Trillium Lane Session Previews

Here are a few mixes from a project I'm working on at Trillium Lane Studios on Bainbridge Island (Washington), all originals mostly in the "Americana" style. The present working title is "The Long Road".

It's mid-February and the project has sat unchanged for nearly two years(!) as I've been pretty busy with my other project: co-founding and launching GalleryPlayer.

It's likely that I'll go in and add instruments to several of the songs. After listening to the mixes periodically over the last year, I've decided to change my approach from the minimalist style I began with (a single guitar with a featured instrument) to a more complete, band-oriented direction. It fits the writing (and what I hear in my head) better.

I've also written a bunch more songs (see the basement) and will record some of those as well and rework the project into two collections.

I have 20 mixes, and what is posted here is most of the mixes. These are essentially complete but will have minor changes as part of the mastering process. They're also posted as 64kbps Windows Media Audio files, which are sonically inferior to the full files (.AIFF for you geeks) that will be on the CD. I expect the final collection to between 11 and 13 songs.

The entire project is recorded digitally, using ProTools|HD.

Alone (Solo Piano)

Elvis Lives (Solo Guitar)

I Could Fall (Breakdown Mix)

Rodeo Madness (Oh Shit!)

I couldn't be working on this project without the help of some key people, whom I would like to thank here.


Jared Vogt, the owner and proprietor of the studio, who graciously opened up his doors to me. You should take a look at his new company, Trillium Lane Labs.	Drew Bateman, the engineer who is keeping me in line and slipped in some drum tracks he played when I wasn't looking. He's great fun to work with. Look for his band, Bedroc.


Jenny Kellogg, my niece, who plays trombone. She's very accomplished and normally plays in jazz and marching bands. She's marched in the 2003 London New Year's Day Parade, played at the 2004 Grammy Awards, and performed in China and Italy. She's playing in FIVE bands these days.	David Prager, my favorite mandolin player to play with. He's always willing to try something new and has taught me several things about traditional bluegrass.


	My longtime friend and former bandmate Mark Guenther (shown here with Drew), who contributed his fine ear and early mixing expertise. Mark will be mastering the project at his Seattle Disc Mastering lab, where he has mastered over 600 CDs. Mark also engineered two of my favorite bands, the Presidents of the United States of America, The Supersuckers, and a bunch of other great stuff.

To see previous recording sessions, go the The Vault.