Lord! Is this a dream? The album will be done next week. Finally! Look to listen online and buy–in two weeks, God willing…
for those of you who are keeping up
September 4, 2008 at 8:06 pm (Uncategorized)
First of all, I love that you are out there. That you care what’s going on over here means so much to me. I care about you, too!!! I love your comments and drink them in like air. Keep them coming.
Next, celebrate with me that I sent the mastered cd off to Discmakers Tuesday. It should be arriving today, and as soon as we approve some changes to our artwork, that baby is about to MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE! 1000 copies are coming off the machines and will be available for your listening pleasure in about three weeks.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR THIS MUSIC. We let it come together as it wanted to, bringing in various musicians along the way to satisfy a need for some sound we just felt needed to be there. . . and as a result, some of Kansas City’s finest musicians are intensely invested in this project. Larry, the engineer/co-producer told me it’s perhaps the best thing he’s ever done. That mirrors what some of the other musicians have said, too. . .the results are quite pleasant. We hope you agree.
One of my favorite details is that all the main vocals are the original “scratch” vocals that I sang with the band while they recorded the core layers of the music. That’s not typical! (U2 records that way, though, I hear.) THIS means A Different Kind needs a special tag, like some clothing has, that says, “What may appear to be imperfections are part of the natural character of this garment, and are to be considered part of the design.” We kept the vocals like that by design, to keep the emotion and effect of the magic that was happening in the studio during those two weekends. We tried to re-record them on a fancy mic, but the tracks I cut on a Shure 57 beat the ones on the $20,000 mic by a longshot. So there’s a bit of trivia, if you’re into that!
Another bit of interest: I heard angels singing on my album. Seriously: sitting in the studio, I heard harmony lines that were not technically there. I asked Larry to listen, but he couldn’t hear those extra parts at all. His ears are way better than mine, so we listened quite a few times, then I asked for a mic (a Shure 57), and sang them aloud. They were perfect for the songs. Wierd! I am telling you that I physically heard ghosts of my own voice singing higher parts–angels! I simply translated their harmonies into sounds you all could hear. I’ve been praying to see what’s really going on for a long time, but God let me hear them first. By grace I heard those sounds with my own ears every time the song played. They were there and not there. They were between. Cool!!! Listen for those harmonies in I Will Remember and Believe (especially the line “for Who is inside” in the first verse.
Well, metaphysics aside, it’s a fascinating process that is finally coming to fruition, and you get to taste it soon. I couldn’t be more pleased with what has come to be!!! Tell all your friends to come over to the new pages we’re building on the website (look for those changes in three weeks, when the cd is ready) and buy one for themselves, because my Orders are to get this music out to as many people as I can. God is going to speak to their hearts! Also, if your church or city has events that needs ministry or entertainment, have them visit the site to see the media pages that will suit their need for more information and contact info. I’d be honored to bring what I’ve been given to bless your people.
Remember: “I’m on a mission from God.”–the Blues Brothers
(P.S. so are you)
Love, Lori
