Hello to all the Dreamwalkers out there,

As 2020 ends (exhale please) we are gearing up for a very active 2021. Album recording began again today with Debbie Stern working keyboards and Patrick Russini (Magic Patrick, official band nickname), at the controls of the sound. 

I'm finding that as we progress through the material, the songs become entities of their own and if we listen carefully, they start to tell us what they need. Today we worked on three of Debbie's songs, "Tricks On Me," "Call Me Love," "Louisiana Playing On My Mind," and my own, "Everything's Changing." While Debbie was playing on Call Me Love, I heard a string section in my head. When she finished, I said, "I hear strings in the chorus." She looked at me incredulously and replied, "I was about to say the exact same thing." So we put strings and a separate cello (synthesizers are truly amazing) and the song became very big. Debbie had the idea of putting a flute at points during Everything's Changing and it transformed the song. One my favorites of Debbie's is Louisiana Playin On My Mind. We tinkered with the idea of putting something on it, then it hit me. This is her most heartfelt song, sort of like McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed. We let go of the strings and other things and settled on the idea we would use her beautiful voice in the background as the spice of the song.

We completed the four songs and felt great. There is something so special about being in the studio with Patrick that is just inspiring. I like his dog Biggie also.I feel so uplifted. More keyboards this week and we hope to finish that section soon.

Peace,

Dr Dreamwalker