| Miguel M. wrote on Mon, 26 October 2009 03:08 |
I was so enthusiastic about that I went out and bought the Marry Me album.. Great work Daniel!
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Thank you. It took a very long time.
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Did you enjoy working with Annie? Have you had something to do with "The Actor"?
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I did enjoy working with Annie on the record. It was off and on for about two years. She was either at home in Dallas or on tour with the Polyphonic Spree for a lot of the time, so there were lots of emails exchanged while I tracked drums with Brian in Birmingham or did mixes or whatever. Then we would get together for a couple of weeks at a time and make a few giant leaps forward, then back to emails. Wash, rinse, repeat.
It was without a doubt the most unconventional recording process I've ever experienced. Track counts were into the seventies and up on most songs.
While I did mix the whole record, and large chunks of all of the songs were recorded at my place, the first half of the record was done more conventionally... i.e. mostly with a "team" in a room together. As a result, my personal opinion is that the first half of the record is vastly superior to the second half. But you may judge for yourself.
I also did FOH and was the tour manager for her first headlining tour. That I enjoyed less. Doing both jobs is not easy, particularly without tour support.
And no. I had nothing to do with "Actor." After three years of working together, I think we both needed a break. It's a nice record, but I think it's over-bright and over-compressed.
Annie is an incredibly talented guitarist and a very good songwriter, but she's also one of the most fiercely ambitious people I've ever met.
DF
[EDIT: I'd love to do an IMP with one of those songs. We'd be lucky to get five entries on time.]
