Dolson: In The Studio

Busy, busy, week.

Yesterday, we met up with Justin and Paul at Smoakstack. I got hear some Sixpence and play some ping-pong, so that was cool. Then back at Sputnik, Vance opened up my project to start mixing, and. . .where’s the?. . .oh no!

A disc allocation error had put files into a folder where they weren’t supposed to be. Andy Osenga rushed over to help. We were all freaking out a bit, cause in the back of all of our minds we’re preparing for the worst. We may have to re-record what we’ve already done. It was a tense moment that lasted about all night, but Andy was able to find everything but one pass of drums and a background vocal. PTL! (that one’s for my friend’s down in Charleston).

So we were able to get working on the first tune “I’ll Never Be”.


After a long night of mixing I decided to hit up the Opryland Hotel since I have this obsessive compulsive need to stop by that place at least once every time I’m in Nashville. Of course it was all decorated for Christmas with lights galore.

And I had to drop by the arcade.

Although it was a little lame racing myself on the motorcycle game, Colleen.

Yesterday, I had lunch with Mitch, Josh, and one of Mitch’s clients Trish at Barbara’s Meat ‘n’ 3. Delicious southern cooking. Then I had some time to kill before re-tracking drums over at Paul Eckberg’s place, so I bought an ugly Christmas Sweater for the party at Goodwill.

At 4:30 Andy and I met at Paul’s house to do the drum part of “Can’t Keep On Running”. Paul played drums on Tide back in 2005. In fact, Sputnik was being renovated back then, so we did the whole record at his place with Mitch.

We got the drums recorded in record time, and they sound great.

Back at Sputnik, Josh and I got some Gyros and Hummus and watched the Office before heading to the Mercy Lounge to catch Justin Rosolini’s CD Release Party.

Today, I’m having lunch with Osenga and heading off to Johnson City to play tonight at Poor Richards.