Hello all,I was listening to some music and Rosemary Clooney’s “It Don’t Mean A Thing” came on my iPod. I just had to write about her.She is one of those voices that I remember hearing as a child. I remember watching her over and over in such movies as “White Christmas” (1954) with Bing Crosby, [...]
Ok, all, I enjoy a good YouTube vid, and I love animals, but I am not generally the type to go looking for those critter vids.However, hey, it’s my birthday and I was in the mood for some birthday jazz. I started looking for jazz and ended up with the dogs :)-Deborah E Jazz Singer [...]
Hey all,I have to say that I hadn’t experienced as much of the jazzy side of Carly Simon, until recently and fell in love with her rendition of “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.”The vid, below, shows her in all her beauty, in not only the jazzy interpretation of the song, but the stage presence and interaction [...]
This week we were working with the tracks recorded @ DM2 Studios – our “Albumette Project.” There is no comparison to the non-live counterparts! Hey, synthesized sound is great. It is useful, but the human touch via a live session just cannot be replicated.Live music, recorded creatively, inspires what is best in us, as musicians. [...]
You know, in working on the Albumette project, I have discovered the existence of the “WOW Factor.” I discovered this when listening to different versions of the same song, with different engineering techniques. It is amazing how many different versions of one recording can be created with different engineering and mixing techniques. It is almost [...]