Latest Nashville sessions
March 16-19 found me in Nashville, producing and playing acoustic guitar on three days of recording. Song demos with various songwriters using my trusty team of Nashville A-list musicians, including…
Cathy Wilson: Celtic Folk in Cookeville TN
Out of the blue, while waiting for a plane at the Nashville airport, I got a call from Cathy. She had found the Mill Pond Music Studio website on line,…
Fall update
Lots happening this past summer into fall: new CDs by John Carew, Skip Gorman, Annie Eastman Young, Gus LaCasse, song demos by Abbi White, Greg Lull, Brandon Harris, Brin Banta,…
Nashville Travelogue- July ’14
Just back from two production trips to Nashville, lots of great music and a chance to visit some of my many cherished colleagues! Elizabeth Carrigan's story is dramatic and compelling…
Abbi White’s new Nashville/Portsmouth CD
An ambitious, sparkling new 14-song CD from Boston's Abbi White, tracked in Nashville with a stellar cast of acoustic A-teamers, including Aubrey Haynie, Jeff Taylor, Matt Combs, John…
Nashville Travelogue, continued.
Had a great time producing, arranging and playing on 4 new songs by NY songwriter Dave Stewart this past weekend. Tracking was done at Studio 19 with Jesse Poe engineering.…
The Nashville Years: singers and players
A lot of interesting artists and musicians recorded at my studio in Nashville during its twenty years of operation, giving me ample opportunities to make a lot of mistakes and…
Nashville Travelogue, continued.
Just back from two trips to Nashville in two weeks. First, a couple of days of producing (and playing acoustic guitar on) song demos for New Yorker Dave Stewart, a…
Some notes from my many Nashville clients:
"Thanks so much for your great work! I'm not so much talking about the finished product (terrific!), but the process- respectful, unhurried, caring, artistic- which infuses and is forever captured…
Nashville bids Jim ‘adieu!’…
On my departure, some words from colleagues: "...you're such an impeccable player, so insightful and full of spirit; and keeping the big picture in mind. I've always been honored that…
Country singers & songwriters: Record in Nashville!
Here are the questions: "I'm a country singer- do I have to have a Nashville band on my CD?" And, "I write songs that I think are good enough to…
Nashville travelogue: Wanya, Petrojvic Blasting Co. and more!
Sometimes the producer's job is really easy (don't tell my client!). Producing a vocal session in Nashville last week with Wanya Morris of Boyz To Men was just such a…