YOU GUYS!!!! We had SUCH a great time in the first sessions, tracking the rhythm section for the album. We had expected only to get two or three of them done, but we got seven of them!! Our recording engineer, Claire Hoke, rocked the setup, and we all managed to have a great time even while working our asses off.
So our brilliant mixing engineer, Vanessa Silberman, is working on balancing out the mixes and getting them ready for the next step, which is to layer in vocals, percussion, guitars, and other instruments.
We’ll be back at White Horse Black Mountain again in February to record the remaining three songs, and then work on the overdubs during the weeks around that.
Session pics from our fabulous photographer,
Justin Wood (@highwater.tv on FB and IG)
Jack talking with Michael about one of the songs. 
Bekkah singing her heart out. Or something. 
The whole crew! From left to right: James Kylen, drums, Craig Rumney, production assistant, Rebekkah Hilgraves, vocals/music/lyrics/production, Chris “Jack” Daniels, vocals/music/lyrics/guitars, Claire Hoke, recording engineer, Bob Hinkle, producer, Michael Filippone, bass. 
The band! From left to right: Michael Filippone, bass, James Kylen, drums, Bekkah Hilgraves, vocals/lyrics/music, Jack Daniels, vocals/lyrics/music/guitars 
Listening to playback during a break. 
Michael Filippone hard at work 
Michael Filippone talks with drummer James Kylen about a passage. 
Jack working with the rhythm section on “Drop” 
We use an array of different mics to record vocals to get the best out of each one. This is the array we used for Jack: Shure SM58 beta, a custom mic (based on the U87), and a classic Shure Unidyne. 
We use an array of different mics to record vocals to get the best out of each one. This is the array we used for Bekkah: Shure SM58 beta, a custom mic (based on the U87), and the 75th anniversary edition of the classic Shure Unidyne. 
The headstock of one of Jack’s classic guitars. 
The whole crew! From left to right: James Kylen, drums, Craig Rumney, production assistant, Rebekkah Hilgraves, vocals/music/lyrics/production, Chris “Jack” Daniels, vocals/music/lyrics/guitars, Claire Hoke, recording engineer, Bob Hinkle, producer, Michael Filippone, bass. 
Jack talking with James and Michael about one of the tracks.