Blog #7

Wa-hooo! This Sunday I was able to complete all of my lead vocals for Leave a Light On and it only took a little over 3 hours. I’m incredibly excited to prepare the different takes and for the few guest musicians who are coming in to sing on the songs. Tracking vocals is never usually fun for me but I had a great time tracking these vocals. Most of the songs are really laid back and I was able to relax and mess around with my voice. Jason is incredibly patient and helpful in making various decisions such as how to phrase a specific line melodically or which lyrics could be slightly adjusted, as well.

On Monday we began to edit all of the different vocal takes in Studio B. It took a grueling 5 hours to finish 5 songs-worth of material but was well worth it because we got to hand-pick the sections we liked the most.. The songs are beginning to sound like finished songs and I’m getting more excited to add all the harmony vocals and to record some more ambient soundscapes. We still have two songs to finish editing and then we need to book more time to record the rest of the group vocal harmonies. Needless to say we are closing in on finishing the record.

Blog #5: Valentine’s Day Suprise!

First, Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!! Second, now is as good a time as any to share the first Lee’s Manifold single with you. The whole idea was to create a project that featured different musicians on all of the tracks. However, I began this journey with the first group of friends that I ever played music with in a band called Happy Birthday Dr. Jim. This Summer I was fortunate enough to talk Maximillian Moore, Gabe LaVine, and Nick Kozak into recording this song with me at The Recording Company with Tim Lynch who produced and engineered a lot of our older music and always shared his talents and kindness with us. It was an incredibly rewarding experience that I’ll never forget because even now it’s crazy to think that eight years on we are still playing music together and remain great friends. Thank you to everyone who made this song possible and to Steven Meara for mastering the track. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to my beautiful and talented partner Paulina Meneses for inspiring me everyday and for inspiring this song. I love you with all of my heart!  Please take a listen to this labor of love and share it with your family and friends.

https://leesmanifold.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-you

Blog #4

This past week we began recording more guitars and editing a lot of the tracks we recorded in the previous weeks. Little things needed to be re-done and tracked again due to the lack of tightness. Jason and I also decided to re-record the drums for “Sweetest Love” because they just weren’t locking up with the rest of the instrumentation. We are really gaining momentum right now, seeing as it’s already been a few months worth of tracking. The idea is to continue with all of the vocals and then start to add additional instrumental layers such as strings, ambient soundscapes, etc. It’ll be really fun once the vocals are all done and we start to arrange string parts and add aspects that compliment each song. I’m excited to see what the next few weeks have to offer.