I took notes during a phone conversation with King Street this afternoon. I sent a three CD set containing 21 of the 24 demos for my new album, and today we talked about the possibility of putting together a second album for the label. The last three weeks have been high pressure for me, listening, recording, tracklisting revisions, plotting, planning, budgeting, tentatively approaching vocalists, wondering if this is the right thing to do or not — afraid that maybe the best tracks developed over the last year or so from my live sets, and on Sunday Soul would be snatched up by King Street, and then there might be nothing left for the Treehouse Muzique, community supported album.
After a good conversation about bpm, techno, and the importance of female vocals I was relieved to find that Hisa only selected 2 of the “best” tracks from the collection which I had hoped, and was positioned to insist remain with me, for us.
And so it seems that the two albums at once project continues. The King Street album will be largely uptempo, synthetic, and aimed at the main dance floor. the Treehouse Muzique album will be hand made, new balearica, heady and personal. It’s a beautiful solution. I might not have been able to make such a clear choice by myself.
The contracts are expected today, and work is already under way. Hurray!
