It's almost March, so it's almost time for the Yacht Rock Revue to play U2! We had a rehearsal for a couple of U2 shows coming up--one on Thursday and one on Saturday. Easy stuff for me…mostly hand percussion, with the occasional one handed keyboard part.
After rehearsal, I made my way over to Madison Studios (where Exocet Studios used to be) for a recording session with Paul Poovey and Eric Alexander. We did a horn section thing for a Yacht Rock original called Can't Wait for Summer. I think it turned out well. Famous last words: How's this going to take three hours? It's one tune and we have charts! Oops. Peter Stroud produced, though we had a few other "producers" in the room also helping steer the ship. Russ Fowler engineered.
I put a couple of solos on the tune too. I think I've mastered the art of not quite nailing it…got close a couple of times, but I couldn't quite get to the end of anything. Boo.
At least the bari was done in two takes!
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