My studio has become my SANCTUARY. I spend a great chunk of my time in this small space filled with all the recording goodies a singer/songwriter could need(almost! there's always room for more gadgets). It's a lovely place that might give others a little anxiety with all the equipment and instruments everywhere.
Before last August when I decided to become a Certified Protools Operator I hated recording. My first album was such a trial that I didn't want to ever do it again. It was recorded on an eight track digital recorder and mixed in CakewalkXL. Every track was painful and difficult because I had to get the whole song in one long take. No punching in or splicing. It seemed virtually impossible at times and took me a year and a half to get my first eight songs recorded. I will forever be proud of Little Miss Nowhere because it is all mine. It isn't the most beautifully produced record on the planet but it is a personal success despite the measly 300 copies I have sold thus far.
As I was saying, last August I attended and completed coursework at TRAC (The Recording Arts Center) in San Diego. Since then I have enjoyed and even become obsessed with engineering. No, I haven't completed an album but I have been tirelessly working towards it.
I am now recording 30 new songs to be considered for my next album as well as a children's CD project of my mother's poetry. I look forward to my next success and believe it will become a reality very soon.
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