Recording Irish Drinking Songs in the Studio

I think I figured it out. If I'm to successfully record in the studio, I have to do a non-stop spree. I can't record regulary over time. Short powerful bursts works best.

After recording my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #12 & 13, I decided I was gonna focus on recording. So I stopped reading email, managing websites and blogs, and just recorded all day. It started on Sunday. Then I did more today (Monday).

What am I recording? No. It's not the Scottish CD like I should be doing. Andrew is producing that. So I'm waiting for him.

Instead, I have a few new promo ideas I'm recording for.

1. Irish Drinking Songs, Cat Lovers Companion CD. This is a CD of the original versions of all my cat songs.
   
   
2. DragonPage Drinking Songs. This isn't solidified yet, but I've been talking to Michael and Evo of the about releasing a CD of Drinking Songs via the DragonPage since one of their shows they do a lot of drinking.
   
   
3. An Irish Drinking Songs CD for the Brobdingnagian Bards. This would actually be the same as the DragonPage CD, but with our own brand and CD cover.

Originally, the DragonPage CD was just gonna be a compilation CD. And it may still be, in part. But I wanted a few extra songs on it. So I recorded some. Then I started recording some more. Finally, I said, maybe it should ALL be new.

Yes. A lot of these songs are re-recordings of earlier material. But not all. There's a few new songs that I have yet to run by Andrew like "The Night Paddy Murphy Died", "Beer, Beer, Beer", and for the Sci Fi element, "The Lusty Young Sith". Plus, I have another Jedi drinking song I wrote for the prequels.

Tomorrow, Andrew comes over and with any luck, he'll lay his parts and I can start mixing the DragonPage CD.

I still have a few songs to work on for the Cat Companion though. So that'll wait a wee bit longer. But I've made good headway on that album as well.

Slainte!