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		<title>Blown Away!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 07:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here I am sitting here in a bit of a stupor.  I just got back from a unbelievable recording session.  I am not sure if it really happened or not.  I have been talking about doing this record for so long, I can&#8217;t believe I have the first rough mix of it sitting next [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So here I am sitting here in a bit of a stupor.  I just got back from a unbelievable recording session.  I am not sure if it really happened or not.  I have been talking about doing this record for so long, I can&#8217;t believe I have the first rough mix of it sitting next to me right now.  It&#8217;s one thing to listen to songs in a studio where everything sounds awesome, it is yet another to put the CD into a car stero and take off.  I don&#8217;t mean to sound like a self absorbed jerk, but I was just blown away.  The thing I am so blown away by is just how professional the actual recording is. Steve did such an amazing job with all the sound on it.  It sounds like a real record. I feel so totally blessed to have a chance to have both Steve and Jon playing bass and drums.  They are  such a skilled and creative rhythm section.  They took the songs and just made them come to life, like Pinocchio becoming a real boy.</p>
<p>To think that none of this existed 48 hours ago.  It was all recorded this weekend.  The whole process went really smoothly.  We basically cut 9 tracks in 10 hours, now that I think of it.  That&#8217;s pretty much unheard of in the recording world.  Fortunately we had rehearsed, so everyone was pretty familiar with the music. Though it had been a while since we played last, we seemed to find our groove pretty quickly.</p>
<p>I  have to admit, I had preiviously thought I wanted to put fiddle, horns, mandolin, sitar- basically everything but the kitchen on to this thing in terms of additional instruments and extra production.  Listening to it now though, I really don&#8217;t know if it needs much of anything.  That&#8217;s something I never expected; for us to be enough. Though I am sure a few other sounds might find their way onto the project, for now I feel totally content and at ease.</p>
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