It has occurred to me that I haven't told you much about what's going on with the "Run, Love, Run" project? Whoops! Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like you (I do very much!), but I've been trying to schedule in as much work as I can before school starts, and I am dying to tell you what I've been doing!
For starters, every week, I do "Song Share Sunday", where I share a new song that will be on the album every Sunday! Most of these videos are the first time anyone's ever heard that song!
So there's that to keep you busy! But if you would like to get an exclusive preview on how one of the new songs are sounding, join the MWR Mailing List, and you will be the first to hear it! Join now, because the exclusive email will be sent out next Wednesday!
I want to take a moment to thank the people who have been so graciously helping me with this project! Thank you so much to Kevin Baek for playing drums and giving the songs life, to Aaron Agudelo for playing guitar parts and ripping solos, to Rachel Chen for playing some sweet piano melodies, and to Alyson Yee for designing an awesome album cover (*hush hush* it's top secret!). All my love and gratitude go out to you! I am blessed to have such talented friends!
Early on in the project, we had the acoustic guitar tracks all laid down, paving the way for drum tracks. Between drum recording days, I found some nice pads for some songs and recorded those first. I spent a good day sitting my living room with Allan's keyboard, flipping through piano sounds and different pads to fit the mood of the song. I also found a pretty interesting patch called "Hollywood Edge FX" which turned out to be a bunch of different war sounds (machine guns and explosions). I think I could hook up some large speakers behind my garage doors and scare some people who happen to be walking by. ;)
After recording some electric guitar parts with Aaron, I spent a couple days recording some vocals and redoing some acoustic guitar parts. And after recording some keys with Rachel, all the songs have their foundations. Almost all the songs are ready with drums and bass, so the grooves are all set.
So what's next? Well, as for recording, I plan to finish drums and bass this week, all vocals, harmonies, and electric guitar parts next week, a gang vocal recording day sometime next week, and it's on to mixing and mastering from there.
This is such a huge project for me, and I'm so thankful that God has given me the strength to push through and for the help and support I'm getting along the way. If you've made it this far in this blog post, thank you for believing in me and supporting me even just by taking the time to read this. I really appreciate the thoughts and prayer you put in for me too! I really want these songs to be more than just ear candy, and to bring people together. That is why, sometime further down the road, I will be announcing two very special places where the money from this album's sale will be going. I am extremely excited for this aspect of "Run, Love, Run" because it will serve as a reminder that we can all do something to help those around us. So stay tuned for that announcement!
In the mean time, listen to the acoustic videos of the songs that will be on this album! About half of them we sang before at an Allan and Friends Concert, but the rest are completely never-heard-before new songs! I try to do one every Sunday, and hope to keep it going even after "Run, Love, Run". Do share this with other people! That will help a lot! :)
Please continue to pray for me and this project, as we're about halfway through. I can't wait to see how this turns out and what new doors God will open for it!Oh, and did I mention that there will be a bluesy melodica solo? :)
Peace, love, and Costco pork chops,
-Brandon
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