A quick update…. The new CD is currently being mixed by Thomas Hannes at Stattwerk Studios in Düsseldorf. This will take a few weeks. Following that, the CD will be mastered, the photo shoot is planned for mid August and the CD Design will be done by early September… Then the CD will be pressed and should be ready for general consumption in October! Phew!

The CD will contain 12 tracks and will be called “NEW RESOLUTION”. This title is from a line in the song “I’ll Come Around” which will of course be on the CD. Full track listing, running times, credits and information coming soon…

We’ve now recorded the 12 songs. The 2,5 weeks were intensive, exciting, emotional and very productive. We’re now taking a short break and from the 20th July we’ll be mixing the CD and finally mastering it too. In case you didn’t read the blogs, check out the daily updates from the studio on the Blog page. There are lots of videos and photos too. There’ll be more updates during the next weeks. We’re so sure that we’ve got something special here so stay tuned. Love from Kris.

This one is a short blog as we didn’t really have much to do today. Joanna Drummond came in to lay some lovely female vocals on the song “Sorry”. It’s sounds super. I also re-recorded the vocals on the song “Only One Heart”. It’s now got more balls! I chose to redo this one again as it was the first vocal I did and now at the end of recording I have a confidence and knew I could do it better. I did. I’m now really happy with the song…. And I mean REALLY happy. It’s a tune!

I can’t believe it’s all over. The recording was fun, emotional, hard work at times and an amazing experience. I really have to thank Thomas for getting the best out of me. We’re now taking a 2 week break before we start mixing. I hope you enjoyed these updates. More news on the CD coming soon. Love from Kris.

It’s the final day of recording. I can’t believe how quick it’s gone! Today I finished off the solos in “Fallin’ Down” and recorded some acoustic parts in “I’ll Come Around”. I actually redorded a little acoustic version of “I’ll Come Around” and maybe this is how we could play the song live. I’ll have to think about that… Anyway this afternoon Rene Schwiers came in and recorded some keyboards and Rhodes on the now epic track “Just Can’t Make It On My Own”. I can’t describe just how good this song sounds. Elmar came in to listen to the recording and we could not stop smiling about this track.

Now we’re done. Packed up and going home! Actually not quite as next week Joanna will come in and record some backing vocals on the song “Sorry”. Then we’re done!

Here’s today’s musical video blog. I’m using my Fender Tele, Tubescreamer pedal and my HotRod Deville Fender amp.

>>Making of the CD 2009 – Video Blog – Day 10<<

>>Acoustic Version of “I’ll Come Around”<<

Progress is excellent and I’ve been intensively doing the vocal parts of the songs. I thought this would be difficult and not very enjoyable but I’ve found this to fun. Our producer Thomas has got the best out of me. I’ve learnt so much from him about the approach to songs. He stopped me during the singing of “Sorry” by saying “hey Kris, it’s good, but I don’t believe what you’re singing. Where’s the emotion? You’re meant to be sorry for the things you’ve done”. He got me to visualise seeing an ex-girlfriend and imagine she’s there with me in the studio and I’m singing it to her. Things like this worked so well.
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