Lady Moon

Studio Update!

Added 2024-09-24 22:47:22 +0000 UTC

Hello from The Secret Hollow Studio!

Today marks the first official day of hot mics here 🎙️

Rather than record for three weeks straight, I decided to use the first week of dedicated studio time to woodshed the most difficult parts of each song with the metronome…. often at maddeningly slow speeds 🐌

But boy, has it been a game changer!

Today, when I turned on the mics, things went so much smoother than I hoped. I got the performance I wanted in fewer takes, had more time and brain power to focus on the engineering and mic placement, and as a result, I came out with a really full stereo octave mandolin sound 🤩 (I’ll post some mic placement pics on the Patron Only feed on Instagram this evening for anyone who is curious.)

Tomorrow will mark day two of octave mandolin recording, and Lord willing, by the end of two weeks, I hope to have three songs with the Octave and vocals finished so they can be sent off to cello land 😎

In addition to wood shedding the first round of songs for recording, I’ve also finished writing our 6th song for the album! 🥳

Which means, if this record ends up being 9 songs, we’re 2/3rds of the way there! 🌝❤️

As I finish this first round of recording, we may have to push the Secret Hollow Show back this month so I can save my voice. But when we reconvene, I’m excited to have a brand new song to debut for you!

Thank you all so much for being here with me, for making this second record possible, and for joining in on the journey. It felt so good to hit the ground running today.

More updates soon!

Love,

Eva