Post by adogg4629 on May 16, 2014 11:32:24 GMT -6
Apparently Phish and Bob Ezrin decided to do most of the work on their new Album in Nashville. I grew up and started in upstate NY and NYC, and was lucky to get to work with great people and great artists. I learned from them about this mystical place where all music sounds better and you can find the best musicians and studios to cater to truly great art. They called it Nashville.
I've only been there once for a few days (a stop on my way to Memphis, the ancient city built by the gods where the streets run blue with soul). It was a friend and booze filled weekend I remember fondly (if hazily). I regret my lack of time there though and I want to return.
Now, a band I grew up loving for their songwriting, musicianship (not their 40 minutes jams though), and album production have made the move to recording in the South's mecca of great musical engineering. If the first pre-release track Waiting All Night is any indication, then it should be good. I can only surmise that it's one part a bunch of guys who live on farms in New England (including Bob Ezrin) who make intricate songs and albums, and one part the magic of Nashville seeping into their sessions.
I know I'm taking mystical elements lacking in my life and adding them to a perfect version of a fantasy city with great music and great living. But one of the few memories I have of that city is wandering around Opryland with artificially heightened senses taking in the lights, music and atmosphere. How can I not think that all of Nashville has that same magic? Especially when I live and work in LA. Hollywood and the EI aside, we have dust and traffic. Lots of dust and traffic.
I've only been there once for a few days (a stop on my way to Memphis, the ancient city built by the gods where the streets run blue with soul). It was a friend and booze filled weekend I remember fondly (if hazily). I regret my lack of time there though and I want to return.
Now, a band I grew up loving for their songwriting, musicianship (not their 40 minutes jams though), and album production have made the move to recording in the South's mecca of great musical engineering. If the first pre-release track Waiting All Night is any indication, then it should be good. I can only surmise that it's one part a bunch of guys who live on farms in New England (including Bob Ezrin) who make intricate songs and albums, and one part the magic of Nashville seeping into their sessions.
I know I'm taking mystical elements lacking in my life and adding them to a perfect version of a fantasy city with great music and great living. But one of the few memories I have of that city is wandering around Opryland with artificially heightened senses taking in the lights, music and atmosphere. How can I not think that all of Nashville has that same magic? Especially when I live and work in LA. Hollywood and the EI aside, we have dust and traffic. Lots of dust and traffic.
