No more photos again, I will try to take some tomorrow.
Have today finished all I can do on the CD. Three tracks need input from Holly and Neils, and they arrive tomorrow evening so we will have all day Tuesday to record and I can go back with them after that to catch my flight Wednesday at 10.30pm. Looking forward to seeing them again. Two tracks will be coming back with me to the UK unfinished - I need a cello on one of them, so am hoping to persuade Emma Wynne Jones to do that, and I would like a harp on the other - a proper one! - so will ask Annie if she could do that. The other 15 tracks have everything recorded on them that needs recording, so Neal will spend a day mastering tomorrow while I sit and watch and take many notes. Today Coleen recorded six more bass tracks and Neal did two concertina and two mandolin parts - just amazed at the professionalism and musicianship of them both, to be able to come up with great tracks for pieces that you had never heard before in such a short space of time is just amazing.
Was taken out for a meal tonight to celebrate, and for a drive round the locality. Very pretty country, lots of huge houses set back in estates, but even the town houses on the main streets are all detached and pretty, with front porches everywhere, most of which had seats in. We went to a Mexican called Montezumas, so I hope he doesn't take revenge tonight. I had steak fajitas with rice, salad, salsa and refried beans. Not so sure about the last, but the fajitas were great. Then we drove round a bit more and had a choc chip ice cream in a cup.
When we got back, Neal showed me what was possible with Band in a Box. Wow! I will have to get the Mac version of that, I think. A lot cheaper than hiring real musicians, unfortunately.
Looking forward to a hard day of sitting in a chair, listening tomorrow.
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