Great Music--in the studio

In early September I had the opportunity to be with my oldest son, Adriel, in the studio (Chroma Sound in Seattle). He was there to record demo tracks for a CD and I was in 7th heaven as I saw the process and heard the results. First of all, it is a lot of fun, but it is also a lot of work. Several days were spent in getting three songs exactly as he wanted to get them. His style is an eclectic approach to Rock, utilizing ethnic and experimental influences, themes and scales. He may inject flamenco at one moment or middle eastern at another. The results are somewhat astonishing at times. Definitely unique. You can listen at talentmatch.com/adrielodell. Click the "media" button and it will stream in high quality, if you have the bandwidth to do so.

I need to mention here that engineer Brad Zeffren was amazing in his ability to record and mix the tracks. His suggestions were poignant and right on the nose. I recommend him in a heartbeat to anyone wanting to record. I also recommend highly the other musicians Adriel hired to play the instruments that he was not able to or chose not to--Mike Stone on drums and hand percussion, Jeremy Lightfoot on bass and Lori Goldston on cello. Mike was an animal on the drums! Wow! And the hand percussion was great--first time he had played a dumbek and he did an admirable job. Jeremy was impressive on his bass, adding bends and detunes that created subtle , but powerful atmosphere that certainly made the songs more fun. Lori has played on the Nirvana (live and unplugged in New York CD), as well as for others like the Presidents of the United States of America, Ann Wilson (of Heart and Lovemongers), Bush and others, including various soundtracks. She knocked these tracks out in record time. Amazing! Her contribution to the track "Time" is very moving. In short, these three are to be admired and applauded for their accomplishments--not one moment's hesitation in recommending them.

Adriel impressed me because he knew just what he wanted and there was very little wasted time. Preparation was needed to do charts for the other musicians, etc., but that went fairly quickly, well in hand by the very able Brad Zeffren.

It was fascinating to be there throughout the whole process--recording, mastering and replication, etc. The end result has been very gratifying, as well. Give a listen to his solo project and see what you think. Talentmatch.com/adrielodell. Click the "media" button.