In the studio with country rocker Clint Woosley. Amazing songs and fantastic group of musicians. Johnathon Trebing (Rascall Flatts) Nick Bhuda (Taylor Swift) Smith Curry (Jason Aldean) Tim Marks (Taylor Swift) and Chris Tuttle (Raul Malo, Big and Rich) Chris Grainger is engineering and co-producing with me on this one.
January is off and running. I’m starting it by working on tracks for Blue Mountain http://www.myspace.com/bluemountainlauriecary the legendary band from Oxford Mississippi. I’ve been a fan of theirs for quite a while and am stoked to work with them. Tracking begins end of January
The first round of Grammy nominations have been released and Everything Happens For A Reason is on the voting ballot! That’s really exciting especially since this has been a completely DIY project without the support of a traditional record label. Of course, it helped to have an amazingly talented team of people involved with all aspects of the production of the CD. And since this is Carly’s first full studio project, that makes it even more incredible.
Here’s the rundown of the nominations:
Producer Of The Year, Non-classical: Tres Sasser (Everything Happens For A Reason)
Best Engineered Album, Non-classical: David Henry, Vance Powell, Richard Dodd (Everything Happens For A Reason)
Best Americana Album: Everything Happens For A Reason
Best New Artist: Carly Jamison
Best Rock Performance: Doubt
Best Rock Song: Bring It On
Best Rock Song: Look Where It’s Coming From
Best Rock Song: No Control Anymore
Song Of The Year: Ask Me If I Give A Shit
Album Of The Year: Everything Happens For A Reason
Currently working on songs for a new record with the multi talented Lawrence Sisters. These girls can sing and write some of the most beautiful stuff and I’m honored to be a part of it.
Just finishing up mixing a record for Nashville based southern rockers The Shakes along with Chris Grainger. You can check them out at http://www.reverbnation.com/experiencetheshakes Also producing a new record with artist Noelle Larae. Chad Carlson (Taylor Swift, Chris Issac, Jewel) engineering on this one. http://www.myspace.com/noellelarae Great songs and a great voice
Been buried in a quagmire of projects so I thought I’d leave this update. Ciao! RESTAVRANT just finished their tour of Europe and will be releasing the songs we recorded @http://hillgrassbluebilly.blogspot.com. THE COLD STARES will release their e.p this June entitled “Mouthful of Dirty Looks”. CARLY JAMISON continues to receive 1 great review after another for her record “Everything Happens For A Reason”. Album review http://www.carlyjamison.com/2011/04/08/album-review-on-lucid-culture . BRETT RYAN STEWART just released a new video for “Home” @ http://brettryanstewart.com from his critically acclaimed CD “Tilt.” Look for new material from these artist in the coming months: KIMBERLY QUINN, E.G., CAMERON and NOELLE LARAE.
Happy to announce that I’ll be going in the studio with The Cold Stares. http://www.myspace.com/thecoldstares Fantastic, dirt floor, indie blues duo poised to break out in 2011. Chris Grainger http://www.myspace.com/graingermusic will be engineering this one. Do yourself a favor – listen to their stuff and see their live show before everyone else jumps on the bandwagon! Keep you posted…
Going into the studio with L.A. band Restavrant http://www.narnackrecords.com/artist.php?artist=36 for 2 songs on 2 separate compilation CDs. One for Johnny Cash and the other for R.L. Burnside. Great article in the Huffinton Post about them as well. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/the-best-bands-in-the-usl_b_608263.html
Excited to be in the studio with Tyler Hayes http://www.myspace.com/tylerhayessongwriter Great band on this one, including: Nick Bhuda (Taylor Swift) on drums, John Lancaster (Gary Allen) on keys and Danny Rader (Keith Urban) on guitar. Also being engineered by the Grammy award winning Chad Carlson.
Carly Jamison’s CD “Everything Happens For a Reason,” is now available on itunes, CD Baby and just about everywhere else. Mixed by Vance Powell http://vancepowell.com/ and Mastered by Richard Dodd. Check it out and enjoy! www.myspace.com/carlyjamison