DAY - 364

Very productive day.  Spent the morning and afternoon recording vocals at Medicine Man Studios (owned by long-time engineer/producer, Chris Zurzolo) in Philadelphia for a brand new song I wrote with Sweet Angeline co-writer, Liv Devine and Nashville's, Fred Knobloch.  It's a very sparse, vulnerable and heartfelt ballad and the recording is demonstrating that beautifully.  Fred recorded (from his Nashville studio) an inspired, finger-style acoustic guitar part and sent it to us via dropbox...then he skyped in for the vocal session this morning.  Liv did a fantastic job on the lead vocals and after I finished laying down some background harmonies we all sat, listened and decided to call it a day.  No use in complicating it with a bunch of layers and complex harmonies.  This tune truly speaks for itself.  The only thing left to add is cello which will create drama and serve as an added texture.  In the midst of the session, we discussed some pitching options/directions for the song and Fred is going to try to do a bit of "shopping" before the Holidays are in full swing.  Fingers crossed Santa gets us a big cut this Christmas :)

After the session, I reached out to the publishing head of Black River Music Group, Celia Froehlig.  If you read yesterday's post, I stumbled across Black River and reached out to the head of A&R, Doug Johnson.  Since Black River is both a label AND a publisher I figured I'd reach out to both parties to see if I could drum up some sort of response.  As always...we shall see.