Alas, this is the blog that I have waited to do for a month and a half.. the “THE SONG IS ALMOST DONE!” blog. To share with you the experience of recording with Melody Valley is difficult to do, but I’ll try…
I don’t know if everyone who’s ever recorded anything has had this experience or anything close to it. I imagine some of the fundamental things about all this- the excitement of getting a song that you wrote and dreamed about recorded, the hoping that you do about the final product, they’re all things that recording artists experience. But when you’re with a stellar studio, I think(from my narrow window of experience), that all of the things you enjoy and thrill you during recording are enriched to be an even more pleasant experience… First of all, being a Christ-loving artist recording at a Christ-loving studio makes this whole thing so much better. The goal in everyone’s mind is not to create music just for the sake of music, but to use great music as a tool to get to the core of the songs meaning, as an outreach to the people who want to listen. It’s all about God, and that makes this all easier and I believe adds an extra blessing to the music we create.
Needless to say(when you hear the mix I think you’ll agree) there’s a pretty talented team in that little studio. There’s a perfect balance of talent and interests to accomplish a good recording. Nater is awesome! He’s been the one primarily working on my song with me. Other people who have spent time in the Valley to help with recording are Sarah, Scott, and Luke. Amber has designed my single art which looks amazing, and Nick does a wonderful job on my website which really helps when I want to give people a place to go to find information. Tim has tagged along and been patient during many recording/mixing sessions, which is great even just to have a third opinion!
One thing that makes this experience unique are the talks we get into in the Valley. After recording or mixing, sometimes we just get talking about something and out come these brilliant deep thoughts from people… it’s amazing. Some of the talks we’ve had about real issues in the church and the faith have really had an impact on encouraging my walk with the Lord.
Be Heard is almost complete, and I wanna say a final thank you to everyone- Melody Valley for recording me, fellow artists for playing for me, and everyone who listens because it’s all about you guys you know… my passion is outreach for the church. That’s the body of believers, and even if you’re not a Christian, I hope I can encourage you too to learn better who God is and what life looks like from a Christian perspective.
This single is the start of an album… Lord willing, we will be recording all summer and as long as it takes to get an album completed! Thanks so much again everyone.