Sanity's Edge Pt 2 | Courtney Von Drehle on recording accordion at Michael Kelsey studio

Show notes for the episode about the creation of the song, Sanity's Edge, by Vickie Maris.

Album: Another Universe

:20 Vickie Maris, podcast host and songwriter, describes the short preview that just played and introduces accordionist Courtney Von Drehle. He played the accordion track on Sanity's Edge. It was recorded in May 2022 when the Kelsey Greeson Project was masterminding in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1:17 Brief description of the listener feedback that is included at the end of the episode. It's a reaction to the song, Sanity's Edge. You will also hear the music bed for the song (with the vocals removed) at the end of this episode.

2:46 Snippet of the band playing Sanity's Edge during the album release concert.

2:54 Vickie introduces Courtney Von Drehle, accordionist, music arranger and educator

3:18 Courtney talks about the studio experience at the studio of Michael Kelsey Music Production.

4:03 Audio sample (from an iPhone video) of the beatbox click track that Michael had established before we started recording the scratch vocals.

4:35 Process of Vickie calling out the chords for the creation of a bass track.

4:52 Audio snippet (from iPhone video) of Vickie singing scratch vocals and playing acoustic guitar to the beatbox click track.

5:03 Courtney talking about the rehearsals of the past few days during our music mastermind week.

5:38 "Like listening to music being dependent on mood; playing music is also dependent on mood." Courtney Von Drehle

6:17 "It felt like I was connecting... connecting with the music and with myself." Courtney Von Drehle

7:09 "We had a magical night."

7:58 Vickie reflects on Courtney's description of the recording session, and also the masterminding activities of the week.

8:36 Courtney talks about how we all got on the same page in the rehearsal for the music for the May 2022 concert that we played in Lafayette, Indiana - USA.

9:08 Vickie discusses the feeling in the room (the studio) when Courtney was laying down the accordion track.

9:28 Courtney talks about the flexibility of recording, and how everything was connecting. "When you turn on the record button, you want to capture magic!"

10:15 Vickie reflects on the naming of the album, Another Universe, and how the studio was a bit like "another universe."

11:25 The speed at which the lyrics and melody came to Vickie. She relates it to how quickly the accordion part came to Courtney when he recorded his part.

12:27 "This particular song has been out of my hands all along." Vickie Maris

13:25 Courtney talks about how Vickie has had intuitive feelings about how the song could be helpful to people.

14:00 Vickie gives a thank you to Courtney for recording the accordion track for the song.

15:22 Music segue to the Vickie's interview with a friend who had listened to a rough mix of Sanity's Edge. (This part of the recording was captured on a voice memo app in a phone from an echo-y room.)

15:26 Vickie interviews a listener about how Sanity's Edge spoke to her when she heard it. "The song understands exactly what I'm feeling." 

17:24 "I felt like I was a receiver of the words. It was coming to me in a dream. I woke up at 4:30 am, and knew I had to get a guitar and a pen in my hand and start writing it down." Vickie Maris - about Sanity's Edge

Note: The music under the interview at the end of the episode is a version of the studio recording with the vocals removed.

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Music video with lyrics - Sanity's Edge