STUDIO UPDATE-The new digs are super vibey and magical, and it’s been a smooth transition so far. We’ve got a crew to help move the Neve desk and outboard gear on Jan 3rd, as it will take several of us to get this part done. There’s also room treatments to work out. In the meantime, we’ve still got mixing and vocal sessions at the cabin for the next several days. We’ve been able to move and work simultaneously, which has been super excellent. Dirt Floor will be back to our normally scheduled sessions at the end of the first week of January. Whew!
Getting those David Lindley/Jackson Browne vibes.
Anyone can open a studio. Anyone can buy gear and fill a space. Theres nothing special about that, seriously. What’s kept Dirt Floor on a trajectory for 17 years is a stellar rep, a great team, and killer production. I’m unapologetically confident and proud, because it’s been earned through years of hard work. REAL work. Not some fake Instagram cosplay bullsh*t. Let’s face it, there’s A TON of that out there. Anyway, I digress!
I can put it all together from a production standpoint, with instrumentation and arrangement. This is not typical in your average recording studio, and it’s what sets us far apart. Of course it’s not always necessary for this to be done, and not every artist or band will need my assistance. That’s cool too.
This song came in purely acoustic, but became more powerful and emotional, thanks to the artists willingness to let us take it to this place. There was a Jackson Browne/Dawes kind of vibe happening in the original song, so we just followed it!
Guitars, Piano, Organ, Bass, Drums by Eric M Lichter
Song by Lucas O’Reilly
Engineered by G Falivene
Produced by EML
Mastered by SW
Thanks to Carlin Tripp for a great weekend in the studio!
Making brand new music, and memories, with Jay Psaros and his band of bros… They’ve become great friends over the last couple of years, and it’s good to hang and make music with them again!
We recorded this tune yesterday in about 4 hours. Always a blast makin’ music with one of my dearest musical friends, Jack Caldwell…
My favorite LinnDrum groove
Cracked the code on my favorite LinnDrum beat from the summer of 1984. Can you name the song? It’s pretty obvious. Also, I’m thinking about doing a faithful recreation of the song now that I’ve got the groove!
#linndrum
Rachael Wolff is like fam, as are her wonderful sisters Kat and Becca. I’ve had the chance to make two killer records with The Wolff Sisters, and am thrilled to work with Rachael on some new music all her own.
A few words from Rachael-
My debut single ‘Drive It Till It Dies’ drops July 22nd 🎶
I’ve been writing, playing, and releasing music with my band and sisters @wolffsisters since I was a teenager but this is my first time releasing solo music. It feels strange to branch out on my own but it was fun to challenge myself and I’m proud of what I accomplished with this song. I hope you like it 🎶
Recorded at Dirt Floor Recording & Production
produced by Eric Michael Lichter
engineered by Guido Falivene
assistant engineer- Elijah Novicky
Mixed by Evan Bakke at Power Station New England
Mastered by SW
I wrote, arranged, sang, and played guitar and bass on this track. Drums and pedal steel by Eric Michael Lichter
𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 - “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” 𝟔/𝟐𝟏/𝟐𝟒, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.
𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞🧹
𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩” 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬’ “𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬”…
𝐖𝐉- 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐁𝐆𝐕, 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐄𝐌𝐋- 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬/𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐆𝐕
𝐊𝐋-𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝/𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧
𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬
𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 & 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀! “𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗼(𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲)” 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳’𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 ‘𝗡 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽
𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱 & 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝟳𝟳 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹 ‘𝗡 𝗔𝗹𝗹, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 ‘𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻’. 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 “𝐰𝐨𝐰 & 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫” 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩.
𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜’𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝘇𝘇𝘆 𝗺
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