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Over the last week or two, Jake and I have been working on a few older tracks from some long-gone group, including a few which were never finished or released. So far, three tracks have come out of this collaboration. Hopefully Jake can get his hands on the raw tracks from the original recordings so we can do a little creative editing and remixing which will provide a truer sound compared to the one captured on the last released CD of that group.

We’ve had the great pleasure of having Bob Thurston, a terrific violinist, in the studio to lay down some tracks for Natasha. He’s not only a great musician, but a terrific all-around person, and it was a pleasure to have him here. He laid down the violin tracks for four different songs, and we’re looking into scheduling more.

If only judging by the lack of sleep this morning, last night’s recording session featuring Natasha Darius and Jacob Bachand went very well. They laid down an entire song from composition to finished track (well, I haven’t gotten around to mixing it yet … ) over a few hours last night. Hopefully I’ll have a sample of this to post to the site, which will most likely turn up on Natasha’s upcoming studio album. It features some great piano parts from Natasha, as well as guitar from Jake and great melodies and harmonies from them both. I look forward to sharing it with everyone. Now all it needs is a name …

Sometime this coming week I’ll have Jason Bachand in the studio, to work on his track for the upcoming progressive rock benefit compilation The Tsunami Project, which includes tracks from Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse, Randy George, IQ, Mark McCrite, IZZ and Jimmy Keegan. Hopefully we won’t let them down … ;)