Archive for August 2011
Songblog: Ginny Owens: The Sessions for Get In, I’m Driving
Today I’ll show you some behind-the-scenes for the title track from Ginny Owens’ upcoming album, Get In I’m Driving, which I produced along with Ginny and Monroe Jones. Like the previous post in this series (featuring a look at how Before You Fly came together), I’ll give you a glimpse at the process of how…
Read MoreSongblog: Brian McKnight / Anytime
For today’s Songblog, we’ll take a look at an unusually constructed song: R&B/soul crooner Brian McKnight’s “Anytime,” from his 1997 album also called Anytime. Why unusual? Apart from the melody and lyrics, the song is essentially two measures repeated for four minutes. How does Brian pull off an entire song [that’s not hip-hop] by repeating…
Read MoreGinny Owens: An Inside Look at “Before You Fly”
Ginny Owens‘ leading single Before You Fly, from her upcoming album, Get In I’m Driving, has just been released and I’m privileged to have produced it along with Ginny and Monroe Jones. This album has been a massive project that took almost two years to complete. More than twenty songs for the project were recorded, many…
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