It's been over a year since the release
of Kinagree Smiths Debut recording “Wartzinall”. Almost
immediately after the launch of the first recording a second
recording was proposed. The Project was titled “Ashes and Dreams”
and it posed a bit of a challenge.
The concept was to perform three suits
of songs based on the themes of loss and redemption. All three suits
would be performed live and recorded. In other words, we were
creating an artistic work that we could perform live, no studio
trickery.
This proved to be a greater challenge
then ever anticipated. Each song not only had to fit the theme, but
work in conjunction with the song before it.
We've had the first two suits figured
out for a while and have even performed them live in concert several
times. But the third suit was the rub. It had to be the climax of the
work, and had to straddle the line between optimistic and sappy. It
had to be different, but still fit in to the work as a whole.
After months of trying to figure out
what songs would make up the third suit, we finally broke the code
last night. After month of getting it wrong, we finally got it right.
We are officially out of Pre-Production
Limbo and into the rehearsal stage.
In relatively short order we should be
in the studio. At this point, there is nothing to it, but to do it.
Of course I won't hazard a release date
at this point. You never know what sniggles will pop up during the
recording, and since we are doing this live, is we mess up at any
point we have to start all over. And not just one song, but there are
four songs in each suit.
This could prove challenging, and with
a lesser group of musicians I might even call it impossible. But I
know what Kinagree Smith can do when they get their mojo working.
This recording will be patterned on the
“Hobson's Choice” Model. An amazing audiophile recording of a
breathtaking performance.
In other “Ashes and Dreams” new,
the cover package is done. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this on the
blog before, but “Ashes and Dreams” doesn't have just one piece
of cover art, but 12 different covers. One for each song on the
recording. Three suits with four songs each means 12 covers.
But... there are more then 12 songs on
“Ashes and Dreams” because we are providing a Epilog song
bringing the total to 13 songs. Dose this 13th song have
it's own cover art? Yes, the back cover is for the 13th
song.
This is an exciting, challenging, and
unique project. I'm confident when I encourage you to expect great
things.
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