SHABBAT SHALOM!

As the Shabbat comes to a close, I have a couple of moments to update the blog.

FRIDAY  We got up early and dropped some of our music equipment at the place of our Congregation so that we would be ready for Shabbat Service Worship the following day. Then it was off to the studio. We arrived at 10:45 am and met with Ron and Rob.   Our sound engineer was delayed with car trouble, so we were able to get some photos taken for the Album Cover.  Once the Engineer arrived, we were on a roll: we were adding different percussion, bass and some acoustic guitar to our basic tracks.  After a quick lunch break, we started on vocals. We had the visit of Rob's family with his wife bringing us all a Starbucks drink!  In between events, Patrick was busy writing and typing the information we need to put on the album cover.  By the end of the evening, we had most of the basic overdubs completed and three quarters of the vocals.  But, the "end of the evening" was after midnight! LOL! So Patrick and I tumbled into bed about 1 AM, tired but contented.  "The sleep of the laboring man is sweet."  And it was indeed sweet.  

And, I forgot to mention, we got to see the beginning of the Album cover.  They are doing an EXCELLENT job and we are very thrilled as we see it all coming together.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our poll about the lyrics.  I think we have come to a very nice solution.  We will be putting all the English lyrics on the CD itself, and we will make the French and Hebrew lyrics available with the English on our website.  We are still working on the design and will have to see what our space restraints are.

SATURDAY:  We woke up and headed out to the Congregation for Shabbat Service.  We had such a blessed time, and really enjoyed our time of fellowship. Once home, we just relaxed for the rest of the day.  I took a BIG LONNNNNNNNNNG NAP!  I was really tired.  Now I am feeling refreshed and ready for tomorrow.  

Tomorrow we will be adding the violins, strings, oud, harp, and any other instrument.  We also have vocals and harmonies to add to three songs.  Hope will also be joining us tomorrow to add her part to "Eliyahu HaNavi"  Then we should be starting to work on mixing.  It looks like we will have to add another Studio day if we want to have a proper mixing and editing of our songs.  Mixing is VERY important and the more time we give to the sound engineer to do this, the better product we will have. Hopefully the extra day will be enough.

PLEASE PRAY THAT WE CAN GET PERMISSION to use the song "Ana Bekoach"  We REALLY want this song on the album, but we are having a hard time getting the necessary license.  If there is anyone who has connections in Israel, or is willing to help us with this, please let us know.

If we have to scratch this song, it will be very disappointing. But the Lord's will be done.

We should have a basic tracks on the CD tomorrow night, which we will review for errors, and then the final mixing and editing will be done on Tuesday.  By Wednesday, it should be ready to go for Duplication.  Hopefully we will have the finished products at least by the 15th of July.  We will keep you posted.