This month a client who had been to Tesco Productions a few years back called and scheduled a session to record several more Spanish songs. She was singing to tracks created by a friend/producer in South America. The songs were a collection of hymn and gospel arrangements and the finished vocal tracks were sent to her producer for the mixing and mastering processes. It was great to have Silvia come by again and hear some old favorites. Even though I couldn’t sing along with the lyrics, the universal language of music still communicated the meaning and message.

Last month and again this month Stephanie Wilcox was in to record one-shy-of-a-dozen gospel songs and hymns. Most of those were accompanied by her longtime friend and former piano teacher, Deanna. Those recordings caused me to reflect on the many times I had accompanied small congregations or summer Bible camp music times, or just sat at home playing – sometimes with my siblings. And speaking of setting at home playing, we also talked about the many times I begged my mom to let me quit practicing piano so I could go outside and play – arrgh! How grateful I have been over the years that she didn’t let me quit, because knowing piano became the solid basis for all my musical endeavors, not the least of which has been 30+ years engineering music at Tesco Productions. Stephanie and Deanna enjoyed their time in the studio, and hopefully many friends and family will treasure the recording over the years.

Last month I posted that we were planning to attend the classic story of Cinderella as performed by The Greater Omaha Metro Area Homeschool Community and One For All Musical Theater. Well I’m so glad we were able to be there to see the performers, hear the live orchestra and also the results of the studio work spent on the sound effects and some of the performance songs. It was indeed delightful and we certainly hope and pray these folks will be performing in the future. Job very well done!