jwinokur:
Christoffer has added an actual pipe organ to the studio since my last visit. Yes, the big giant kind with a room full of air pumps that make it go. Pretty over the top, right?
jwinokur:
There is a wall here where all the small, stringed instruments hang. I don't even know what the heck most of these things even ARE. There's something that looks like a Gibson Thunderbird mandolin, and also some sort of Greek bouzouki sort of thing, I thin
jwinokur:
Welcome to the studio. The new painting on the door sends a strong message: GET READY FOR THE SMELL OF INCENSE.
jwinokur:
Christoffer's old cat Päron is still here. She is a romantic addition for me, since she was here during my first time in this studio way back in 2002.
jwinokur:
After writing so many songs I find there is no possible way to remember all the words and chords to all of them. Or, not really to almost any of them. Here I was working on a song called "Throwing Paper Airplanes off a Bridge." I co-wrote this with Jan Li
jwinokur:
This is where I spend most of my time here in the studio. Notice the most important fixture: the diet cola situated right near my chair.
jwinokur:
Jens Jansson took a shot of me between guitar takes. Blisters on my fingers. Jet-lagged. Of course, there's no other place I'd rather be. And, I wouldn't be here without the support of all the people that helped me with my indiegogo fundraiser. Thanks you
jwinokur:
Christoffer puts down some bass tracks. I know, it would be great if there were some pictures of me playing, too. But, hey, I only have so many hands.
jwinokur:
In between takes I sit on the sofa and write thank-you letters to all the people that have donated to make the album happen. (That's the stack of stationery with the pen on it.) Sometimes one of the zillions of cats join me. This particular one was creati
jwinokur:
We were really inspired by the Fleetwood Mac song "Second Hand News", which Lindsay Firth first introduced to me when she made me a mix CD so many years ago. So, Christoffer is doing a Fleetwood Mac inspired (aka rip-off) riff on my song "What I Do". For
