Half-Step Away
July 09, 2008 Filed in: Recording
"Don't Wo--rry..."
As the last syllable pushed well into high-tenor Ab territory, Mark turned to me. He said "Maybe instead of tuning down a half step, we'll start tuning up a half step from now on." We usually have a good time when recording together. Yesterday (July 8th), Mark asked me to sing some background vocals on his song "Calling Saturn."
"Calling Saturn" is one of the eight tracks on Mark Kano's forthcoming solo album, which, is well underway in production. For fans of Athenaeum, this is a super-must-have-can't-wait-till-it's-out record. There's a preview of a different track on Mark's Myspace page.
I heard a few different demos of this song over the years. I think it originated back in 2003. There was an acoustic demo that was completed sometime in 2006. This album version seems like a hybrid of those two gems.
The song is the infamous "Plurabelle" tuning (DbAbDbAbAbEb). And, the background vocals are really, really high in pitch.
"Calling Saturn" is a great tune. I can't wait for you to hear it.
As the last syllable pushed well into high-tenor Ab territory, Mark turned to me. He said "Maybe instead of tuning down a half step, we'll start tuning up a half step from now on." We usually have a good time when recording together. Yesterday (July 8th), Mark asked me to sing some background vocals on his song "Calling Saturn."
"Calling Saturn" is one of the eight tracks on Mark Kano's forthcoming solo album, which, is well underway in production. For fans of Athenaeum, this is a super-must-have-can't-wait-till-it's-out record. There's a preview of a different track on Mark's Myspace page.
I heard a few different demos of this song over the years. I think it originated back in 2003. There was an acoustic demo that was completed sometime in 2006. This album version seems like a hybrid of those two gems.
The song is the infamous "Plurabelle" tuning (DbAbDbAbAbEb). And, the background vocals are really, really high in pitch.
"Calling Saturn" is a great tune. I can't wait for you to hear it.