Just a quick timescale check. The first mix session was three days long, going from Saturday the 15th of March till Monday the 17th.
Day 1 saw Emery plough through Chinese Blues and make a start on J. Smith. Day 2 had him finishing J. Smith and moving swiftly onto Something Anything. Still on day 2, he finished Something Anything and began the mix on Long Way Down.
By the start of day 3, Long Way Down had a couple of hours left of fiddling, then Friends came next and was completed at 7pm.
We only came out on this first mix session to do Chinese Blues and J. Smith but Emery got on a roll and so we just went with it.
So...to Something Anything... generally when the mix is happening, there's not much for me to do so I go for walks and run errands. Today I went to Macy's for underwear...I absolutely adore lace (Joke) and Urban Outfitters for some jeans.
I also travelled over to the lower east side to a spectacle shop called Fabulous Fannys on a tip off from one of the boys from Grizzly Bear (fantastic band on WARP, their latest album Yellow House is beautiful) I bought a nice set of clear frames. Then I met my friend Josh and his daughter Harper. She is very cute. Josh shot and directed the video for 3 Times And You Lose. I love this video.
Anyways we wandered back to the studio and showed them about. Harper stood, gazing, hypnotised by the large bank of flashing lights before her. You could tell she was one computation away from twiddling and pressing all the buttons but Josh distracted her and she wandered off.
The mix of Something Anything was banging. It's the shortest song on the recrod at just over 2 minutes...maybe 2 and a half. Andy's guitar solo is off the scale. He screams into the final chorus like his life depends on it. Exhilarating.
This is Andy's most accomplished Travis record to date. From the delicate arpeggio of Friends to the howling clatter of Before You Were Young and everything in between, he nails it. And nails it in single takes and live takes to 16 track analog tape... no tricks.
Get your air guitars ready people.
After Something Anything it's time for Long Way Down. More of that later.
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