Master Class

Jay Graydon is no doubt one of the most outstanding contemporary guitarists, producers and songwriters and a house-hold name for everyone the least familiar with westcoast and adult contemporary music. He has twelve Grammy award nominations, has won twice and has produced artists such as Al Jarreau, Manhattan Transfer, Kenny Rogers and Air Supply.

It's our great pleasure to announce that Jay will be playing one of his trademark solos on the upcoming album!

Photo © Kerstin Olofsson 2008-2010

The Bull Horns

In order to be true to the classic Westcoast sound we wanted to find the best horn section around. And we did - "The Bull Horns". These guys did a marvelous job at nailing the often very tricky parts!

Pär Wretling: trumpet, flugelhorn and trombone
Pär is an avid adept in the school of players like Jerry Hey, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant and Bill Reichenbach. He handled trumpets, flugelhorns as well as trombones on many of the tracks - really impressive!

Markus "Macke" Asplund: trumpet and flugelhorn
Macke has absolutely amazing chops and took the lead on some really tricky songs. High five!

Olle Lindgren: alto and tenor saxophones
Olle provided all the section saxes for the album. He did a stellar job at capturing the smooth sound of classic Westcoast sax!

Horn arrangements were written by Stefan and Daniel and were recorded during January 2010.

Vocal Chords

Daniel's vocals were recorded at White Cherry Hill Studios during the summer of 2009. Stefan was producing the recordings, coaching the best performances from Dan. With the studio being located in "home fixers paradise", some very careful zick-zacking had to be made to avoid noise problems like circular saws, lawn movers, idling trucks and even a few pneumatic drills. All vocals were recorded through an American Sputnik microphone.

Low Frequency Information

Stefan "Kilju" Lindblom, a fantastic musician, played bass on the record. Daniel got in touch with him through mutual friends and told him about the project. Working in his home studio in Vaasa (Finland) Kilju laid down the bass tracks to the prerecorded drums, Fender Rhodes and scratch vocals.

Kilju's vintage Fender Jazz and Precision basses were DI'd through a Sadowsky preamp for the recording of this album.

Stefan Olofsson also played bass on a few of the tracks. Here he can be seen shredding on the very Fender P used on the songs.

Stay tuned.