Here’s another one of my favorites. Radiohead, The Bends is filled with interesting textured sounds and the performance comes across with plenty of passion. This album makes me want to jump up and dance.

Here’s one of my favorite albums. What’s an album? You’re too young to be reading this blog, get outta here. Just kidding, you’re the reason I’m writing this post.

It seems that the single is dominating the music industry these days so I thought I would share some of my thoughts on some of my favorite albums, or collection of songs be it record, cd or even download.

The first in my series is Skip, Hop And Wobble
by Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg, and Edgar Meyer. The recording quality is excellent and the musicianship is inspiring and soulful. I recommend this one to all of my musician friends.

2. Know the tempo’s of your songs. Make sure you and your band practice with a metronome. This one always seems to be very difficult to really make happen but is probably one of the biggest things that separates the pros from the amateurs.

3. Determine in advance who will play solo’s and how long the solo will last.

4. Often times it takes just as long to mix your recording as it does to actually record it. Sometimes even longer. Depending on the studio you go to, there may be some more steps you need to take before it’s ready to go to press.

5. Be on time. Many studio’s bill you for the actual time you book the studio so be sure to arrive early with all of the accessories you need to perform your best. New sticks, drum heads, water, guitar strings, picks, snacks, and whatever else you can think of that you might need.

Jamey Warren Bass

Here’s a watercolor of me playing bass while the 30-ot-Hix were playing at Pine Creek.  I’m surprised at how much I look like my dad, particularly his album cover for You Got The World on a String which was illustrated by his friend Eugene Kenny Wilson.

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