Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you all enjoyed yourselves over the holidays, ate too many desserts, opened too many presents, and consumed too much, uh, eggnog. For most of you, it’s probably back to work, school, the treadmill, the grind. I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be the year for all of us, and the start of a beautiful decade. I’ve got my fingers crossed…
It’s only the third day of the new decade and I already have some good stuff to tell you all about. Yesterday Ben, Rob, and I spent the day at Sean McLaughlin’s studio to finalize the mixes. Seany Mac’s a genius when it comes to this stuff and is working his magic on our songs. They sound amazing, they really do. We still have a couple of tunes left, which we’ll wrap up tomorrow, but that’s it; Inside Out is pretty much all mixed and ready to be mastered on Saturday with Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering! (Mastering is the final step in the recording process that makes the whole thing sparkle, much like a pat of butter on a warm biscuit, olives in a martini, a cigarette after sex…you get the idea.) Then it’s sent off to be duplicated. Having spent a whole bunch of time listening to these mixes over the past couple weeks, I can tell you that this is going to be one very special record. We love it, and we hope you will, too. We’re pretty confident you will.
The official record release parties for Inside Out will be sometime in mid-March–details to follow soon–but those of you who come out to our February 5th show Caffe Lena will be able to get your copy then! And of course anyone who pre-orders his or her copy will get Inside Out as soon as it’s available. To find out more about how to pre-order, email me at andy@johenley.com.
Also, last but not least, we’re still looking for any help we can get to finish the new record, promote it, tour behind it, and get our music out there to as many folks as we can. We encourage you to read this to find out how you can help Jo Henley.
More news to come, including the final track listing for Inside Out, sneak previews, and a special guest we’ll have sitting in with us at Caffe Lena on February 5–a show you definitely not want to miss–so check back soon!
Andy
