May 2005, during the recording of my 2nd album the Great Manifestiny. I was joined by Sean Donnell, Pete and Matt Remine for 5 days in the Pacific Northwest where we set about the task of recording the 12 plus tracks for the album. Sean and Pete had diligently been rehearsing the demo tracks that Matt and I had sent to them a few months earlier and now we were in the midst of recording boot camp. We would spend 12 hours or more a day playing, listening , playing some more and then finally laying it all down to tape. We used 8 track tape to build the foundation tracks and then overdubbed in digital. The energy was incredible and everyone brought something beautiful to the project. I shot this photo at 2 am after the 3rd day of recording. All of the equipment was still set up so we could continue in the morning and everyone was asleep except for myself. I was too charged up with excitement now that we were finally recording these songs I had been working on for years. The light was actually a lot dimmer than what appears in the photo. I shot a 30 second exposure on a tripod which allowed for a greater depth of field resulting in amazing detail all the way back to the corners. I think a lot of the creative energy that had been released that day is somehow captured as it is still resonating in the room.
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