David Andrew Wiebe

Hey all!

I just wanted to remind you about tomorrow's concert at the Good Earth Café (1502 11 St. SW). The performance will begin at 10:30 AM and will go until 1:30 PM. I have lots of covers and new material prepared, so come on out and support local business.

You can read the press release here.

Just a couple of milestones I reached recently...

6999 profile views on MySpace...

And 333 tweets on Twitter:

It would have been even cooler if I had 33 followers and 33 following. Oh well.

I've been working out bass parts for each song and recording them over the last couple of days. Things have been going smoothly, though admittedly there were some tricky parts I wrestled with. Still, I love music and I love recording so it doesn't even matter.

In any case, I'd like to say 'thanks' to everyone who reads my newsletters, and stops by to read my blog posts from time to time. You are awesome, and this would be nowhere near as fun without you.

God bless.

Earlier I had mentioned that I wanted this album to sound minimalistic. As I started listening to the tracks, however, I realized that they could all use a little bass. When all is said and done, I'm not sure if every track will feature bass, but in the last couple of sessions that's what I've been working on. The album will still be "acoustic", but it will feature a few more layers, that is, if we decide to keep them.

We've also been working on a lot of smaller details. Are the performances good? Can they be fixed? Do we need to record that guitar part again? This time I'm really listening for everything, making sure that it's up to snuff. At the moment I'm still not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are definitely making progress.

I like the fact that this project has quickly become a collaborative effort between me and my producer (Elijah), and I think that's a really healthy environment to be in. To produce it all myself would be a tricky thing to do, and I doubt that I would get what I really wanted out of the project. It's because there's another set of ears listening to what's going on that everything is falling into place.

All lyrics are © 2009 David Andrew Wiebe

Recording has quickly become a daily routine. Dare I say it, it's almost like a real job (*gasp!*). Get up at 8:00 AM, drive to Tim Horton's, pick up a coffee for my faithful producer, drive to the studio, and then spend anywhere from 3 - 6 hours recording guitars, vocals, and other instruments.

The reason it can feel like work sometimes is because that's exactly what it is. Singing can take a lot out of you, and there is definitely more pressure to "get it right" in the studio than there is when performing. That isn't to say we don't have fun in the studio, because we definitely do.

I really nailed a couple of vocal tracks today and I'm happy about that. There is more to do, to be sure, but it's good to know that it's do-able. It gives me more motivation to keep on going.

Right now I'm at home with a little bit of time to myself, so intend to catch up on emails, phone calls, blogs and so forth. God bless!

All lyrics are © 2009 David Andrew Wiebe