Since we’ve been back from Missouri I haven’t had the chance to write
about our time out there.  So here’s my end of recording thoughts.

The making of the CD was so much fun, but also so inspiring…and it was mostly because I got to record this project with these guys.  They are all AMAZING musicians.  James, I’m convinced, is going to be producing records for a living very soon.  He’s such a natural.  He has this amazing ability to know where holes in the songs are…and then he knows how to fill it.  Really, really gifted dude.  I’m so thankful he was with us.  Mike is one of the most solid musicians I know.  He honestly did everything in one take -with drums, guitar, random shaky things.  He’s also a great engineer in the studio…he knows how to get great sounding takes.  Pat has this crazy talent for figuring out how to make really special moments in songs.  I know that sound cheesy…but it’s so true.  He really does understand what will and won’t connect in the song.  And he also does amazing face-melting guitar solos. 

On the Incarnation was produced by Jeremy Larson.  I have had an unhealthy man crush on Jeremy’s music for a long time.  He has an EP called Swim and then a self titled CD that I think you should all go buy right now.  So when he  agreed to produce our album I was so geeked out.  After working with him on this project I can tell you that he really is such an amazingly talented musician.  But really the two things that stood out to me the most about Jeremy were his work ethic, and how kind he was.  Jeremy put in 12 and 13 hour days while we were there.  12 and 13 hour days.  That’s crazy.  He was one of the most kind people I’ve ever been around.  Jeremy went out of his way to make us feel welcomed….which I think is one of the reasons it was so easy for us to jump right in and start working so well on this record from the first day we were out there.

I really loved every secondof this process…the rides out and back, recoding, staying up ’til 4 or 5 every night (uhh… morning, technically), drinking our weight in coffee…daily. It was such a memorable trip.  And I can’t wait for all of you to hear these songs.  Soon.  Very soon.