Recording the song for the Esquire/John Mayer competition went really well. I was in the studio on Friday morning and Byron I worked non stop till 4:30pm. The man has a great gift for production and arrangement.
We got a really strong groove going. The song is called Taxi Receipt. We played around and added a bit of old school R’n B flavour to keep it going. Also added some “low-fi dirt” sounds. I really loved how it turned out. I hope John likes it. I think there’s a pretty good chance he will. Posted it to the US on Monday. Will keep you posted!
My pre-birthday warm up session
I have such awesome friends!!! Christine gave me a Jack Johnson Limited edition CD and DVD from Switzerland!
Then Caroline gave me a CD by a guy called Marc Broussard. The CD is called Carencro. I had never heard of this guy before. This is some incredible music. Very different from the usual rock/pop diet on radio. Think of powerful vocals, soulful singing, pumping acoustic guitar and superb production. This is definitely my favourite music right now!!
My highlights include the song called “The beauty of who you are” with a line that soars as he sings “baby, I’m so into yoooooo”. So memorable, true magic. And “Saturday” an uber cool catchy groove song of huge proportions. The most sublime thing about this song is the flute that filters in and tickles your consciousness. Cool man.
Check out http://www.marcbroussard.com
I am not sure if the CD is available in SA yet.
Oh and it isn’t even my birthday yet! More presents to come next month.
NB ! Please take careful note that ELIXA is playing at the Tanz café in Bryanston on Tuesday the 11th of October 2005. R 30 at the door or R 20 on the guest list. Sign up for the ELIXA newsletter and gig updates and automatically get on the guest list.
Ian
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