Erik's first day with "The List"

I spent a wonderful day with the Stavanger's "The List" (www.thelist.no) at Eirik Bekkeheien's "Bekk Studio" (www.bekkstudio.no) producing an untitled track. Their sound is reminiscent of Wilco with a sprinkle of Coldplay and a dash of Radiohead, yet they maintain their own style, a sound that I really, really like. I am very happy to be working with them. They have a solid work ethic and are very professional.  Eirik Bekkeheien is a superb guy with a great studio about an hour outside of Stavanger.

Our goal for tonight's (Monday) session was to get everything setup and finish all the pre-production,with Tuesday set aside for tracking. Well.... we got the song tracked and laid down rehearsals for a few others that we will work on tomorrow. We're aiming to complete one song and track a few others... because, well, why not? The take they got for this tune is very, very solid.

We've got a few overdubs to finish but the majority of the track will stay live. Ole Reidar is their resident "tech-head" band member who made the Fender Rhodes sound like an electric whale... very cool. We tracked acoustic guitar, vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, rhodes, and violin, all live an full of energy. Bekk Studio was very comfortable and had everything we required (and more)... 

I got home after everyone else had gone to bed. I will get their notes and post them here whenever they wake up! Ling is working with a singer named Elise Vatsvaag and Shane is working with a young rock band named Godal. 

Some pictures!

I rock it traditionally.

The List rocks it Traditionally

Benny rocking the beat.

Countryside on the way to BekkStudio.

Bedtime!