wild and free at elegbaland

busy times here at ELEGBALAND but it always is when JR gets an idea. I will be searching for spare room to put all the cases for the recent guitar arrivals. John doesn't travel light if you know what i mean. On this session he showed up with a 1960's LG-1, a 60's B25, an Alvarez 12 string, and plenty of tape to compliment the J150, K22 Taylor, his trusty Larivee, and an 70's Alvarez 6 string. We have recently begun liking the sound of the DISTRESSOR on some of the ambient acoustic tracks, a neat little trick John and my nephew Mike came up with to add punch to drum tracks. I also fell in love with Bonebrake's new bass. That dude has the best gear around. Had a great discussion with Rob about religious philosophy, a subject i will never tire of. We'll talk more after he watches RELIGIOUSITY. Working with Greg Lovell on my new songs for my "TROPICAL DEPRESSION" album. Daisy seems to like the acoustic guitars and piano parts but could care less about the drums. At least during the recording phase. Speaking of drums, they suck to record,so many ways to mess up. After lots of trial and many errors we have finally come up with an unbelievable combination of mics, pre's and compressors that seem to deliver a very true to life recreation of the actual room sound to tape. And that brings me to the point, we now offer something besides the ability to record here at ELEGBALAND, a distinct sound that is all our own. The unique combination of equipment, room and technique has evolved into our own "SOUND". Seattle has a sound, Athens has a sound, Muscle Shoals has a sound and now ELEGBALAND has a sound. Thanks to all ( you know who you are) and especially Charles Dye for getting us to that point. And most important thanks to all our patrons for making this all possible. Peace Marc Ward