into james taylor, steven curtis chapman, ray charles, dave grusin (crazy good jazz pianist), sam cooke, corey smith, and/or nickel creek, i guarantee you'll enjoy this album. even if you're not, it's my hope that you'll dig it.

me = stoked.