In the Studio. "Truth on Tape" Sessions. Blog #2
Smile Smile and the Case of the Whistling Man
3-5-09
She Said - Jencey's Blog
Well we've started a process I never thought would happen, preparing ourselves to release songs that are extremely personal and almost painful sometimes to listen to. These are songs for the broken hearted and the lovelorn, the album serves as an anthem for loneliness, heartache and helplessness. When we stared working on these songs I didn't fully understand the scope of emotion they represented, as Ryan and I's relationship slowly died. I can listen to these songs objectively now and realize that they are honest, hurtful but can hopefully serve as a comfort to anyone having a hard time with their relationship. That being said...let's meet the cast.
Smile Smile. We've been playing music together for almost 3 years. People can't really classify our music so we've settled on different conglomerations of folk, pop, indie, progressive and acoustic. We've been compared to Mazzy Star,Ben Kweller
and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Quite an odd mix. I play piano and sing. Ryan plays guitar and sings.
Right now we are in the studio with Dave Castell and his sidekick Bronson, the wonderdog. We are currently working on a song called The Attic which is one of our only tracks that doesn't necessarily address "her" personally. This song is about looking through someone's things, your old things, etc. and finding out things that you never wanted to know. And wishing that you had never looked in the first place. It's also about starting over and realizing that you need to let things go and that you can't hold on to things forever.
Everyone who has seen us live knows that I play a Fender Rhodes Mark 1 live but typically our albums have a lot of grand piano on them. Working with Dave Castell has really expanded our arsenal of sounds, voicings and has helped begin to grow each song into its full potential. People are NOT kidding when they say he is a pro, knowing exactly which piano sounds will sound interesting and really weaving different instrument textures together while still keeping our songs intimate and raw.
So who's the whistling man?
Highlight of the night was this discussion.
Ryan : "Are you guys happy with the way I sang that first line?"
Jencey and Dave: " Why? You didn't like it?"
(We listen to it and hear Ryan whistling through his teeth like an 80 year old man during "clothessss" and saying "ole" and "ole"!)
Maybe you would have to be there to get it, but there's nothing more hilarious than Ryan singing like he has dentures!!!
Well, until next time. We are Smile Smile.
Jencey
3-5-09
She Said - Jencey's Blog
Well we've started a process I never thought would happen, preparing ourselves to release songs that are extremely personal and almost painful sometimes to listen to. These are songs for the broken hearted and the lovelorn, the album serves as an anthem for loneliness, heartache and helplessness. When we stared working on these songs I didn't fully understand the scope of emotion they represented, as Ryan and I's relationship slowly died. I can listen to these songs objectively now and realize that they are honest, hurtful but can hopefully serve as a comfort to anyone having a hard time with their relationship. That being said...let's meet the cast.
Smile Smile. We've been playing music together for almost 3 years. People can't really classify our music so we've settled on different conglomerations of folk, pop, indie, progressive and acoustic. We've been compared to Mazzy Star,Ben Kweller
and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Quite an odd mix. I play piano and sing. Ryan plays guitar and sings.
Right now we are in the studio with Dave Castell and his sidekick Bronson, the wonderdog. We are currently working on a song called The Attic which is one of our only tracks that doesn't necessarily address "her" personally. This song is about looking through someone's things, your old things, etc. and finding out things that you never wanted to know. And wishing that you had never looked in the first place. It's also about starting over and realizing that you need to let things go and that you can't hold on to things forever.
Everyone who has seen us live knows that I play a Fender Rhodes Mark 1 live but typically our albums have a lot of grand piano on them. Working with Dave Castell has really expanded our arsenal of sounds, voicings and has helped begin to grow each song into its full potential. People are NOT kidding when they say he is a pro, knowing exactly which piano sounds will sound interesting and really weaving different instrument textures together while still keeping our songs intimate and raw.
So who's the whistling man?
Highlight of the night was this discussion.
Ryan : "Are you guys happy with the way I sang that first line?"
Jencey and Dave: " Why? You didn't like it?"
(We listen to it and hear Ryan whistling through his teeth like an 80 year old man during "clothessss" and saying "ole" and "ole"!)
Maybe you would have to be there to get it, but there's nothing more hilarious than Ryan singing like he has dentures!!!
Well, until next time. We are Smile Smile.
Jencey
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