Christmas CD: Recording Sessions 17-20!

This was our final big recording week!!!! There is still some recording to be done, but the major stuff is finished. We are excited to be moving towards the mixdown!

This week we recorded our three most complicated and challenging vocal songs ever. They've included unison, four-part harmony, and every kind of combination in between.

Here I am trying to gain confidence for my solo verse. Don't worry; the pressure was nothing - "Just try and unite energy, musicality, beauty, clarity and power....in one take."

In truth, everyone is really quite supportive. :)

I think I used to have a vague idea about recording artists "getting it easy" compared with live performance musicians, but now I see there is lots of work, time, and energy in each area of the art. Our sessions this week were four hours minimum, and Wednesday night Thai food was a refreshing treat.

And how could we leave without tasting the coconut ice cream?
Mmmmmm :) But there was more recording the next day...

New Recording Studio Regulation: Young child artists should not be allowed to use headphones unsupervised. (They really can be most dangerous. ;))

Producing. One of the biggest differences in recording of this CD from the last is that Whispering Roses is producing. Terry Prohaska produced Journey Through The Highlands but this time we are recording on weekdays, and he is not often with us. Producing is about deciding when we've done enough takes, listening to all the takes, weeding some out and keeping others...essentially, it's about decision making. It can be hard, but there is also a certain pleasure in working with the engineer, having the final say, and knowing that we're producing this album.

Sarah using her persuasive charms.

Krista deep in decision-making.
And me, getting my point across.

Friday, after about four hours in the studio, Aunt Stephanie came and sat in on the session! She was up visiting from San Jose, CA, and we were delighted to spend a little extra time with her. After a few more hours of recording we came home and enjoyed delicious summer dinner outside!

~Kathrina