For those of you that have shown the curiosity to "move the borders" and push the envelop, this section will keep you abreast of the development of Raker john related projects. A detailed summary of the CD activity is available here.
As of today, February 8, 2015, most of the recording for the first two CDS, How I Got To Here - Volumes 1 & 2 , has been done - at least for the rhythm tracks. There are 33 songs in some state of mixing with about a dozen being final mixes. No mastering has been done on any songs. Most of the missing tracks are instruments I do not play myself (fiddle and banjo, mainly) so the ETA is hard to estimate. I want to go out on a limb and say these CDs will probably be available for Christmas of this year. Some work has also been done on the original songs written between 1960 and 1974, It Was Easier Back Then , but very little. I have to relearn (sounds better than "try to remember") a few of them so it may take a while...
In the mean time I am assembling my 24-track digital studio and learning the new board which, hopefully, will speed some things up. So
Stay tuned and keep the faith...