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Word came to me down the long grapevine that Millage just got inducted into the Hall of Fame.

A true gentlemen.

I hear that he's reviewing the tracks we cut together. 

It's been a big year for Millage, with a long overdue article in Living Blues, now this Induction and hot on the heels of this will be the album we've recorded with him. Millage is under represented in recording terms so this is some rare stuff indeed.

I was stoked when he was willing to record the song we wrote for him. I'd been listening to his live performance at the first Woodcox lawn party and tried to write something that was in his preferred 'feel'.

But imagine trying to write lyrics he'd find acceptable. I grew up singing 'kookaburra sits in the old gum tree', for crying out loud.

Fortunately, we'd been to the river and been 'schooled'.  

I introduced the song to him at Knux, before the show. He peered at it. Large font on the Laptop screen.

I backed off, not wanting to crowd. What would he think?

I watched him read a line, read it again, do a double take and then move on.

At one point he cracked a smile and looked around furtively to see if anyone had caught the grin. I had, but I didn't let on.

When we took him into the studio, we recorded a bunch of his originals and a few covers.

Would he be willing to try Last Man Standing? Sure, but can he work on it overnight and come back.

Argh. Could be the kiss of death.

Nope. Millage was straight up. The version we did as a guide was too fast for him. We re-recorded the track and worked on the lyrics with him until he smoothed them into his own speech patterns, made the song his.

He liked the idea behind the song and he was gonna 'brag a little'

Me too.

Congratulations Millage.

Howdy Folks.

Firstly, commiserations to the Wallabies. Staying up until 4am's to see your home side get whupped by New Zealand continues to irk. You hear me Kiwis? IRKED! 

Bugger.

I am consoling myself with listening to the desk mixes of Bloomington and ROTK and of course, still listening to Helplessly Hoping. 

Bill described Bloomington as 'a warm bath for your ears'

I was saying only moments ago, stuff that is better blogged here: Getting a studio version of Bloomington has been tough. 

I've wheedled, cajoled, argued, begged, overruled, lobbied, diagrammed and other things I am not willing to write, but willing to do, in order to get this thing recorded.

I am listening to it right now, a desk mix, with a little reverb courtesy of my copy of Audacity. Gettign bloomington out has been a challenge. Yay.

Also, we had enough time to crank out a version of Return Of The King.

Mixing next.

With Bloomington now done, we're closer to releasing Everywhere Feels Like Home.

Stay tuned.

Ok, I fess up. I made this clip.

Isaiah needed some footage for an interview and we just went what-the-heck and filmed this at a local marina.

Turned out well for an hours work and a few hours editing. 

More power to you Isaiah, it's a nice, heartfelt piece and a pretty afternoon.

He's a sharp dresser eh?

Thanks to Ben for engineering and a gentle mix and Lynchy for rubbing magic Pixie Dust on it.

I can't share the whole thing, we didn't write it and must abide by the 30 second rule, and if you can only pick one version, pick the original :-) However if you're gonna buy two, then definitely make one of them our version. Jo sounds glorious.