Braund and The List get some press!

The List is releasing their new 12" vinyl tonight in Stavanger, which includes the track that I produced for them. Very cool! They got a nice writeup in the Stavanger newspaper. Check it out!

LINKS TO THE ROGALAND AVIS STORY ON THE RELEASE:
In Norwegian

Translated to English

Video

CoCo and Jay-Z Tonight on CBS!

Our department's CoCo (aka Erik Braund) will be appearing on CBS tonight, drumming for some guy name Jay-Z (who's rumored to be a popular rap star, but I'm not sure. I need to google first).

Anyways, Erik will be appearing with Jay-Z right before the kickoffs of the Superbowl, so I'm guessing sometime before 5-6 pm? Probably closer to 6 pm though.

You should all stay tune and watch what happens tonight. "CoCo" needs more fans cause you know...very few people watch the Superbowl. Football is America's least favorite sport after all. Seriously, who cares for the Colts or the Saints? Like ten people? Pfft! (btw, Saints all the way!)

But as loyal compadres, we'll still support Erik on his second TV debut so that he is not alone.

UPDATE: just been informed...the country rock star of our department Bennett Jackson is also playing the same gig, but on bass. Bass!?

Home

This is one of the songs that Elise and I wrote last weekend when she first came in. I love all the songs on the album, but this one is super endearing. We're both very proud of it. It's one of the songs that's going on the album.

Ahead of schedule

Good news! We're totally ahead of schedule. We knocked out "The Place Where All Lost Things Go" yesterday. The whole song's basically done.

Today, we tracked drums and bass, and we got all the songs done in about 6.5 hours, 9.5 hours if you include multiple breaks and setup. On the drums, we had the Mighty Mason Ingram, who has always been incredibly consistent and versatile. I've had him on many sessions, and he's always delivered. Mason recently got himself an amazing sounding Ludwig Black Beauty, and I was very happy he brought it to the session.


On the bass, we had Ben Mars, who was born to play bass. His fingers are literally 1 1/2" longer than mine. In addition to having mad chops, he also happens to have THE BASS RIG. This morning, he brought in a 1963 Ampeg B-15 and a vintage p-bass also from the 60s. I did a mental jawdrop in my head when I saw it. It's basically the combo that all the Motown bass players use, and boy it did it sound good.




Anyways, I'm very proud of the work the guys did today. I'll be tracking Elise and Christer for the rest of the week. Stay tuned for more blog posts about the studio.

It has begun!

We've started recording, and I've found the holy trinity of acoustic guitar micing.

Feeling pretty good.

Nils - The Troll

In Norway, the trolls are apparently really cute and wear stylish Norwegian sweaters. Well...at least the one I got from Elise. His name is Nils, and he's now sitting on my desk looking very smug.

1st Rehearsal

Rehearsal was freakin' awesome tonight. It's gonna get even better tomorrow. You'll see videos tomorrow on Elise's blog.

Also, Elise's on front page Norwegian paper today! Woo!

Check it out!

This album's gonna be great. The songs are so fun and upbeat. Perfect for the summer.

Egg-cellent

After two days of intense songwriting, we now have many songs available to us. Due to time constraints, it's only possible to record about 6-7 songs. Still, we'll try to do as much as we possibly can. The tracklist thus far:

1. New York City

2. My Muse

3. Getaway

4. Diamond Ring

5. Baby Blue*

6. Home

7. The Place Where All Lost Things Go**

8. Up & Down***

9. If I Could Love You

* - Already recorded. We're just gonna add more stuff to it.

** - Still deciding

***- Acoustic based song, the inclusion of this song is TBD