Gig Report: The Cayamo Sixthman Sessions

[Alan Smith]

Hello,

I had the pleasure of recording a writing session for five artists that will perform on a cruise called Cayamo. The company that produces the event is called Sixthman and has a stellar track record of producing music-themed cruise events. Cayamo is a singer-songwriter event that will feature Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and others in Feb of 2010.

The writing session was held in Augusta, GA with Chuck Cannon, Rebecca Lovell, Glen Phillips, Edie Carey and Shawn Mullins. They wrote 5 songs over two and a half days and we tracked the demos right there in the room.

Sixthman produced a video of the event.

The song clips are at here.

I recorded using:

SM7A
Beta 58's
SM81's
Rode NT5's
57's.

All into:

Focusrite octopre LE to:::
DBX 1046 quad comp to:::
Mackie Onyx 1620 to:::
Digi 003.

Monitoring thru Sony headphones and Dynaudio BM5A's.

This was the third time Sixthman has held writing sessions in Augusta. I've been honored to record all three.

Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

Alan

[Remoteness]

Hey Alan,

Thanks for sharing this with us.
After viewing the video it felt me wanting to see/hear more.
Well done!